EDUCATION
2025 Ph.D. Sociology, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dissertation:
Autonomous Women: An Examination of the Lives and Experiences of Childfree,
Never-Married Single Women of Color from a Decolonial Feminist Perspective
1996 M.A. Sociology, California State University, Dominquez Hills, California
1993 B.A. Anthropology, University of California at Irvine, California
1993 B.A. Criminology, University of California at Irvine, California
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly. 2025. “Coloniality, capitalism, and patriarchy: childfree, never-married Black women and women of color on the rise.” (Under Review).
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly. 2024. “The Emotional Toll Tax: A Decolonial Feminist Study Examining How Single, Childfree Women of Color Navigate Work, Health and Success.”(Revised & Resubmitted).
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly and Kris Marsh (2024). “The Love Jones Cohort and singlehood are family law issues.” Family Court Review 62(4): 900-919.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12817
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly. 2024. “The feminization of freedom: An analysis of love, happiness and freedom from the perspective of childfree, never-married single women of color.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(12): 3573-3592. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02654075241269667
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly, Allyson Stokes and Bruna Brita. 2023. “Framing Sexual Misconduct in Hollywood: #MeToo as a Cultural Place Card.” (Revised & Resubmitted).
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly. 2023. “‘We Come Not Here to Talk’—Revisiting the Work of Anna Julia Cooper: An Analysis of Standpoint Theory and Her Placement in the Academic Canon.” Symbolic Interaction 46(3): 311–31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.632
PUBLICATIONS/BLOGS
Martinez Phillips, Kimberly. “Childfree, Carefree, and Self-Care – The Roles Women Can Play.” The Society Pages Council on Contemporary Families. April 16, 2024. https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sociology Department at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax [Offered].
2023. National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Women of Color Leadership Project (WoCLP) Fellow.
2023. Winner of Dalhousie University’s John Flint Prize for Best Paper “We Come Not Here to Talk”—Revisiting the Work of Anna Julia Cooper: An Analysis of Standpoint Theory and Her Placement in the Academic Canon.”
2019. Vice President Research – School of Graduate Studies Pilot Program Fellowship, Amount: $40,000.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2021 - Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Present Part Time Instructor
Courses/terms taught:
Race and Ethnicity - Winter 2025 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Su 2024 (asynchronous)
Advanced Social Thought – Su 2024 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity – Winter 2024 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity – Fall 2023 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity – Su 2023 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Winter 2023 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Fall 2022 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Su 2022 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Winter 2022 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Su 2021 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Spring 2021 (asynchronous)
Race and Ethnicity - Fall 2021 (asynchronous)
Advanced Social Thought - Winter 2021 (asynchronous)
2021 - Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
Present Per Course Instructor
Courses/terms taught:
Introduction to Criminology – Winter 2025 (asynchronous)
Introduction to Sociology – Fall 2024 (asynchronous)
Introduction to Criminology – Winter 2024 (asynchronous)
Introduction to Criminology – Fall 2023 (asynchronous)
Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice – Fall 2022
Introduction to Sociology – Spring 2022 (asynchronous)
Introduction to Policing - Winter 2022
Introduction to Policing - Fall 2021
2003 – Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California
2024 Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
Race and Ethnicity (asynchronous)
Introduction to Sociology (asynchronous and on campus)
The Family (asynchronous)
Social Problems (asynchronous and on campus)
2008 – 2019 Santa Monica College,
Santa Monica, California
Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
Introduction to Sociology
The Family
Social Problems
2013 – 2016 Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California
Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Criminology
2004 – 2016 Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California
Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
Introduction to Criminology
Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems
Marriage and Family
Race Relations
2007-2012 Cerritos College, Cerritos, California
1999-2000 Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems
Human Sexuality
Marriage and Family
2005 California State University, Long Beach, California
2001 - 2002 Adjunct Sociology Instructor
Courses taught:
The Family
Sociology of Women
Classical Sociological Theory
Contemporary Sociological Theory
INVITED PANELIST
Panelist for the Special Session Intersectional Solidarities. American Sociological Association (ASA) 2024 Conference. August 12, 2024.
Panelist for Author Meets Reader session for Dr. Kris Marsh's book The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class. Work-Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Biennial Conference. June 22, 2024.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“The Feminization of Freedom: An Analysis of Love, Happiness and Freedom from the Perspective of Childfree, Never-Married Single Women of Color.” Intersectional Singlehood Panel. International Singles Studies Conference (ISSA). July 5, 2024.
“The Feminization of Freedom: An Analysis of Love, Happiness and Freedom from the Perspective of Childfree, Never-Married Single Women of Color.” Women’s Economic Decision-Making Panel. Work-Family Researchers Network (WFRN). June 20, 2024.
“We Come Not Here to Talk”—Revisiting the Work of Anna Julia Cooper: An Analysis of Standpoint Theory and Her Placement in the Academic Canon.” Dalhousie’s History Across the Disciplines Conference. Colonialism and Intellectual Wealth Panel. March 25, 2023.
“Film and the Single Girl: A Content Analysis of Transnational Representations of Single Women in Film.” National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) 2022 Annual Conference. Feminist Imaginaries Across Transnational Media Panel. November 12, 2022.
“Unmuffled, Unabashed, and Undeterred: Recentering the Work of Anna Julia Cooper.” The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2022 Annual Meeting Session. Movers and Shakers: Activism, Resistance, and Social Progress among Women of Color Panel. August 7, 2022.
