TIM BERARD, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Justice Studies
Kent State University
113 Bowman Hall
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, Ohio 44242
USA

tjberard@alumni.reed.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Sociology, 2001, Boston University (1994-2000)

B.A., Political Science, 1994, Univ. of Washington (1992-1994)

Coursework at Reed College, Portland, Oregon (1986-1989)

EDUCATIONAL DISTINCTIONS

• Shils-Coleman Prize, awarded by the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association, in recognition of an ‘outstanding graduate student paper’
• Presidential University Teaching Fellow, Boston University
• Presidential University Graduate Fellow, Boston University
• Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor
Society), University of Washington
• Presidential Commendation for Excellence, Reed College
• Arend Family Scholarship, Reed College
• Solon E. Summerfield Scholarship, Reed College
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters Scholarship, Reed College
• Early Entrance (from junior year of high-school), Reed College
• National Merit Scholarship Finalist

FACULTY/PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS

• Early Tenure, Kent State University

TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS

Law & Society; Criminology/Sociology of Deviance; Inequality & Discrimination; Race/Ethnicity; Culture & Subcultures; Social Identity; Language and Social Interaction; Sociological Theory; Ethnomethodology & Membership Categorization Analysis.



ARTICLES PUBLISHED OR FORTHCOMING IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS


‘The Rhetorical Skirmish Line between Disparate Impact and Discrimination: An illustration from capital sentencing,’ conditionally accepted by Qualitative Sociology Review.

'The Neglected Social Psychology of Institutional Racism,' forthcoming in Sociology Compass [Available on-line] January/February 2008.

'From Concepts to Methods: On the Observability of Inequality.' Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35(3): 236-256 [Lead Article]. June 2006.

'Extending Hate Crime Legislation to Include Gender: Explicating an Analogical Method of Advocacy.’ Qualitative Sociology Review 1(2): 43-64 [Available on-line]. December 2005.

'Evaluative Categories of Action and Identity in Non-Evaluative Human Studies Research: Examples from Ethnomethodology.' Qualitative Sociology Review 1(1): 1-25 [Lead Article] [Available on-line]. August 2005.

‘Rethinking Practices and Structures.’ Journal for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences 35(2):196-230. June 2005.

‘On Multiple Identities and Educational Contexts: Remarks on the study of inequalities and discrimination.’ Journal of Language, Identity, and Education 4(1):67-76. 2005.

‘Ethnomethodology as Radical Sociology: An Expansive Appreciation of Melvin Pollner’s “Constitutive and Mundane Versions of Labeling Theory.”’ Human Studies 26(4): 431-448. December 2003.

‘Moving Forward by Looking Back: Revisiting Melvin Pollner’s “Constitutive and Mundane Versions of Labeling Theory.”’ Human Studies 25(4): 495-498 [25th anniversary issue]. December 2002.

‘Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, and the Reformulation of Social Theory.’ Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Vol. 29(3): 203-227. [Lead article] [Shils-Coleman Prize, from American Sociological Association’s Theory Section]. September 1999.

‘Dada Between Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy and Bourdieu's Distinction: Existenz and Conflict in Cultural Analysis.’ Theory, Culture & Society 16(1): 141-165. February 1999.

‘Attributions and Avowals of Motive in the Study of Deviance: Resource or Topic?' Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 28(2): 193-213. June 1998.


PAPERS PUBLISHED AS BOOK CHAPTERS

'Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and Homeland Security: Commentary,' book chapter in Democracy and Homeland Security: Strategies, Controversies, and Impact, ed. Nawal Ammar. Kent State University Press. [Available on-line]. 2005.

‘ “Japanese American” Identity and the Problem of Multiple Description: Disjunctive Versions of the Japanese Exclusion Order.’ Book Chapter (pp. 144-168) in Stephen Hester and W. Housley (ed.), Language, Interaction, and National Identity: Studies in the Social Organisation of National Identity. Ashgate. August 2002.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES

Encyclopedia entry on 'deviant subcultures,' pp. 4870-4875 in Volume X of the Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. George Ritzer, Blackwell. Summer 2006.

Encyclopedia chapter on ‘racial profiling,’ pp. 1421-1430 in Social Issues: An Encyclopedia of Controversies, History, and Debates, ed. James Ciment, East River Books. 2006.

Encyclopedia entry on 'color of law,' in Criminal Justice, ed. Phyllis Gerstenfeld, Salem Press. Fall 2005.

PEDAGOGICAL PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED OR FORTHCOMING

Teaching & Learning Guide to accompany: "The Neglected Social Psychology of Institutional Racism," being developed for publication by invitation of Sociology Compass. Winter/Spring 2008.

Syllabus for a graduate course in Law, Justice & Society, published in the American Sociological Association's Political Sociology Syllabi Set, fifth edition, ed. Sarah Sobieraj. 2005.

Course Exercise: 'A Group Discussion and Guided Reading Exercise for Introductory Sociology: Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace.' In the American Sociological Association's Introductory Sociology Resource Manual, 6th ed., ed. James Sikora and Teodora Amoloza. 2005.

