VITA

PEGGY A. THOITS
January, 2016
Department of Sociology
744 Ballantine Hall
1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405

Fax: (812) 855-0781

Office: (812) 856-2243
Department: (812) 855-4127
E-mail: pthoits@indiana.edu

EDUCATION:
Ph.D.
M.A.
M.A.
B.A.

1978
1976
1973
1971

Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Sociology (summa cum laude), University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2013 James R. Greenley Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociology of Mental
Health, Society and Mental Health Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems
2012 Outstanding Mentor Award, Graduate Student Association, Department of Sociology,
Indiana University
2010 Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, for excellent teaching, especially at the
undergraduate level
2010 Cooley-Mead Award for Lifetime Contributions to Distinguished Scholarship in
Sociological Social Psychology, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological
Association
2010 Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology, Medical
Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
2006 Sociology of Emotions Lifetime Achievement Award, Emotions Section, American
Sociological Association
2005 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociology of Mental
Health/Illness, Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association

2004 Two articles (1983, 1986) in the American Sociological Reviews Greatest Hits
(articles with 100 or more citations since the journals inception in 1936). See the Greatest
Hits site: http://www2.asanet.org/journals/asr/2005/043sup1.pdf. or American Sociological
Review, 2004, 70 (February): 1-4.
2003 Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Vanderbilt
University
2003 Designated Highly Cited Researcher in the Social Sciences, by Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI) (see www.ISIHighlyCited.com)
2002 Outstanding Educator, Peabody College Honoree, Vanderbilt University, for
outstanding service in education
1999 Mentoring Award for outstanding contributions to the professional and intellectual
development of Vanderbilt women, Margaret Cuninggim Womens Center, Vanderbilt
University
1998 Appointed Fellow of the American Psychological Society (now the Association for
Psychological Science) for sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology"
1996-97 NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and
Public Health, Department of Mental Hygiene, Prevention Research Center, Baltimore,
Maryland.
1990-91 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California.
1989 Elected to Sociological Research Association (honorary society).
1989 Edwin H. Sutherland Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Indiana University.
1985-86 NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley.
1974-77 NIMH Predoctoral Fellow, Stanford University.
1970 Phi Beta Kappa
1970 Val B. Fischer Award in Sociology, University of Colorado
1967-71 Regents Scholarships, and Honors Student, University of Colorado
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Virginia L. Roberts Professor of Sociology, Indiana University, July 2009 - present.

Professor Department of Sociology, Indiana University, August, 2008 June, 2009.

Elizabeth Taylor-Williams Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Research Professor of
Social Medicine - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July, 2004 June, 2008.
Fellow, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, February, 2005-2008.
Professor - Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, September, 1990 - July, 2004.
Professor - Department of Sociology, Indiana University, July 1989 - August, 1990.
Acting Program Director, NIMH Training Program in the Measurement of Affect,
Department of Sociology, Indiana University, July, 1989 - June, 1990.
Associate Professor - Department of Sociology, Indiana University, August 1986 - August
1989.
Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Sociology, University
of California-Berkeley, September 1985 - September 1986.
Assistant Professor - Department of Sociology, Princeton University, September 1980 - June
1986 (awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor, May 1986).
Assistant Professor - Department of Sociology, Washington State University, September 1978
- August 1980.
Research Sociologist - Center for the Study of Welfare Policy, SRI International, Menlo Park,
California, September 1977 - September 1978.
Research Analyst - Center for the Study of Welfare Policy, Stanford Research Institute,
Menlo Park, California, June 1976 - September 1977.
Research Assistant - Center for the Study of Welfare Policy, Stanford Research Institute,
Menlo Park, California, June 1974 - June 1976.
Teaching Assistant - Sociology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 19751976.
Experimental Assistant - Laboratory for Social Research, Stanford University, California,
1974.
Associate Director and Instructor - Colorado Summer Work-Study Program in Mental Health,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, August 1971 - April 1973.

Teaching Assistant - Sociology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,

August 1971 - June 1972.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Sociology of Mental Health
Social Psychology
Research Methods
Medical Sociology

Stress, Coping, and Support Processes

Sociology of Emotion
Self and Identity

PUBLICATIONS:
ForthComing Thoits, Peggy A. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness. In the Handbook for the
Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems, 3rd Edition, edited by
Teresa L. Scheid and Eric R. Wright. Cambridge University Press.
ForthComing Thoits, Peggy A. Im Not Mentally Ill: Identity Deflection and Well-Being. Journal
of Health and Social Behavior.
ForthComing Thoits, Peggy A. and Bruce G. Link. Stigma Resistance and Well-Being among
Persons in Treatment for Psychosis. Society and Mental Health.
2014

Smith-Lovin, Lynn and Peggy A. Thoits. Introduction to the Special Section on the
Sociology of Emotions. Emotion Review 6:187-188.

2013

Thoits, Peggy A. Volunteer Identity Salience, Role Enactment, and Well-Being:

Comparisons among Three Salience Constructs. Social Psychology Quarterly 76:373398.

2013

Thoits, Peggy A. Self, Identity, Stress, and Mental Health. Pp. 357-377 in Handbook
of the Sociology of Mental Health, Second Edition, edited by Carol S. Aneshensel, Jo C.
Phelan, and Alex Bierman. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

2012

Thoits, Peggy A. Role-Identity Salience, Purpose and Meaning in Life, and WellBeing among Volunteers. Social Psychology Quarterly 75:360-384.
2015. Results appear as featured article: Visiting Has its Benefits, Heartbeat
Magazine (Spring): 14-17.

2012

Longest, Kyle C. and Peggy A. Thoits. Gender, the Stress Process, and Health: A
Configurational Approach. Society and Mental Health 2:187-206.

2012

Thoits, Peggy A. Emotional Deviance and Mental Disorder. Pp. 201-222 in

Emotions Matter: A Relational Approach to Emotions, edited by Dale Spencer, Kevin
Walby, and Alan Hunt. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press.

2011

Thoits, Peggy A. Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental
Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 52: 145-161.
One of the top ten most-cited articles in sociology during 2010 2104 (see ASA
Footnotes, December, 2015).

2011

Thoits, Peggy A. Resisting the Stigma of Mental Illness. Social Psychology

Quarterly 74: 6-28.

2011

Thoits, Peggy A. Perceived Social Support and Voluntary, Mixed, or Pressured Use of
Mental Health Services. Society and Mental Health 1: 4-19.

2011

Payton, Andrew R. and Peggy A. Thoits. Medicalization, Direct-to-ConsumerAdvertising, and Mental Illness Stigma. Society and Mental Health 1: 55-70.