“Women Unpartnered: A Decolonial Feminist Study of the Lives and Perceptions of Never-married, Childfree Women of Color” The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2022 Annual Meeting Session. Regulating Sexuality and Gender Identity over the Life Course Panel. August 5, 2022.
“Singleness is Not a Disorder: Destructive Depictions of Single Women in Film.” The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting Session. Shame, Stigma and Society Panel. August 6, 2021.
“Skipping the Main Course: Depictions of Single Women in Film.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction 2021 (Virtual). Meaning Making through Media Representations Panel. August 5, 2021.
“Cat Ladies or Feline Feminists: Representations of Single Women in Film.” Qualitative Analysis Conference 2021, Brescia University College Online. Gender and Feminist Studies Panel. June 22, 2021.
“Film and the Single Girl: Depictions of Single Women in Film.” Sociologist for Women in Society (SWS) 20th Semi-Annual Virtual Winter Meeting. Gender in Film, Marketing and Social Media Panel. January 2021.
“A Reimagining of the Cat Lady: A Feminist Perspective of Single Women in Film.” 37th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference to be held at in London, Ontario, Canada, June 24 to 26, 2020 [conference canceled due to COVID19].
Tools for Teaching Introduction to Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association Conference. San Diego, California. March 24, 2012.
GUEST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Understanding The Work Life and Financial Decisions of Childfree, Never-Married Single Women of color, Guest Lecture in Keif Godbout-Kinney’s Economy and Society Course at Memorial University, January 29, 2025.
On Interviewing and Positionality, Guest Lecture in Methodological Reflections Series, for the Research Methods Graduate courses of Dr. Villalón at the Department of Sociology & Anthropology of St. John’s University, March 11, 2024. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14pse5lq5QxYkrR0QKgxjkwnoGumuNCCi/view?ts=6661d061
Cultural Representations and #METOO, Qualitative Workshop, Memorial University, January 14, 2022.
Film and the Single Girl, Qualitative Workshop, Memorial University, November 13, 2020.
Facilitating Student Success Through Rigor and Support, Long Beach City College, Sociology Department Forum, November 5, 2020.
What is Consent? Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Long Beach, City College, April 11, 2017.
SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE
2025 Reviewer
Sex Roles
2023 Reviewer
Cross Cultural Research
2022 Committee Member
Kimberlé Crenshaw Award Committee for the Division on Ethnic and Racial
Minorities section of SSSP.
2021 - 2022 Reviewer
Canadian Journal of Aging
2018 Facilitator, Santa Monica College
Implemented the student retention program in the Sociology Department at Santa Monica College. Tutored students, proctored exams, compiled retention data.
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
The American Sociological Association (ASA)
International Single Studies Association (ISSA)
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 – 2008 Friends Outside LA
Program Director, Pilot After-School Program for Children with Incarcerated Parents
Organized and facilitated an after-school program for children, ages 5 – 12, who have an incarcerated parent. Assisted in the program development, wrote weekly summary reports, evaluation of the program, curriculum development and training of new hires. Constructed the curriculum for the second cycle of the program. Conducted focus group meetings, planned events and assisted with recruitment.
2002-2004 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, California Branch
Safety Education Trainer
Trained newly hired safety educators as to policies, procedures and curriculum that would be used to teach children, parents and other educators. Provided trainings to children, grade levels ranging from 1st grade to high school, on how to recognize, prevent and protect themselves from possible abductions or abuse. Worked with the director of the Center on curriculum development to provide updated safety education programs to students, parents and educators.
2001-2002 Research Analyst II
SRI International – Center for Education and Human Services Policy Division
Program: Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL)
Liaison to communities engaged in community-based strategies to increase out-of-school learning opportunities and student achievements. Conducted on-site data collection activities including surveys, focus groups, on-site observations, interviews and school performance data.
1999-2001 California Drug Consultants, Inc.
Health Educator – HIV/AIDS Behavior Change and Skills Building Prevention Services
Conducted HIV/AIDS workshops at California Youth Authority facilities for incarcerated youth. At Fred C. Nelles CYA correctional facility. Fulfilled health educator duties and requirements as indicated by the state funded grant such as: training youth as to the risks of HIV infection, safe sex methods, having participants complete risk assessment, pre/post-test, follow-up evaluations. Participated in the development and writing of the
Health Education/Risk Reduction Prevention Services Grant in Los Angeles County. Completed needs assessment for continuation of this program, as well as reported and submitted data for the continued state funding.
1998 California Drug Consultants, Inc.
Health Educator/Curriculum Developer/Trainer
Project Enable Developmentally Disabled
Created the lesson plan and participation curriculum for an eight-hour training developed for the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the California Department of Developmental Services. Devised pre/post test for training, as well as coded and analyzed data for program evaluation. Conducted eight-hour training sessions for 150-200 California Youth Authority and California Department of Corrections staff to strengthen the existing efforts to identify, accommodate, treat, and provide referral services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
TRAININGS
Research Assistant (RA), 2021 - 2023
Project: From Worst Kept Secrets to Me Too: A Study of Sexual Harassment in Creative Industries
Under the direct supervision of Assistant Professor, Allyson Stokes, Memorial University, Sociology Department. Tasks: Develop interview protocols, collect data, code content analysis data using NVivo, conduct literature review and content analysis, analyze data.
Hands On Interviewing Workshop with Katherine Bischoping, Associate Professor in Department of Sociology at York University, November 29, 2021.
Scholarship to attend 2021 Summer School “Forbidden Knowledge” Fights Back: Unleashing the Transformative Power of Critical Race Theory,” sponsored by The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) August 10 – 14, 2021.
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