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Education: |
| Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN |
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| Ph.D. in Sociology, 2000 |
| Dissertation: "Constructing Identities on Contested
Terrain: How Real Girls Play Softball and Negotiate Female Athleticism" |
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| Miami University, Oxford,
OH |
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| B.A., magna cum laude, 1994 |
| Majors: Sociology and Zoology |
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Publications: |
| Malcom, Nancy L. 2006. "'Shaking It Off' and 'Toughing It Out': Socialization to Pain and Injury in Girls' Softball." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35(5): 495-525. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. 2006. "Analyzing the News: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in a Writing Intensive Social Problems Course." Teaching Sociology 34(2): 143-149. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. 2003. "Constructing Female Athleticism:
A Study of Girls' Recreational Softball." American Behavioral
Scientist 46(10): 1387-1404. |
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| Gove, Walter R. and Nancy L. Malcom. 1997. "Can
Sociology Be a Science?: The Issue of Gender and Sex-Dimorphic Characteristics."
The American Sociologist 28(4): 9-30. |
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| Griffin, Larry J., Christopher Caplinger, Kathryn J.
Lively, Nancy L. Malcom, Darren McDaniel, and Candice Nelsen. 1997.
"Comparative-Historical Research and Scientific Inference: Disfranchisement
in the U.S. South as a Test Case." Historical Methods
30(1): 13-27. |
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Work in Progress: |
| Malcom, Nancy L. "Learning About Loss." Content analysis research examining messages about death, dying, grief and bereavement in children's story books. |
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Conference Presentations: |
| Nancy L. Malcom. “Heaven and the Afterlife in Children's Storybooks.” Southern Sociological Society annual conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2009. |
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Nancy L. Malcom, Kathy Albertson, Olivia Carr Edenfield, Ellen Hendrix, and Jess Orvis. “Working toward a distinct ‘pedagogy of the first-year': What classroom strategies work best with first-year students?” First Year Experience annual conference, San Francisco , California , February 17, 2008. |
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Daniel R. Czech , Joanne Chopak-Foss, and Nancy L. Malcom. “The Need for Sexual Education in High School and College Athletics: A Proposed Program.” Georgia Association For Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (GAPHERD) annual conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia, November 11, 2006. |
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Nancy L. Malcom. “Analytical Writing in a Social Problems Course.” Challenges in Teaching Sociology teaching session, Southern Sociological Society annual conference, Atlanta , Georgia , April 2004. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "Who Adopts the Sport Ethic? Social Determinants of 'Athlete Identity' Development Among Girls." Children and Youth Section roundtable session, American Sociological Association annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2003. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "Constructing Female Athleticism: A Study of Girls' Recreational Softball." Gender Section presentation, Southern Sociological Society annual conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2003. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "'Shaking it Off' and 'Toughing it Out': Socialization to Pain and Injury in Girls' Softball." Sociology of Children and Youth Section session presentation, American Sociological Association annual conference, Anaheim, California, August 2001. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "Organized Cheering and the 'Feminization' of Youth Sports." Social Psychology Section presentation, Southern Sociological Society annual conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2001. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "Are They Apologizing? Adolescent Female Athletes and the Apologetic Defense." Sociology of Sport regular session presentation, American Sociological Association annual conference, Washington, D.C., August 2000. |
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| Malcom, Nancy L. "Doing Gender and Playing Softball:
Sport Participation, Femininity, and Inequality." Sociology of
Children section session presentation, American Sociological Association
annual conference, Toronto, Ontario, August 1997. |
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Teaching and Research Interests: |
| intersections of gender, class, and race |
| sport in society |
| children and childhood |
| social problems |
| qualitative research methods |
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Selected Departmental, College, and University
Service: |
| Bachelor of Arts in Sociology Committee |
| Steering Committee member, Women's
and Gender Studies Program |
| Honors Program Advisor, Sociology Department |
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Selected Honors and Awards: |
| National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1995-1999 |
| Phi Beta Kappa, Miami University, 1994 |
| Mortar Board Honor Society, Miami University, 1994 |
| National Merit Scholar, 1990 |
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Professional Memberships: |
| American Sociological
Association |
| Southern Sociological
Society |