2010 Thoits, Peggy A. Stress and Health: Major Findings and Policy Implications. Journal
of Health and Social Behavior 51 (Special Issue): S41-S53.
2010 Thoits, Peggy A. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness. Pp. 106-124 in A
Handbook for the Study of Mental Health, Second Edition, edited by Teresa L. Scheid
and Tony N. Brown. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Revised, updated
chapter.)
2010 Thoits, Peggy A. Compensatory Coping with Stressors. Pp. 23-34 in Advances in the
Conceptualization of the Stress Process: Essays in Honor of Leonard I. Pearlin, edited
by William R. Avison, Carol S. Aneshensel, Scott Schieman, and Blair Wheaton. New
York: Springer-Verlag.
2008 Thoits, Peggy A. and Ranae J. Evenson. Differential Labeling of Mental Illness by
Social Status Revisited: Patterns Before and After the Rise of Managed Care.
Sociological Forum 23, 1: 28-52.
2007 Thoits, Peggy A. Extending Scherers Conception of Emotion. Social Science
Information 46, 3: 429-433.
2006 Thoits, Peggy A. Personal Agency in the Stress Process. Journal of Health and Social
Behavior 47: 309-323.
2005 Inaba, Akihide, Peggy A. Thoits, Koji Ueno, Walter R. Gove, Ranae J. Evenson, and
Melissa M. Sloan. Depression in the United States and Japan: Distributions by
Gender, Marital Status, and Socioeconomic Status. Social Science & Medicine 61, 11:
2280-2292.

2005 Thoits, Peggy A. Differential Labeling of Mental Illness by Social Status: A New
Look at an Old Problem. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 46, 1: 102-119.
2004 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotion Norms, Emotion Work, and Social Order. Pp. 359-378 in
Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Symposium, edited by Antony S. R.
Manstead, Nico H. Frijda, and Agneta H. Fischer. NY: Cambridge University Press.
2008, Reprinted in Within the Social World: Essays in Social Psychology, edited
by Jeffrey Chin and Cardell K. Jacobson. Boston, MA: ABLongman.
2003 Thoits, Peggy A. Personal Agency in the Accumulation of Multiple Role-Identities.
Pp. 179-194 in Advances in Identity Theory and Research, edited by Peter J. Burke,
Timothy J. Owens, Richard Serpe, and Peggy A. Thoits. New York: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum.
2003 Burke, Peter J., Timothy J. Owens, Richard Serpe, and Peggy A. Thoits (Editors).
Advances in Identity Theory and Research. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
2001 Thoits, Peggy A. and Lyndi N. Hewitt. Volunteer Work and Well-Being. Journal of
Health and Social Behavior 42, 2: 115-131.
2000 Thoits, Peggy A., Ann A. Hohmann, Mary R. Harvey, and Bill Fletcher.
Similar-Other Support for Men Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.
Health Psychology 19: 264-273.
1999 Thoits, Peggy A. Introduction to the Special Issue: Sociological Contributions to the
Understanding of Emotion. Motivation and Emotion 23, 2: 67-71.
1999 Thoits, Peggy A. Self, Identity, Stress, and Mental Health. Pp. 345-368 in
Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health, edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo. C.
Phelan. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
1999 Thoits, Peggy A. Sociological Approaches to Mental Illness. Pp. 121-138 in A
Handbook for the Study of Mental Health, edited by Allan V. Horwitz and Teresa L.
Scheid. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1997 Thoits, Peggy A. and Lauren K. Virshup. Me's and We's: Forms and Functions of
Social Identities. Pp. 106-133 in Self and Identity: Fundamental Issues, Volume I,
edited by Richard D. Ashmore and Lee Jussim. New York, NY: Oxford University
Press.
1996 Thoits, Peggy A. Managing the Emotions of Others. Symbolic Interaction 19, 2:85109.

1995 Jackson, Pamela Braboy, Peggy A. Thoits, and Howard F. Taylor. Composition of
the Workplace and Psychological Well-Being: The Effects of Tokenism on America's
Black Elite. Social Forces 74:543-557.
1995 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Psychology: The Interplay between Sociology and
Psychology. Social Forces 73: 1231-1243.
1998, Reprinted in Sociological Analysis 1: 169-180.
1995 Thoits, Peggy A. Stress, Coping and Social Support Processes: Where Are We?
What Next? Journal of Health and Social Behavior 35 (Extra Issue): 53-79.
1998, Reprinted in Readings in Medical Sociology, edited by William C.
Cockerham, Michael Glasser, and Linda S. Heuser, Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
2000, Reprinted in Readings in Medical Sociology, 2nd Edition, edited by
William C. Cockerham and Michael Glasser. NJ: Prentice Hall.
1995 Thoits, Peggy A. Identity-Relevant Events and Psychological Symptoms: A
Cautionary Tale. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36:72-82.
1994 Thoits, Peggy A. Stressors and Problem-Solving: The Individual as Psychological
Activist. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 35:143-159.
1999, Reprinted in Instructors Manual to Accompany Investigating the Social
World: The Process and Practice of Research, Second Edition, by Russell K.
Schutt and Matthew E. Archibald. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
1992 Thoits, Peggy A. Identity Structures and Psychological Well-Being: Gender and
Marital Status Comparisons. Social Psychology Quarterly 55, 3:236-256.
Selected Top 5 Finalist paper for the 1992 Reuben Hill Award, National
Council on Family Relations.
1992 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support Functions and Network Structures: A Supplemental
View. Pp. 57-62 in Hans O. F. Veiel and Urs Baumann (eds.), The Meaning and
Measurement of Social Support. New York: Hemisphere Publishing.
1991 Thoits, Peggy A. On Merging Identity Theory and Stress Research. Social Psychology
Quarterly 54, 2:101-112.
1991 Thoits, Peggy A. Patterns in Coping with Controllable and Uncontrollable Events. Pp.
235-258 in E. Mark Cummings, Anita L. Greene, and Katherine H. Karraker (eds.),
Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Perspectives on Stress and Coping. Hillsdale,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

1991 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender Differences in Coping with Emotional Distress. Pp. 107-138
in John Eckenrode (ed.), The Social Context of Coping. New York: Plenum.
1990 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotional Deviance: Research Agendas. Pp. 180-203 in Theodore
D. Kemper (ed.), Research Agendas in the Sociology of Emotions. Albany, NY:
SUNY Press.
1989 Thoits, Peggy A. The Sociology of Emotions. Annual Review of Sociology, 15:31742.
1989 Pollak, Lauren Harte and Peggy A. Thoits. Processes in Emotional Socialization.
Social Psychology Quarterly 52:22-34.
1987 Angel, Ronald and Peggy A. Thoits. The Impact of Culture on the Cognitive Structure
of Illness. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry 11:465-494.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender and Marital Status Differences in Control and Distress:
Common Stress versus Unique Stress Explanations. Journal of Health and Social
Behavior 28, 1: 7-22.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Negotiating Roles. Pp. 11-22 in Faye J. Crosby (ed.), Spouse,
Parent, Worker: On Gender and Multiple Roles. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press.
1986 Thoits, Peggy A. Multiple Identities: Examining Gender and Marital Status
Differences in Distress. American Sociological Review 51, 2: 259-272.
1986 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support as Coping Assistance. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology 54, 4: 416-423.
1986 Feinson, Marjorie C. and Peggy A. Thoits. The Distribution of Distress among Elders.
Journal of Gerontology, 41, 2: 225-233.
1985 Alexander, Victoria D. and Peggy A. Thoits. Token Achievement: An Examination of
Proportional Representation and Performance Outcomes. Social Forces 64, 2: 332340.
1985 Thoits, Peggy A. Self-Labeling Processes in Mental Illness: The Role of Emotional
Deviance. American Journal of Sociology 92, 2: 221-249.
1985 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support and Psychological Well-Being: Theoretical
Possibilities. Pp. 51-72 in Irwin G. Sarason and Barbara R. Sarason (eds.), Social
Support: Theory, Research, and Applications. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus
Nijhof.