Course Exercise: 'Video and Discussion/Essay Questions: The Life of a Black Cop.' First author, with Peter Ibarra. Published in an American Sociological Association teaching resource manual on work and occupations, ed. Carol Auster. 2004.

Syllabus for a course on 'Deviant Subcultures' (taught Spring, 2002) published in Teaching the Sociology of Deviance, an American Sociological Association (ASA) collection of teaching resources, edited by Martin Schwartz and Michael Maume. 2003.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Bibliography of 'Authors and Publications of Interest to Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts in the Study of Law, Crime, Deviance & Social Problems.’ Self-published on the web - see 'Links & Resources.' 2004-2008.

Review of Handbook of Social Theory, ed. George Ritzer and Barry Smart (Sage, 2001), Published by Contemporary Sociology. Fall 2003. 

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

The Micro-Politics of Macro-Categories: The Contested Relevance of Minority Status in Claims and Denials of Discrimination. Analyzes disputes about discrimination as a means of addressing the relation(s) between social practices & social structures. Analysis illustrates the rhetorical structure of claims and denials of discrimination, and thus how discrimination is socially constructed and deconstructed through talk-in-interaction. Discrimination disputes are shown to revolve around the practical negotiation of contextually relevant social identities and group memberships. In light of these observations, the relationship between discrimination and discretion in professional decision-making is reconsidered, and discretionary decision-making is defended against several varieties of criticism, without abandoning concerns about discrimination (January, 2001)


CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC MEETINGS

Paper Presentation: 'Fifth Columns, Sleeper Cells, and Lone Wolves: Notes Towards the Moral Logic of Categorizing Terrorists in the "Homeland"' Panel on Framing the Other: Race and Ethnic Portrayals in the War on Terorrism, at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montreal. (August, 2006).

Moderator for a panel on 'Art as Social Protest,' for Kent State University's Sixth Annual Symposium on Democracy: "Democracy and the Arts" (May, 2005).

Paper Presentation: 'A Pragmatic Paradigm for Advocating Expanded Rights by Means of Analogical Reasoning and Membership Categorization.' Panel on “Law and Language,” at the annual convention of the Law and Society Association, Chicago (May 30, 2004).

Discussant for the panel on 'Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and Homeland Security,' Fifth Annual Symposium on Democracy, 'Democracy and Homeland Security: Strategies, Controversies and Impact.' Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (April, 2004).

Paper Presentation: ‘Interpretive and Commonsense Notions of Deviance and Criminality in the Classroom.’ Paper delivered at the annual convention of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (SPHS), Boston (November, 2003).

Paper Presentation: ‘Evaluative Categories of Action and Identity in Non-Evaluative Human Studies Research: Max Atkinson on “Suicide” and Jeff Coulter on “Schizophrenia.”’ Presented at a bi-annual meeting of the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (IIEMCA), Manchester, England (July, 2003).

Paper Presentation: ‘Unpacking “Institutional Racism”: Insights from Wittgenstein, Garfinkel, Schutz, Goffman, and Sacks.’ Presented at the annual conference of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (SPHS), Loyola University, Chicago (October, 2002).

Paper Presentation: ‘Attributions and Avowals of Motive in the Study of Deviance: Resource or Topic?' Delivered to MIDAS (Massachusetts Interdisciplinary Discourse Analysis Seminar), Harvard University (November, 1996).

CONFERENCE PAPERS IN DEVELOPMENT & CURRENT PAPER PROPOSALS

'Justice, Injustice, and U.S. Deportation Policy: Alternative Versions from the Web.' Paper topic/abstract accepted for the First International Sociological Association World Forum of Sociology, Barcelona, Fall 2008.

'Racial Profiling Inbound and Outbound: Remarks on Suspect Classifications, Immigration, and Deportation in Contemporary U.S. Policy and Law.' Paper topic/abstract under review for the joint conference of the Law & Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS/TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (from Fall, 2007). 

Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Studies, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (from Fall, 2002).

Instructor, Department of Sociology & Psychology, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois (Fall 2001, Spring 2002).

Lecturer, School of Policy Studies, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, Illinois (Spring, 1998).

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Summer, 1997).

Instructor, Metropolitan College, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Spring, 1997).

Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Fall, 1996, Spring 1997).

Instructor, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts (Summer, 1996).

Presidential University Teaching Fellow, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts (Fall 1995, Spring 1996).

Guest lectures given in graduate courses at Boston University and at Kent State University on the following topics: The Social Theory of Michel Foucault; The Social Theory of Pierre Bourdieu; Race in the Criminal Justice System.

Additional teaching experience with grading in criminology (Wheaton College), tutoring in graduate-level economic sociology, and E.S.L. for German speakers in Berlin (Volkshochshule Berlin-Marzahn).

