AMANDA MORAS

amoras@ufl.edu

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Education

                        P.h.D. in Progress, University of Florida

                        Department of Sociology
                        Dissertation: “Paying for Domestic Work: White Women  Negotiating Race, Class and Privilege”

                        Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate of Study

 

                        M.A. University of Florida, 2005

                        Department of Sociology
                        M.A. Thesis: “When Other is Not Enough: Challenging Hegemonic Racial Discourse on Interracial Intimacy and Multiracial                         Families”

                        B.A. William Patterson University, 2003 Magna cum laude, Sociology

Areas of interest

 

                        Racial and Ethnic Relations                       Families

                        Gender                                                           Women’s Studies

 

Publications

Book Chapters

                        Moras, Amanda, Felix Berardo & Constance Shehan (2006) "Black American Families" Forthcoming in                                        
                        Handbook of Racial and Ethnic Relations eds. Joe Feagin & Hernan Vera.

Journal Articles

Accepted for Publication
                        Rebollo-Gil, Guillermo & Amanda Moras (2006) "Marketing Anti- Racism: Key Pedagogical Questions about ‘Selling’
                        Anti-Racism in College Classrooms" Forthcoming in Race, Ethnicity and Education. 

Papers Under Review

                        Shehan, Constance & Amanda Moras (2006) “Deconstructing                                     Laundry: Gendered Technologies and the Reluctant Redesign of                                   Household Labor” submitted to Michigan Family Review.

 

                        Koropeckyj-Cox, Tanya, Victor Romano & Amanda Moras.                                        “Attitudes towards Childfree Couples” submitted to Sex Roles.

Revised and Resubmit

 

                        Pomeroy, Ana, Guillermo Rebollo-Gil, John Foster & Amanda                                  Moras (2006) “The Criminal Latino: Representations of Latino/a                              characters in Hollywood Films” Submitted to Ethnic and Racial                              Studies.

                        Rebollo-Gil, Guillermo & Amanda Moras (2006) "Black Women and                        Men in Hip Hop Music: Misogyny, Violence and the Negotiation of                         (White Owned) Space” Submitted to Journal of Popular Culture.

 

Papers in Preparation

                        “I Wanted My Child to Look Like Me: Race Matters in Lesbian                                 Sperm Donor Choices” co-authored with Maura Ryan being                                      prepared for Journal of GLBT Family Studies.

                        “Cultural Criticism as Critical Opposition” being prepared for                                 Feminist Teacher.

                        “When Other is Not Enough: Challenging Hegemonic Racial                                    Discourse on Interracial Intimacy and Multiracial Families”
                        Supervised by Dr. Connie Shehan & Dr. Milagros Peña.

 

Presentations

 

                        Moras, Amanda (2004) Rape, Race, and Power.
                        University of Florida presented to Graduate Research Methods                                Course, Department of Sociology.

                        Moras, Amanda (2004) Reproductive Decision Making Within                                  Interracial Couples.
                        University of Florida presented to Graduate Sociology of                                           Reproduction Course, Department of Sociology.

                        Moras, Amanda (2003) Marginalization and Religious Involvement,                        Spirituality Within Communities of Color.
                        William Patterson University Research Symposium, Department of                                     Sociology.

Invited Lectures

                        Moras, Amanda (2006) Domestic Work and the Negotiation of Race                         and Class.

                        University of Florida, Principles of Sociology, Maura Ryan.

                        Moras, Amanda (2005) Sexual Objectification of Women of Color:                            The Exotic Erotic.
                        University of Florida, Sociology of Women, D. Constance Shehan.

Teaching Experience

                        Instructor: Principles of Sociology (Fall 2005-present)
                        University of Florida

 

                        Instructor: Principles of Sociology (Fall 2005)

                        Santa Fe Community College

 

                        Teaching Assistant: Dr. Monica Ardelt (Spring 2005)
                        Graduate Research Methods 1
                        University of Florida

 

                        Teaching Assistant: Dr. Connie Shehan (Fall 2004)
                        Sociology of Women

                        University of Florida

                        Teaching Assistant: Dr. John Scanzoni (Spring 2004-Fall 2004)
                        Marriage and Family
                        University of Florida

                        Teaching Assistant: Dr. Leonard Beeghly (Fall 2003)
                        Social Problems
                        University of Florida

Research Experience

                        Research Assistant:
                        Dr. Katheryn Russell-Brown: University of Florida Law School,                                Director of Center for Race Studies (2004- present):
                        Assisted in the Preparation and Editing of Protecting our Own and                            the 2nd edition of Color of Crime.  Reviewed articles for chapters,                                 and peer reviewed law journals.  Assisted in the conduct of                                             Qualitative data collection, and the collection of library and legal                                research in the areas of race and crime.


Professional Associations

                        American Sociological Association (2003- present)

                        Southern Sociological Society (2003- present)

                        National Women's Studies Association (2005- present)

                        Society for the Study of Social Problems (2005- present)

Awards

                        Ruth McQuown award, 2006 ($5,000 Women’s Studies                                                dissertation award)

           

                        Travel Grant, 2006 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ($250)

 

                        Travel Grant, 2006 Department of Sociology ($300)

 

                        Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, 2003.

                        National Deans List, 2003.

                        Dean’s List, undergraduate institution, 1999-2003.

                        Alpha Kappa Delta (National Sociology Honor Society), 2002, 2003.

                        Outstanding Graduating Senior, William Patterson University,                                 2003.
 
Related Service Work

                        Reviewer: Journal of Family Issues (2005-2006)

                        Community Service Coordinator, William Patterson Student                                                 Association 2001-2003.

                        Eva’s Kitchen: Community Project Patterson NJ, 1999-2003.

                        North Jersey Developmental Center: State Run Live-In Facility for                            Developmentally Disabled Individuals, 2002.

                        Planned Parenthood, Student Volunteer, 2004.

 

 

References

 

Dr. Constance Shehan

Professor, University of Florida

3219 Turlington Hall

P.O. Box 117330

Gainesville, FL

32611-7330

shehan@soc.ufl.edu

 

Dr. Kendal Broad

Associate Professor

Professor, University of Florida

3219 Turlington Hall

P.O. Box 117330

Gainesville, FL

32611-7330

Kendal@soc.ufl.edu

 

Dr. Joe Feagin                                                          

Ella McFadden Professor of Liberal Arts

Department of Sociology

Mail Stop 4351

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

77843-4351

feagin@tamu.edu

 

Dr. Katheryn Russell-Brown

University of Florida,

Levin College of Law,

Director of Center for Race Studies

University of Florida Levin College of Law

PO Box 117621

Gainesville, FL 32611-7621

russellbrownk@law.ufl.edu