1985 Thoits, Peggy A. Negative Outcome: The Influence of Factors Outside Therapy. Pp.
249-263 in Daniel T. Mays and Cyril M. Franks (eds.), Negative Outcome in
Psychotherapy and What to Do About It. New York: Springer.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Coping, Social Support, and Psychological Outcomes: The Central
Role of Emotion. Pp. 219-238 in Phillip Shaver (ed.), Review of Personality and
Social Psychology, Volume 5. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Explaining Distributions of Psychological Vulnerability: Lack of
Social Support in the Face of Life Stress. Social Forces 63: 453-481.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Multiple Identities and Psychological Well-Being: A Reformulation
and Test of the Social Isolation Hypothesis. American Sociological Review 48, 2:
174-187.
2010 Reprinted in Jane D. McLeod and Eric R. Wright (eds.), Sociology of
Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Reader, Oxford University Press.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Dimensions of Life Events that Influence Psychological Distress:
An Evaluation and Synthesis of the Literature. Pp. 33-103 in Howard Kaplan (ed.),
Psychosocial Stress: Trends in Theory and Research. New York: Academic Press.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Main and Interactive Effects of Social Support: Response to
LaRocco. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 24, 1: 92-95.
1982 Thoits, Peggy A. Life Stress, Social Support, and Psychological Vulnerability:
Epidemiological Considerations. Journal of Community Psychology 10 (October):
341-362.
1982 Thoits, Peggy A. Longitudinal Effects of Income Maintenance Upon Psychological
Distress: Four Waves of Analysis. Social Science Forum 4, 1: 38-57.
1982 Thoits, Peggy A. Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Problems in Studying
Social Support as a Buffer Against Stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 23,
2: 145-159.
The above paper was designated a "Citation Classic" by the Social Sciences
Citation Index, in 1992.
2015. Reprinted in Common Mental Health Problems, edited by David
Pilgrim, Sage.
1981 Thoits, Peggy A. Undesirable Life Events and Psychophysiological Distress: A
Problem of Operational Confounding. American Sociological Review 46, 1: 97-109.

1979 Thoits, Peggy A. and Michael T. Hannan. Income and Psychological Distress: The
Impact of an Income Maintenance Experiment. Journal of Health and Social
Behavior 20, 2: 120-138.
1980, Reprinted in P. K. Robins, R. G. Spiegelman, S. Weiner and J. G. Bell
(eds.), A Guaranteed Annual Income, New York: Academic Press.
1978 Thoits, Peggy A. Life Events, Social Integration, and Psychological Distress.
Sociology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California. (Dissertation.)
1977 Thoits, Peggy A. Review of False Starts: A Memoir of San Quentin and Other
Prisons. Contemporary Sociology 6, 2: 175.
1975 Nielson, Joyce McCarl and Peggy A. Thoits. Sex-Role Stereotypes of Feminists and
Nonfeminists. Sex-Roles: A Journal of Research 1, 1: 83-96.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS:
Thoits, Peggy A. We Know What Theyre Going Through: Social Support from
Similar versus Significant Others. (Under revision)

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:

University Research Council Award (leave supplement), Vanderbilt University, 1996-1997.
University Research Council, Vanderbilt University, Grant #1-36-690-2003, "Maintaining
Identity: Struggling Musicians," January 1996-December 1996, $800.
NIMH, RO1 MH43802, "Identity-Relevant Events and Psychological Distress," April, 1988March, 1992, $259,661 (direct costs).
Biomedical Research Support Grant, S07 RR7031, Indiana University, "Identity-Relevant
Events and Psychological Distress," January 1-June 30, 1988, $4,138.
Grant, Cornerhouse Foundation, Dr. Howard Taylor, Principal Investigator, P. A. Thoits, CoPrincipal Investigator, "The Structure of a National Black Elite," July 1, 1983-June 30,
1985, $120,000.
Faculty Summer Research Award, Princeton University, Program in Women's Studies,
"Gender and Marital Status Differences in Psychological Reactivity to Stressful
Events: The Importance of Objective and Subjective Control," July 1-September 15,
1983, $3,000.

Princeton University Committee on Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, "Life
Crises, Social Support, and Psychological Well-Being: A Test of the Buffering
Hypothesis," August 15-November 15, 1981, $640.
NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant, "Life Stress, Social Support, and Psychological
Vulnerability," Princeton University, November 1980-March 1982, $3,000.
Grant-in-Aid Proposal, "Reducing Vulnerability to Life Stress: The Role of Social Support,"
Washington State University, July 1979-July 1980, $6,500.
Subcontract, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, "Income Maintenance Impacts Upon Mental
Health and Other Quality of Life Indicators," September 1978-June 1979, $18,500.

REPORTS:
2012 Thoits, Peggy A. Mended Hearts Visitors: Volunteer Work and Well-Being. Report
to Mended Hearts, Incorporated, Dallas, TX.
1987

Thoits, Peggy A. Position Paper. Pp. 80-102 in Anita Eichler and Delores Perron
(eds.), Women's Mental Health: Agenda for Research. NIMH, Rockville, MD.

1984 Taylor, Howard F., Peggy A. Thoits, and Karen A. Solomon. The Network Structure
of America's Black Leadership: A Progress Report. Department of Sociology,
Princeton University.
1979 Groeneveld, Lyle P., James F. Short, and Peggy A. Thoits. Design of a Study to
Assess the Impact of Income Maintenance on Delinquency. Final Report prepared for
the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Department of Justice. SRI
International, Menlo Park, California.
1979 Thoits, Peggy A. Income Maintenance, Life Changes and Psychological Distress:
Implications for Life Events Theory. Research Memorandum 66, Socioeconomic
Research Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, California.
1978 Thoits, Peggy A. and Michael T. Hannan. Income and Psychological Distress:
Evidence from the Seattle and Denver Income Maintenance Experiments. Research
Memorandum 50, Center for the Study of Welfare Policy, SRI International, Menlo
Park, California.

PRESENTATIONS:
2010 Thoits, Peggy A. Mechanisms Linking Social Ties and Support to Physical and Mental
Health. Presented at the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August. (Leo G.
Reeder Award Address)

2010 Thoits, Peggy A. Resisting the Stigma of Mental Illness. Presented at the American
Sociological Association, Atlanta, August. (Cooley-Mead Award Address)
2009

Thoits, Peggy A. "Stress and Health." Presented at the American Sociological

Association, San Francisco, August, 2009.

2009

Payton, Andrew R. and Peggy A. Thoits. "Medicalization, Direct-to-ConsumerAdvertising, and Mental Illness Stigma." Presented at the Mental Health Roundtables,
American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, 2009.

2009 Thoits, Peggy A. "Emotional Deviance and Mental Disorder." Presented at the
"Emotions Matter" Workshop, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 8-9,
2009.
2008 Thoits, Peggy A. "Compensatory Coping with Stressors." Presented at the Festschrift for
Leonard I. Pearlin, American Sociological Association, Boston, July 31, 2008.
2007 Longest, Kyle and Peggy A. Thoits. "The Stress Process and Physical Health."
Presented at the American Sociological Association, New York, August.
2005 Thoits, Peggy A. Personal Agency in the Stress Process. Presented at the American
Sociological Association, August, 2005. (Leonard I. Pearlin Award Address)
2004 Griffin, Larry J. and Peggy A. Thoits. Region as Social Identity: The American South
and the Self. Presented at the Southern Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, April.
2002 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotional Deviance: Antecedents and Consequences. American
Sociological Association, Chicago, August.
2002 Thoits, Peggy A., Plenary Speaker, Emotion Norms and Emotion Work: Psychological
and Social Implications. International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE),
Cuenca, Spain, July 20-24.
2001 Thoits, Peggy A., Keynote Speaker, Emotion Norms, Emotion Work, and Social Order,
at Feelings and Emotions: The Amsterdam Conference, June 13-16 at the University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2001 Thoits, Peggy A. Personal Agency in the Accumulation of Multiple Role-Identities.
Presented at the Mini-Conference on the Future of Identity Theory and Research, Indiana
University, Bloomington, April 27-28.
2000 Thoits, Peggy A. Symbolic Interaction and Its Connection to Other Faces of Social
Psychology. Invited symposium presentation, American Sociological Association,
Washington, DC, August.

2000 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotion and Psychopathology: A Sociological Point of View. Paper
presented at the International Society for Research on Emotion, Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada, August.
1999 Thoits, Peggy A. and Sheppard G. Kellam. Adolescents Role Involvements and Mental
Health: Long-Term Effects of the Baltimore Preventive Intervention Trials. Paper
presented at the American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, IL, August.
1999 Thoits, Peggy A. Stress and Identity Change. Paper presented at the Southern
Sociological Society meetings, Nashville, TN, April.
1999 McDaniel, Darren and Peggy A. Thoits. Social Comparisons as Cognitive Strategies:
Protecting Threatened Identity in the Case of Striving Musicians. Paper presented at the
Southern Sociological Society meetings, Nashville, TN, April.
1998 Thoits, Peggy A., Ann A. Hohmann, Mary R. Harvey, and Bill Fletcher. Stress and
Similar-Other Support: Enhancing Physical and Psychological Recovery from Coronary
Artery Bypass Surgery. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, San
Francisco, CA, August.
1997

Thoits, Peggy A. Infusing Emotions into Social Psychology and Mental Health: The
Research of Peggy Thoits. Invited Talk, Special Session of the Section on Emotion,
American Sociological Association, Toronto, August 1997.

1995 Thoits, Peggy A. Managing the Emotions of Others. Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August.
1995 Thoits, Peggy A. and Lauren K. Virshup. Me's and We's: Forms and Functions of Social
Identities. Paper presented at the Symposium on Self and Social Identity, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ, April.
1994 Thoits, Peggy A., Keynote Speaker, "Stressors and Problem-Solving: Viewing
Individuals as Psychological Activists." Conference on Social Stress, Manoa, Hawaii,
May.
1994 Thoits, Peggy A. The Interplay between Sociology and Psychology. Paper presented at
the Southern Sociological Society, Raleigh, NC, April.
1994 Jackson, Pamela Braboy, Peggy A. Thoits, and Howard F. Taylor. Composition of the
Workplace: The Effects of Tokenism on America's Black Elite. Paper presented at the
American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August.
1992 Milkie, Melissa A. and Peggy A. Thoits. Gender Differences in Coping with Positive and
Negative Emotional Experiences. Paper presented at the American Sociological
Association, Pittsburgh, PA, August.

1992 Thoits, Peggy A. The Psychological Effects of Identity-Relevant Events. Paper

presented at the International Conference on Stress Research, Venice, Italy, June.
1991 Thoits, Peggy A. Identity Structures and Psychological Well-Being: Gender and Marital
Status Comparisons. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems,
Cincinnati, OH, August.
1990 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender and Emotional Deviance. Paper presented at the International
Society for Research on Emotion, New Brunswick, NJ, July.
1988 Thoits, Peggy A. Patterns in Coping with Controllable and Uncontrollable Events. Paper
presented at the West Virginia University Conference on Life-Span Developmental
Psychology, Morgantown, March.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender Differences in Coping. Paper presented at the International
Conference on Stress and Mental Health, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, October.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender Differences in Coping with Emotional Distress. Paper
presented at the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, October.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotional Deviance: Research Agendas. Presented at the American
Sociological Association,Chicago, August.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotional Deviance: Implications of Deviations from Emotion Norms
for Stress and Mental Health. Presented at the American Psychological Association, New
York, August.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Prying Open the Black Box: New Directions for Research on Social
Support. Paper presented at the Iowa Conference on Personal Relationships, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, June.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. On Merging Identity Theory with Stress Research. Paper presented at
the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, May.
1987 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender by Marital Status Differences in Psychological Distress as a
Function of Identity-Relevant Events. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological
Society, Chicago, April.
1986 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support and Cardiovascular Disease. Paper presented at the
Sociophysiology of Social Relationships Conference, Palo Alto, California, November.
1986 Thoits, Peggy A. What's New in the Sociology of Emotion? Paper presented at the Bay
Area Sociologists for Women in Society, Berkeley, March.

1985 Thoits, Peggy A. Emotion-Management and Psychological Well-Being. Paper presented

at the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, August.
1985 Thoits, Peggy A. What Can Sociologists Add to the Study of Emotion? Paper presented
to the International Society for Research on Emotion, Harvard, March.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Gender and Marital Status Differences in Psychological Distress:
Issues of Objective and
Subjective Control. Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association, San Antonio, August.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Multiple Identities: Explaining Gender and Marital Status Differences
in Distress. Paper presented at the Self and Identity Conference, Cardiff, Wales, July.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support and Mental Health. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the AAAS, New York, May.
1984 Thoits, Peggy A. Multiple Roles: Social and Interpersonal Implications. Paper
presented at the Yale Conference on Modern Woman: Managing Multiple Roles, New
Haven, May.
1984 Taylor, Howard F., Peggy A. Thoits, and Karen A. Solomon. The Network Structure of
America's Black Leadership: A Progress Report. Presented at the Albany Conference on
Ethnicity and Race, SUNY, Albany, April.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support Processes and Psychological Well-Being: Theoretical
Possibilities. Paper presented at the NATO Workshop on Social Support, Toulouse,
France, September.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Transforming Emotions: A Reconceptualization and Extension of
Hochschild's Theory of Emotion-Work with Applications to Stress, Coping, and Social
Support. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Detroit, August.
1983 Alexander, Victoria and Peggy A. Thoits. Tokenism and Performance: A Test of
Kanter's Hypothesis. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Detroit,
August.
1983 Thoits, Peggy A. Reconceptualizing Mental Illness: Deviant Feelings and Expression.
Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, San Jose, April.
1982 Thoits, Peggy A. Social Support as a Differential Buffer of Life Stress: Explaining
Epidemiological Distributions of Psychological Vulnerability. Paper presented at the
National Stress Conference, Durham, New Hampshire, October.
1982 Thoits, Peggy A. Dimensions of Life Events as Influences Upon the Genesis of
Psychological Distress and Associated Conditions. Presented at the International
Sociological Association, Mexico City, August.

1981 Thoits, Peggy A. Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Problems in Studying

Social Support as a Buffer Against Stress. Presented at the American Sociological
Association, Toronto, August.
1981 Thoits, Peggy A. Identity Accumulation and Psychological Well-Being: A
Reformulation and Test of the Social Isolation Hypothesis. Presented at the Society for
the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, August.
1980 Thoits, Peggy A. Longitudinal Effects of Income Maintenance Upon Psychological
Distress. Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, August.
1979 Thoits, Peggy A. Life Events and Psychological Distress: Disconfirming Evidence.
Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, August.
1978 Thoits, Peggy A. and Michael Hannan. The Impact of Income Maintenance Upon
Psychological Distress. Paper presented at SIME/DIME Conference, Orcas Island,
Washington, May.
1978 Thoits, Peggy A. and Michael Hannan. The Impact of an Income Maintenance Experiment
on Psychological Distress. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems,
San Francisco, California, September.
1975 Nielson, Joyce McCarl and Peggy A. Thoits. Sex Role Feminists and Nonfeminists. Paper
presented at Midwest Regional Women's Studies Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, April.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
American Sociological Association
Sections: Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, Emotions, Mental Health
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Section: Mental Health
International Society for Research on Emotion (by invitation, 1984-present)
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, (by invitation, 1990-present)
Association for Psychological Science (formerly American Psychological Society)

PROFESSIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Reviewing, Consulting, and Editing
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Advances in Medical Sociology, January 2015 December
2016.

Review Panel Member, Swiss National Science Foundation: Annual reviews of a National Centre
of Competence in Research: Centre for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland, July 2007 June
2017.
Associate Editor, Emotion Review, April 2011 May 2014.
Associate Editor (with Lynn Smith-Lovin), Emotion Review, Special Section on Sociology of
Emotions, June 2013 - January 2014.
Editorial Board, Society and Mental Health, August, 2010 December, 2012.
Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, January 1, 2009 December 31, 2011.
Editorial Board, Social Forces, January 1, 2009 December 31, 2010.
Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2007.
NIH Study Section (Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior /Personality, Social Psychology and
Inter-Personal Processes), National Institute of Health, June 1999-June 2003.
Consulting Editor, Acta Sociologica, January, 2002-March, 2004.
Associate Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, August 1999-December 31, 2002.
Consulting Editor, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1997-2002.
Guest Editor, Special issue on Sociological Contributions to the Understanding of Emotion,
Motivation and Emotion, September, 1997-March, 1999.
Study Section Member, NIMH, Behavioral and Social Sciences, October 1998-February 1999.
Editorial Board, American Journal of Sociology, 1995-1997.
Deputy Editor, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1992 - 1996.
Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1992-1994.
Consultant, Committee on Social Support, University of Illinois-Chicago, November, 1988-1989.
Ad-Hoc reviewer for National Science Foundation, NIH, and NIMH, including B/START reviews,
1981-present.
Reviewer for American Sociological Review, Social Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 1981-present.

Associate Editor, American Sociological Review, 1986-1988.

Associate Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 1981-1984.
Ad Hoc Consultant, MacArthur Foundation, 1987-1988.
Consultant - Research Project: The Effect of Social Support on Functional Limitation after CABG
Surgery. Birmingham VA Medical Center. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
March 1986-March 1989.
Consultant, Chapter on "Stress," for the second, third, and fourth editions of Psychology, by J.
Darley et al., Prentice-Hall, June 1982, December 1984, March, 1987.

Committees: Professional
Cooley-Mead Award Committee member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological
Association, October 2015 August 2016.
Nominations Committee member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association,
October 2014 August 2015.
Council Member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, August, 2013
August, 2016.
Member, Cooley-Mead Award Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological
Association, August 2011 August 2012.
Chair, Publications Committee, and Chair, Freidson Award Committee, Medical Sociology Section,
American Sociological Association, August 2009 August 2011.
Nominations Committee, Emotions Section, American Sociological Association, September 2007 August 2008.
Publications Committee, Southern Sociological Society, April 2007 - April 2008.
Lifetime Achievement Awards Committee, Section on Emotions, American Sociological
Association, August 2006 August 2007.
Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, August,
2004-August, 2005.
Chair of Publications Committee and Council Member, Mental Health Section, American
Sociological Association, August, 2003-August, 2004.

Executive Committee, International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), March 2001-2003.
Cooley-Mead Award Committee Member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological
Association, 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 2000-2001.
Program Committee, International Society for Research on Emotion, September 1997-August 1998.
Chair, Nominations Committee, Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association, 19941995.
Executive Committee Member, International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), 1992-1996.
Member, Nominations Committee, Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association,
1993-1994.
Member, Nominations Committee, Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association,
1993-1994.
Chair, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological
Association, 1992-1993.
Council Member, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 1991-1994.
Council Member, Sociology of Emotions Section, American Sociological Association, 1988-1991.
Council Member At Large, Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 19871989.
Program Committee, Emotions Section, American Sociological Association, 1987-1988.
Chair, Indiana Chapter, Sociologists for Women in Society, 1987-1988.
Chair, Nominations Committee, Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association,
1985-1986.
Nominations Committee of the Social Psychology Section of the American Sociological
Association, 1982-1983.
Committee on the Regulation of Research, American Sociological Association, January 1982December 1984.
Steering Committee Member, Palouse Area Chapter of SWS, 1978-1980.
Steering Committee Member, Sociologists for Women in Society, 1977-1982.

Chair, Membership Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society, 1979-1981.