COURSES TAUGHT

Law, Justice & Society [graduate level]
Law & Society
Minorities in Crime & Justice
Criminology
Crime & Justice in Popular Culture
Theories and Issues in Socio-Legal Studies
Introduction to Justice Studies
Social Deviance
Deviant Subcultures
Racial & Ethnic Groups
Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Theory
First Year Humanities

In addition to courses taught independently, I also served as a teaching fellow for four semesters at Boston University, responsible for the weekly section meetings of typically four sections of Introduction to Sociology each semester. One of these semesters involved teaching Introduction to Sociology with a Law and Society theme.

PEDAGOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE & POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

M.A. thesis advisor for Mr. Keba Sylla, Department of Justice Studies, Kent State University, “Questioning the Relevancy of Race and Religion in U.S. Immigration Policy Towards African Muslims after September 11, 2001.” (2006).

Faculty advisor, Kent State Secular Humanists. 2006.

Organized a multi-media student poster session for Kent State University’s Sixth Annual Symposium on Democracy:
"Democracy and the Arts: Voices and Choices." 2005.

Syllabus for a graduate course in Law, Justice & Society, published in the American Sociological Association's Political Sociology Syllabi Set, fifth edition, ed. Sarah Sobieraj, 2005.

Lesson plan: 'A Group Discussion and Guided Reading Exercise for Introductory Sociology: Jonathan Kozol's Amazing Grace.' Published in the American Sociological Association's Introductory Sociology Resource Manual, 6th ed., ed. James Sikora and Teodora Amoloza, 2005.

Article, ‘On Multiple Identities and Educational Contexts: Remarks on the study of inequalities and discrimination.’ Journal of Language, Identity, and Education 4(1) (2005).

Teaching Resource (first author, with Peter Ibarra): 'Video and Discussion/Essay Questions: The Life of a Black Cop.' Published in an American Sociological Association teaching resource Sociology of Work and Occupations, 5th ed., ed. Carol Auster (2004).

Organized a student poster session, as a new feature of Kent State University’s Annual Symposium on Democracy. The annual theme was “Democracy and Homeland Security.” Three student posters are published in the symposium proceedings. 2004.

Faculty advisor, local chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon (National Criminal Justice Association fraternity)(2003/2004).

Paper presentation, ‘A Pedagogical Strategy for Finessing Commonsense Notions of Deviance and Criminality in the Classroom,’ paper delivered at the annual convention of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (SPHS), Boston (November, 2003).

Syllabus for a course on 'Deviant Subcultures' (taught Spring, 2002) published in Teaching the Sociology of Deviance, a selective American Sociological Association (ASA) collection of teaching resources, edited by Martin Schwartz and Michael Maume, 2003.

Participant, student advising workshop series at Kent State University, 2002/2003.

Certificate of Completion from a day-long course on “Teaching Profiling, Disparities, and Discrimination” offered at the annual convention of the American Sociological Association (ASA), August 2002.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS

At Kent State University, Department of Justice Studies:

• Faculty Advisory Committee (elected; 2004/2005;
2005/2006; 2006/2007).
• Graduate Program Committee (elected; 2004/2005;
2005/2006; 2006/2007).
• Curriculum Committee (elected; 2005/2006; 2006/2007).
• Curriculum Committee Chair (elected; 2005/2006).
• Chair Review Committee (elected; 2006/2007).
• Ad hoc committee on the Justice Politics and Policy
Ph.D. track between Political Science and Justice Studies (volunteer; 2005/2006).
• Student Academic Complaint Committee (appointed;
Fall 2003 through Spring 2008).
• Faculty advisor to the local chapter of Lambda Alpha
Epsilon (volunteer; 2003/2004).
• Library Coordinator (2007/2008)

At Boston University, Department of Sociology:

• Co-President, Graduate Student Union.


EXTRA-DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE IN UNIVERSITY SETTINGS

At Kent State University:

Member, University Citation and Recognition Committee
(appointed; 2004/2005 to 2006/2007).

Council Delegate to the Kent State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), representing the Department of Justice Studies. (Elected; 2006/2007, 2007/2008).

Faculty Advisor, Kent State Secular Humanists (2006/2007).

Departmental representative, College Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Kent State University (elected; 2005/2006, and informal service as alternate in 2003/2004, 2004/2005, and regularly in 2006/2007).

Member, faculty observers, serving the faculty senate by observing select public events on campus such as May 4th observances (volunteer; 2003-current).

Organized a documentary film showing with panel discussion focusing on families of domestic national security detainees post 9/11 (Spring, 2005).

Member, planning committee for Kent State University's Sixth Annual Symposium on Democracy: "Democracy and the Arts". Service included organizing a student poster session/art exhibit, and serving as moderator for a panel on "Art as Social Protest." (appointed; 2004/2005).

Member, planning committee for Kent State University’s Fifth Annual Symposium on Democracy: “Democracy and Homeland Security”. Service included organizing the first student poster session associated with the annual symposium, and serving as discussant for the panel on comparative-historical perspectives on homeland security. (appointed; 2003/2004).


REFEREE FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS