June 2007

Curriculum Vitae
BERNADETTE C. BARTON

ADDRESS

(Email) b.barton@morehead-st.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology, 2000 University of Kentucky
Dissertation: “Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers”

Women’s Studies Certificate, 1995 University of Kentucky

M.A. Sociology, 1994 University of Kentucky
Thesis: "Star Trek - A Map to the Future"

Master’s work in Women’s Studies, 1992 San Francisco State University

B.A. English, 1988 Oberlin College

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor 2007-
Department of Sociology, Criminology and Social Work
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

Assistant Professor 2002-2007
Department of Sociology, Criminology and Social Work
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

Visiting Professor 2000-2002
Department of Sociology, Criminology and Social Work
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

Nominated for the American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Section Distinguished Book Award, 2007
Nominated for Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award, 2006
Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 1999
Dissertation Enhancement Award, University of Kentucky, 1998
Newton Prize, Oberlin College, 1988
Nominated for Rhodes scholar, 1988

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Sexuality Studies
Feminist Theory
Qualitative Methods
Gender, Race, Class and Ethnicity
Global and Local Inequalities
Popular Culture
Feminist science fiction

PUBLICATIONS

“Managing the Toll of the Sex Industry: Boundary Setting Among Exotic Dancers,” accepted for publication for October 2007, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 36, Iss. 5.

“Successfully Stripped: Stripped of Self-Worth,” June 2007, NW Women’s Journal.

“Outrage over article about strippers misdirected” opinion editorial published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, May 22, 2006.

Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers, 2006. New York: New York University Press.

“Mom’s Unpaid Labor.” 2006. American Sociological Association’s 3rd Edition of The Sociology of Gender and Work: Syllabi and Teaching Materials.

“Male Fantasies of Lesbian Desire: A Review of Spike Lee’s film She Hate Me,” Sexuality & Culture, Vol. 9, No. 3, Summer 2005, pp. 77-80.

"The Barbie Doll Assignment." 2005. Co-developed by Patricia Jennings and Bernadette Barton. Teaching Sociological Concepts and the Sociology of Gender, 2nd edition. Marybeth C. Stalp and Julie Childers, editors. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center.

“The House on Transcript Avenue,” Journal of Lesbian Studies, 2004, Vol. 8, Nos. 3-4, pp. 129-134.

“The House on Transcript Avenue,” Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really long-Term Relationships, 2004, edited by Jacqueline S. Weinstock and Esther D. Rothblum, Harrington Park Press, Inc., pp. 129-134.

"Dancing on the Mobius Strip: Challenging the Sex War Paradigm," Gender & Society, October 2002, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 585-602.

“Queer Desire in the Sex Industry,” Sexuality & Culture, Vol. 5, No. 4, Fall 2001, pp. 3-27

“Regulations will strip dancers of a right to a decent income,” opinion editorial published in the Lexington Herald-Leader April 13, 1999.

MANUSCIPT UNDER REVIEW

“Spiritual Stripping and Inner Divinity” with Constance L. Hardesty, submitted to Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society in June 2007.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

"Female Solidarity in the Sex Industry," planning to submit to Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society.

“When It’s Hip to be Queer: Consuming Lesbian Identity,” paper in progress.

"Perverse Sexualities: Constructing Desire in the Margins," paper in progress.

“Which Sex Killed Jesus?” paper in progress with Ric Caric.

SCHOLARLY GRANTS

Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy, Morehead State University, 2007
Research and Creative Projects Grant, Morehead State University, 2002

RESEARCH COMPLETED

2003, Principal researcher conducting interviews with and distributing surveys to exotic dancers in Oahu, HI

2003, Principal researcher conducting interviews with and distributing surveys to lesbians in Kentucky

1998-2000, Principal researcher conducting interviews with and distributing surveys to exotic dances, clients, and other staff at dance bars in Lexington, KY and San Francisco, CA

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

2006-7, “Talking Back: Lesbian and Gay Voices from the Bible Belt,” Principal researchers conducting interviews with and distributing surveys to gays and lesbians in the Bible belt

INVITED TALKS

March 2007, “Exploring the Toll of Stripping,” guest speaker for Women’s History Month at Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA.

January 2005, “Surviving the Toll of Stripping,” guest speaker for the Morehead State University Women’s Studies Wilma E. Grote Lecture Series in Morehead, KY.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

August 2007, “Talking Back: Lesbian and Gay Responses to the Religious Right,” to be presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings in New York, NY.

June 2007, “Lesbians and Gays Talk Back in the Bible Belt” presented at the National Women’s Studies Association Meetings in St. Charles, IL.

June 2007, “Coming Out in the Classroom: Ten Years of Teaching Women’s Studies” at the panel presentation Teaching and Working from the Margins in Women’s Studies at the National Women’s Studies Association Meetings in St. Charles, IL.

August 2006, “Managing the Toll of the Sex Industry: How Exotic Dancers Set Boundaries,” panel presentation at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Montreal, Canada.

June 2006, “Which Sex Killed Jesus,” presented with Ric Caric at the panel presentation Feminism, Spirituality and Empowerment at the National Women’s Studies Association Meetings in Oakland, CA.

March 2006, “Which Sex Killed Jesus,” presented with Ric Caric at the Kentucky Political Science Association in Richmond, KY.

October 2005, “Studying the Sex Industry: the Unexplored Toll on Qualitative Researchers,” presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings in Atlanta, GA.

October 2005, panel organizer for the session “Sexuality in the 21st Century” at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings in Atlanta, GA.

May 2005, “Female Solidarity and Critical Consciousness Among Exotic Dancers,” presented at the Cultural Voices Issues Agenda in Morehead, KY.

October 2004, “Whirling Dervishes: Spirituality and the Exotic Dancer,” presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Meetings in Biloxi, MI.

August 2004, "How Race Colors a Woman's Experience of Exotic Dancing," presented at the 2004 American Sociological Meetings in San Francisco, CA.

March 2004, "Dancing on the Borders," presented at the 2004 South Eastern Women’s Studies Association in Savannah, GA.

August 2003, “Female Solidarity in the Sex Industry,” presented at the 2003 American Sociological Association Meetings in Atlanta, GA.

March 2003, “More than a Label: Femme and Butch Identities,” presented at the 2003 North Central Sociology Association Meetings in Cincinnati, OH.

August 2002, "Dancing on the Mobius Strip: Challenging the Sex War Paradigm," panel presentation at the 2002 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, IL.

November 2001, "Queer Strippers: the Question of Sexual Orientation," presented at the South East Division of the Association of American Geographers in Lexington, KY.

April 2001, “Sex Activism and Social Change,” presented at the North Central Sociological Association in Louisville, Kentucky.

May 2000, "Drawing the Line or How to Cope with a Dancer's Identity," presented at the Social Theory 2000 Inaugural Conference of the International Social Theory Consortium in Lexington, Kentucky.

April 1999, “Strippers’ Bodies: Facts and Fiction,” presented at the 1999 University of Kentucky First Annual National Women Studies Graduate Student Conference in Lexington, KY.

August 1999, “Reality Meets the Image: Exotic Dancers Confront Constructions in Mainstream Films,” presented at the 1999 American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, IL.

March 1997, “Justified Stalking: the Sadistic Gaze in the Film True Lies,” presented at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the Popular Culture Association in San Antonio, TX.

February 1997, “Images of Masculinity in Feminist Science Fiction,” presented at the 1997 Connections Conference in Lexington, KY.

March 1996, "Beyond Dichotomy: Madonna," presented at the 1996 Annual Meetings of the Popular Culture Association in Las Vegas, NV.

April 1995, "Transforming the Present with the Future: Star Trek Fandom," presented at the 1995 Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society in Atlanta, GA.

September 1994, “Gender - the Final Frontier," presented at the Eighth Annual Western Kentucky University Women's Studies Conference at Bowling Green, KY.

MEDIA APPEARANCES

February 28, 2007, Interviewed for the Morehead State University Television Program “Hear Me Roar” program about my book Stripped.

February 2007, Interview in the Publication Women in Higher Education, Vol. 16, No. 2

December 16, 2006, “Sex Workers’ Lit Ruined My Sex Life,” story featuring my new book Stripped in AlterNet.

October 2006, Interviewed for the documentary “Fantasies Matter,” a Media Education Foundation Production.

September 14, 2006, “Inside the Sex Industry,” story featuring my new book Stripped in the Morehead State University Trail Blazer.

August 3, 2006, “A Peek at Prejudice,” story featuring my research on exotic dancers in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

March 5, 2006, Featured piece about my upcoming book Stripped in the book section of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

September 28, 2005, Featured piece about my upcoming book Stripped in the Communities section of the Lexington Herald-Leader

September 2005, Interview on MSU Weekly about my forthcoming book, Stripped.

March 2005, Interview with Chuck Mraz on Front Page on Morehead State University Public Radio about my research on exotic dancers and my forthcoming book, Stripped.

January 2005, Interview about my research on exotic dancers and my forthcoming book, Stripped, on Morehead State University Public Radio.

October 2001, Expert on exotic dancers, on the nationally televised talk show, the Ananda Lewis Show.

May 1999, Discussant on city regulations around exotic dancing in Lexington, KY, Sue Wiley Radio Call-in Program.

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

April 2007, Discussion Facilitator, Day of Silence, ALLYance, Morehead State University

October 2006, Guest Speaker, Philosophy Club, Morehead State University

December 2004, Workshop Leader, “Love Your Body,” Morehead State University

November 2003, Workshop leader, "Loving Our Bodies," Morehead State University

October 2003, Women's Studies Film Discussant, "The Color Purple," Morehead State University

October 2002, Presenter, “Faculty Forum on Media Representations of Women,” Morehead State University

October 2002, Women’s Studies Film Series Discussant, “Tank Girl,” Morehead State University

October 2001, Women’s Studies Film Series Discussant, “Working Girls,” Morehead State University

October 1999, “The Future of Feminism,” panel participant with Barbara Smith, Sue Wiley and Judi Jennings at the Fall 1999 Kentucky Women’s Writer’s Conference in Lexington, KY.

April 1999, “Exploring Lesbian Identities: the Pitfalls, Possibility and Promise of Femme and Butch,” presented at Come Together Kentucky 1999 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY.

November 1998, “Sexuality and the Exotic Dancer,” presented at UK Lambda at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.

April 1997, “Butch and Femme as Gender Identities,” presented at UK Lambda at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

August 2006, Served as an expert witness for a case involving exotic dancers in Tacoma, WA
Manuscript Reviewer for Sexualities
Manuscript Reviewer for Critical Sociology
Manuscript Reviewer for Gender & Society
Manuscript Reviewer for Sexuality & Culture
Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Manuscript Reviewer for Social Problems
Textbook Reviewer, Pine Forge Press
Textbook Reviewer, Roxbury Publishing Company
Blackboard certification, 2002, Morehead State University
Graduate Faculty, Morehead State University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Morehead State University
General Sociology
Social Problems
Human Experience of Sex and Gender
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Sex Industry
Senior Sociology Capstone Course
Social Inequality

University of Kentucky
Women and Science Fiction
Introduction to Women Studies in the Social Sciences
Women and Men in Society
The Sociology of Feminist Science Fiction

University of Kentucky extension courses
Inequality in Society
Women and Men in Society
Introduction to Sociology

Web Course Developer and Instructor for the University of Kentucky
Women and Men in Society

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Sociological Association
Sociologists for Women in Society
Women in Higher Education
National Women’s Studies Association

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

1999-2000 Co-Organizer
University of Kentucky 2nd Annual National Graduate Student Women Studies Conference, “Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Sexualities,” in March 2000.

Responsible for: writing call for papers, soliciting funding, organizing panels, coordinating conference details and participants’ requests, advertising conference, ordering rooms, equipment, and hotel accommodations.

1995-2000 Graduate Student Advisor and Research Assistant, College of Arts and
Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Responsible for: advising undergraduate students, coordinating summer advising conferences, collecting and compiling data on student retention and new cohort program, writing reports, training entire college staff and supervisors in a new evaluation procedure.

COMMITTEES AND SERVICE

Graduate Student Representative, Work, Gender and Inequality Committee, University of Kentucky, 1993-1994
Graduate Student Representative, Undergraduate Committee, University of Kentucky,1994-1995
Graduate Student Representative, Social Inequalities Committee, University of Kentucky,1996-1997
Organizer, Multi-Disciplinary Feminist Group (Feminar), University of Kentucky, 1998-2000
Listserv Manager, Feminar, University of Kentucky, 1998-2000
Organizer, 2nd Annual Women Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Kentucky, 1999-2000
Alumni Recruiter, Oberlin College, 1999-2005
Member, Criminology Hiring Committee, Morehead State University, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminology, 2002-2003
Chair, Department Exit Exam Revision Committee, 2003
Member, University Affirmative Action/ Campus Environment Team, Morehead State University, 2003-2005
Member, Women Studies Advisory Council, Morehead State University, 2001-2005
Member, Diversity in the Curriculum Committee, Morehead State University, 2003-2004
Faculty Advisor, SAFT, Student Association for Feminist Thought, Morehead State University 2002-2005
Member, Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies Committee, Morehead State University, 2005-
Chair, Graduate College Curricula Committee, Caudill College of Humanities, Morehead State University, 2005-
Co-Chair with Shondrah Nash, Enrollment and Retention Work Group, Morehead State University, 2006
Member, Nominations and Simon Gagnon Award Committees for the American Sociological Association Sexualities Section