Manager, Computerized Membership List, Sociologists for Women in Society, 1979-1985.
Secretary, Bay Area Chapter of SWS, 1975-1978.
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, Pacific Sociological Association, 1979-1980.

Session Organizer and Discussant Activities:

Session Organizer and Presider, Stress-Buffering Processes, Mental Health Section, American
Sociological Association, Denver, August, 2012.
Session Organizer and Presider, Social Psychological Approaches to Mental Illness, Social
Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August, 2011.
Workshop Organizer and Presider, How to Get Published, American Sociological Association,
Montreal, August, 2006.
Workshop Participant, The Pluses, Minuses, Logistics, and Thrills of Being a Journal Editor,
American Sociological Association, Montreal, August, 2006.
Discussant, Emotions and Health, Social Structure and Emotions Conference, Athens, GA, April
6-9, 2006.
Workshop Presider, How to Get Published, American Sociological Association, Philadelphia,
August, 2005.
Discussant, Stress-Process Research in the 21st Century, Society for the Study of Social Problems,
Chicago, August, 2002.
Session Organizer, Sociology of Emotion, American Sociological Association. Anaheim, CA,
August 20, 2001.
Discussant, Macrostructural and Cultural Influences on Mental Health and Illness, American
Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August, 2000.
Discussant, Converging Diversity in Emotion Theory and Research, American Sociological
Association. Chicago, August, 1999.
Discussant, Social Change and Mental Health, Society for the Study of Social Problems, San
Francisco, CA, August, 1998.

Session Organizer, Sociology of Emotion, American Sociological Association. Toronto, Canada,

August, 1997.
Workshop Presenter: "Problem-Solving and Problem-Compensating: The Individual as
Psychological Activist," American Sociological Association, Miami, August, 1993.
Discussant: "Health and Illness Processes: Stress, Coping and Social Support," American
Sociological Association, Miami, August, 1993.
Workshop Presenter: "The Role of Emotions in Social Psychology," American Sociological
Association. Pittsburgh, PA, August, 1992.
Session Organizer, Social Support, Stress, and Health, American Sociological Association,
Cincinnati, OH, August, 1991.
Session Organizer, Social Structure and Mental Health, American Sociological Association, San
Francisco, California, August, 1989.
Session Organizer, Sociology of Emotion, American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA,
August, 1988.
Session Organizer (with Roberta Simmons), Social Psychology of Emotion, American Sociological
Association, Atlanta, GA, August, 1988.
Refereed Roundtable, "Processes in Emotional Socialization," American Sociological Association,
Chicago, August, 1987 (with Lauren Harte Pollak).
Discussant, "Illness Appraisal: Social and Cognitive Processes," Midwestern Psychological
Association, Chicago, May, 1987.
Luncheon Roundtable Presider, "Stress and Emotion," American Sociological Association, New
York, August 1986.
Organizer and presider, Social Psychology Section Roundtable ("Multiple Roles/Multiple
Identities"), American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1985.
Session Organizer, Emotion, American Sociological Association meetings, San Antonio, August
1984.
Session Organizer, Medical Sociology Section, (Session on Social Support) American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, August 1982.
Session Organizer, Social Psychology of Emotion, Pacific Sociological Association meetings, San
Diego, April 1982.

Roundtable Discussion Session, "Role-Accumulation: Theoretical Issues," American Sociological

Association, August 1981 (with Judith Gerson).
Discussant, Sociology of Mental Health Session, American Sociological Association Meetings,
New York, August 1980.
Administrative:
Organizer, SHeL Workshop, Fall 2010, Fall 2014.
Acting Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, July 2003July 2004.
Committees, Indiana University:
Faculty Mediation Committee, elected member (College-level), Fall 2013 Spring 2015.
Bloomington Faculty Council, elected member (College-level), Fall 2012 Spring 2014.
Search Committee for Director of the Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Workshop in Political
Theory, appointed member (University-level), Spring 2013 Spring 2014.
Conflict of Interest Committee (College-level), Fall 2012 Spring 2014.
Faculty Board of Review, elected member (College-level), Summer 2010 Summer 2012.
Dean Search and Screening Committee (College-level), Fall 2010.
Faculty Research Support Program, Member (College-level), Spring, 2009.
Strategic Planning Committee for the Social Sciences, Member (College-level), Fall, 2008.
Sexual Harassment Liaison (Department-level), Fall, 2015.
Mentor Coordinator (Department-level), Fall 2013 Spring 2014.
Executive Committee (Department-level), Fall 2012 Spring 2014.
Search Committee, Race and CRRS Director (Department-level), Fall 2012.
Personnel Committee (Department-level), Fall 2011 Spring 2012.
Graduate Evaluation and Recruitment Committee (Department-level), Fall 2009 Spring 2010.
Personnel Committee (Department-level), Fall 2009 Spring 2010.
Executive Committee (Department-level), Fall 2009 Summer 2010.
Graduate Affairs (Department-level), 1989-1990.
Personnel Committee (Department-level, 1986-1989.
Human Subjects Committee (University-level), 1988-1990.
Committees, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill:
Teaching Evaluation Committee, Member (Department-level), 2008.
Post-Tenure Review Committee, Chair (Department-level), 2008.
Executive Committee (Department-level), 2004- 2005, 2007-2008.
Search Committee for Odum Chair Professor, Member (Department-level), 2005-2007.

Committees, Vanderbilt University:

Committee on Educational Programs (College-level), 1997-2002.
Consultative Committee of the Faculty Senate (University-level), 2000-2001.
Faculty Senate (University-level), 1998-2001.
Professional Ethics and Academic Freedom Committee (University-level), 1998-2001.
Owen School of Management, Dean Search Committee (University-level), 1999-2000.
Co-Founder and Core Faculty Member of the Interdisciplinary Program in Social Psychology,
1996-2004.
Co-chair (with William P. Smith), Social Psychology Seminar Series, 1993-1996.
A&S Dean Search Committee (College-level), 1993-1994.
Sexual Harassment Committee (College-level), 1992-1993.
Faculty Recruitment Committee (Department-level), 1992-1993, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 19981999, 2000-2001, 2001-2002.
Graduate Program Committee (Department-level), 1991-1993, 1994-1995, 1997-1998, 1998-1999,
2001-2002.
Committees, Princeton University:
Human Subjects Committee (University-level), 1981-1984.
Computer Center Committee (University-level), 1982-1983.
Women's Studies Program Committee (University-level), 1983-1985.
Stevenson Fellow (University-level), 1980-1982.
Rockefeller Fellow (University-level), 1984-1985.
Committees, Washington State University:
Human Subjects Committee (University-level)
Deviance Area Committee (Department-level)
Social Psychology Area Committee (Department-level)
Graduate Studies Committee (Department-level)
Personnel Committee (Department-level)
Executive Advisory Committee (Department-level)
Chair, Ad Hoc Search Committee for Principal Undergraduate Advisor (Department-level)
Ad Hoc Committee to Revise Graduate Program (Department-level)
Founded Palouse Area Chapter of Sociologists for Women in Society
Committees, Stanford University:
Human Subjects Committee (University-level), 1975-1977.
Other Invitations

Invited participant, Translational Research: Bridging Basic and Applied Perspectives, National
Institute of Mental health, Division of AIDS and Health and Behavior Research, Washington, DC,
May 4-5, 2006.
Invited Task Force Participant and Speaker, "Workshop on Social Support and Cardiovascular
Disease," National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Irvine, California, April 1986.
Invited symposium speaker, "Emotion Management and Psychological Well- Being," American
Psychological Association meetings, Los Angeles, August 1985.
Invited panelist, International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE), Harvard University, June
1985.
Invited member, Consortium for Research Involving Stress-Buffering Processes (CRISP), supported
by the William T. Grant Foundation, 1983-1995.
Award Lecture ("Gender and Marital Status Differences in Psychological Distress"), Faculty
Summer Research Award, Program in Women's Studies, Princeton University, December 1983.
Invited Lecture Series ("Stress" and "Social Support"), Utah State University, March 1983.
Visiting Professor, Graduate Seminar, "Stress, Coping, and Social Support," Rutgers University, for
the Rutgers-Princeton Mental Health Training Program, May-June 1982.
Invited address ("Social Support as a Buffer of Life Stress: Epidemiological Considerations"),
Laboratory for Socio-Environmental Studies, NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland, December 1981.
Visiting Scholar, ICPSR Summer Program in Research Methods, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, July-August 1981.
Workshop Discussion Leader, Social Imperatives and the Development of Science, Technology and
Medicine Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, December 1980.

COURSES TAUGHT:
Indiana University (2008 present):
Graduate -

Introduction to Social Psychology (S530)

Sociology of Mental Health/Mental Illness (S660)
Social Origins of Health Inequality (S660)
Qualitative Interviewing (S652)
Sociological Research Practicum: Similar-Other Support and Well-Being
(S566/567)

Undergraduate -

Emotions and Social Life (S101)

Research Methods in Sociology (S370)
Medicine and Society (S360)
Social Issues in Health and Medicine (S358)

University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill:

Graduate

Social Psychological Theory

Medical Sociology

Undergraduate -

Measurement and Data Collection

Emotion and Social Life
Sociology of Mental Health and Mental Illness
Medicine and Society

Vanderbilt University:
Graduate

Participant Observation/Field Methods

Sociology of Emotion
Survey Seminar in Social Psychology
Sociological Inquiry (Research Methods)

Undergraduate-

Emotion and Social Life

Social Dynamics of Mental Health
Society and Medicine
The Individual and Society
Introduction to Social Research
Research Practicum

Indiana University (1986 1990):

Graduate

Sociology of Emotion
Sociological Research Practicum: Identity, Multiple Roles, and Mental Health

Undergraduate -

Social Problems: Mental Illness

Society and the Individual

Princeton University:
Graduate

Undergraduate -

Culture and Personality (Social Psychology)

Sociology of Mental Health
Empirical Seminar
Research Methods
Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Introductory Sociology
Stress, Coping, Support, and the Self
University of California, Berkeley:
Undergraduate -

Social Psychology

Washington State University:

Graduate

Sociology of Mental Health

Sociology of Emotion

Undergraduate-

Sociology of Mental Health

Social Psychology
Seminar on Stress Research
Research Methods

TUTORIALS TAUGHT:
Spring, 2008 Fall, 2007
Fall, 2007
Spring, 2007 Fall, 2006
Fall, 2006
Spring, 2006 Fall, 2005
Fall, 2004
Spring, 2002 Spring, 2002 Fall, 2001
Fall, 2001
Spring 2000 Fall 1999
Fall 1999
Spring 1999 Fall 1998
Spring 1998
Fall 1997
Summer 1996 Summer 1995 Fall 1995
-

Honors Student Advisor: Jacob Rosch

Honors Student Advisor: Jacob Rosch
Independent Study: Matt Wells, Margaret-Ann Griffin
Honors Student Advisor: Tiffany Rivers
Honors Student Advisor: Tiffany Rivers
Independent Study: Kimyale Knox
Honors Student Advisor: Timara Barker
Honors Student Advisor: Timara Barker
Internship Advisor (Soci 92): Crystal Shackleford
Independent Study: Ranae Evenson, Melissa Sloan
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Psychology (director, graduate program)
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Psychology (director, graduate program)
Independent Study: Melissa Sloan
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Psychology (director, graduate program)
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Social Psychology (director, graduate program)
Independent Study: Koji Ueno
Independent Study: Lyndi Hewitt, Judy Porter
Independent Study: Ben Johnston, Carrie Lee, Ellen Granberg
Independent Research: Ellen Granberg, Janelle Lee
Independent Research: Ellen Granberg
Independent Research: Nancy Malcolm, Kathryn Lively
Summer Research Intern: Kimberly Secrist
Independent Study: Lynn Hampton, Kathryn Lively, Cynthia Ganote
Research Apprenticeship: Darren McDaniel
Honors Research: Hayley Warshaw

Spring 1995

Fall 1994
Fall 1993
Fall 1991
Summer 1989

Independent Research: Sheron Salyer (Nursing)

Directed Studies: Nicole Chira, Sara Clow
Independent Research: Lauren Virshup, Sharon Dowdy (Nursing)
Independent Research: Terrell Hayes, Judith Porter
Directed Studies: Mary Ellen Hill
Directed Studies: Sean Creighton and Kathy Kehl

DISSERTATION STUDENTS:
Current dissertation students (Dissertation Chair):
Jaclyn Tabor, Sociology, Indiana University (Co-Chair with Brian Powell)
Jason Blind, Sociology, Indiana University (Co-Chair with Donna Eder)
----------------Current memberships on dissertation committees:
Bianca Manago, Sociology, Indiana University
Long Doan, Sociology, Indiana University
Kody Steffy, Sociology, Indiana University
Scott Setchfield, Sociology, Indiana University
Kristina Simacek, Sociology, Indiana University
Jennifer Caputo, Sociology, Indiana University
Jane VanHeuvelen, Sociology, Indiana University
Rachel LaTouche, Sociology, Indiana University
Shibashis Mukherjee, Sociology, Indiana University
---------------Completed dissertation students (as Dissertation Chair), their awards, and current placement:
Sarah Hatteberg, Sociology, Indiana University; 2015 Assistant Professor, College of Charleston
Alex Lu, Sociology, Indiana University; 2015 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Health Equity Institute,
San Francisco State University
Amy Irby-Shasanmi, Sociology, Indiana University; 2014, Postdoctoral Fellowship, William T.
Grant Foundation, IU, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
Abigail Sewell, Sociology, Indiana University (Co-Chair with Bernice Pescosolido); 2013
University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Fellowship and Assistant Professor, Emory
University
Gerald Lackey, Sociology, University of North Carolina (Co-Chair with Barbara Entwisle); 2012
McKinsey and Company, research firm, Washington, DC
Michele Easter, Sociology, University of North Carolina (Co-Chair with Andrew Perrin); 2010
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sheps Center, UNC
Victor Wang, Sociology, University of North Carolina (Co-Chair with Glen Elder); 2009 Carolina
Population Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, UNC

Jeremy Pienik, Sociology, University of North Carolina (Co-Chair with Francois Nielsen), 2008
Ph.D.
Maria Tempenis, Sociology, Vanderbilt University (Co-Chair with George Becker), 2007 Ph.D.
Ranae Evenson, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2006 Ph.D. (Co-Chair with Karen Campbell);
(2005 Honorable Mention, Graduate Student Paper competition, Health Division, Society
for the Study of Social Problems), Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University
Lori Westphal, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2004 Ph.D.; Research Associate, Health
Department, Florida.
Janelle Lee, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2004 Ph.D.
Koji Ueno, Sociology, Vanderbilt University (Co-Chair with Karen Campbell), 2004 Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Florida State University. (NSF Dissertation Award, 2002; 2003
Graduate Student Paper Award, Mental Health Division, Society for the Study of Social
Problems (SSSP) on the mental health of sexual minority students; 2003 Honorable
Mention, Graduate Student Paper Competition, Social Psychology Section, American
Sociological Association, stress vs. social control predictions for adolescent mental health.
April, 2004: Odum Award for Best Graduate Student Paper)
Mary Ellen Hill, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2003 Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Health
Policy Research, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.
Ellen Granberg, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2001 Ph.D., Professor, Clemson University.
Nancy Malcom, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2000 Ph.D., Associate Professor, Georgia
Southern University
Kathryn Lively, Vanderbilt University, 1999 Ph.D., Professor, Dartmouth College (19992000 NIMH Post-doctoral Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington;1998, Award for
Best Graduate Student Paper, Section on Sociology of Emotion, ASA; 1999,
Honorable Mention for Best Graduate Student Paper, Section on Social Psychology,
ASA.)
Terrell Hayes, Vanderbilt University, 1996 Ph.D., Associate Professor, High Point University,
North Carolina
Pamela Braboy Jackson, Indiana University, 1993 Ph.D., Professor, Indiana University,
Bloomington (1993 Graduate Student Paper Award, Section on Mental Health, ASA.)
Robin W. Simon, Indiana University, 1992 Ph.D., Professor, Wake Forest University (1993,
Roberta Simmons Dissertation Award in Medical Sociology, ASA; 1990, Graduate Student
Paper Award, Section on Social Psychology, ASA; NIMH Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rutgers
University.)
Michelle Gambone, Princeton University, 1989 Ph.D.
Susan Waller, Washington State University, 1987 Ph.D
----------------Memberships, completed dissertations:
Hubert Izienicki, Sociology, Indiana University, 2015 Ph.D.

Stacie Jankowski, Journalism, Indiana University, 2015 Ph.D.

Laura Backstrom, Sociology, Indiana University, 2014 Ph.D.
Shawna Rohrman, Sociology, Indiana University, 2014 Ph.D.
Christy Erving, Sociology, Indiana University, 2014 Ph.D.
Deidre Redmond, Sociology, Indiana University, 2013 Ph.D.
Jill Overholt, HYPER, Recreation, Park and Tourism Studies, Indiana University, 2013 Ph.D.
Erik Grollman, Sociology, Indiana University, 2013 Ph.D.
Uemura, Ryotaro, Sociology, Indiana University, 2010 Ph.D.
Youn Ok Lee, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2010 Ph.D.
Tyson Brown, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2009 Ph.D.
Mairead Moloney, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2009 Ph.D.
Hedwig Lee, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2009 Ph.D.
Kyle Longest, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2009 Ph.D.
Demetrius Semien, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2009 Ph.D.
Kim Manturuk, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2008 Ph.D.
Jennifer Moren-Cross, Sociology, Duke University, 2007 Ph.D.
Ashley Thompson, Vanderbilt University, 2007 Ph.D.
Bob Faris, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2006 Ph.D.
Heather Kane, Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2006 Ph.D.
Melissa Sloan, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2005 Ph.D.
Adam Long, Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 2005 Ph.D.
Carrie Lee, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2004 Ph.D.
Betty McCall, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2004 Ph.D.
Adam Sowa, Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt, 2003 Ph.D.
Ronda Royal, Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt, 2003 Ph.D.
Jessica Walker Guite, Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt, 2001
Ph.D.
Timothy Caboni, Peabody College, Leadership and Organizations, Vanderbilt University, 2001
Ph.D.
Joanne Sandberg, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 2000 Ph.D.
Sharon Wilson Dowdy, Nursing School, Vanderbilt University, 1999 Ph.D.
Jeanine Miller, Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 1998 Ph.D.
Susan Hinze Jones, Sociology, Vanderbilt University, 1994 Ph.D.
Kris Baufman, Sociology, Indiana University, 1998 Ph.D.
Richard Adams, Sociology, Indiana University, 1989 Ph.D.
Sarah Hewins, Sociology, Princeton University, 1991 Ph.D.
Betsy Fife, Sociology, Indiana University, 1990 Ph.D.
--------------Chair, M.A. committees:
Shandu Foster, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2013

Megan Taliaferro, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2013

Lauren Apgar, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Jason Blind, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Lydia DiSabatino, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Natalie Friedman, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Matthew Grace, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Meredith Haag, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
Joseph Johnston, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2012
--------------Memberships on M.A. committees:
Hui Chen, Sociology, Indiana University
Mary Kathryn Tilly, Sociology, Indiana University
Elizabeth Zak, Sociology, Indiana University, completed summer, 2014
Long Doan, Sociology, Indiana University, completed summer, 2010
Rebecca Grady, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2011
HuiGuo Liu, Sociology, Indiana University, completed 2011
Scott Setchfield, Sociology, Indiana University, completed spring, 2010
Jason Smith, Sociology, Indiana University, completed spring, 2009
Andrew Payton, Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill, completed 2007
Victor Wang, Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill, M.A. completed 2006
Gerald Lackey, Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill, M.A. completed 2006
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Participating Faculty Member, Interdisciplinary Community Health Fellowship Program (ICHFP),
and Faculty Sponsor for Alicia Bonaparte, participating sociology graduate student. A drug
intervention program for children and teens in Nashville. June 1999-May 2001.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING:
Co-organizer (with Peter Burke, Tim Owens, and Richard Serpe) of the Mini-Conference on the
Future of Identity Theory and Research, held at Bloomington, Indiana, April 26-28, 2001.
OTHER:
Emily Breuninger (IU Undergraduate Sociology Major), accepted as an ASA Honors Program
fellow for the 2010 ASA convention, Atlanta, with Peggy A. Thoits as advisor.