Curriculum Vitae

Education

2019  Doctoral Candidate, Sociology Department, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador

Comprehensive Examination Areas: 

Gender and Inequality - May 2021

 Dissertation [expected completion April 2024]:

Women Unpartnered: A Feminist Standpoint Study of the Lives and Perceptions of the Never-Married, Childfree Women of Color

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

Grants and Awards    

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.” Award $250.00.

2019.  Vice President Research – School of Graduate Studies Pilot Program Fellowship, Amount: $40,000.

Publications

Phillips, Kimberly Martinez. 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.

Phillips, Kimberly Martinez and Allyson Stokes. “Sexual Harassment on Screen: #MeToo and Evolving Cultural Representation (under review).

Phillips, Kimberly Martinez. "Film and the Single Girl: A Content Analysis of Transnational Representations of Single Women in Film" (work in progress)

Phillips, Kimberly Martinez. "Feline Feminists - Dispelling the Crazy Cat Lady Mythos: An Analysis of Women, Cats, and Film" (work in progress).

Conference Presentations  

“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.

Teaching Appointments

2021 - Present

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Part Time Instructor

Courses/terms taught: 

Race and Ethnicity – Fall 2023, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Winter 2023, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Fall 2022, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Summer 2022, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Winter 2022, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Summer 2021, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Spring 2021, (remote/asynchronous)

Race and Ethnicity - Fall 2021, (remote/asynchronous)

Advanced Social Thought - Winter 2021 (remote/asynchronous)

2003 – Present

Long Beach City College, Long Beach, California

Adjunct Sociology Instructor 

Courses taught:  

Race and Ethnicity (asynchronous)

Introduction to Sociology (remote/asynchronous and on campus)

The Family (remote/asynchronous) 

Social Problems (remote/asynchronous and on campus)

2021 - Present

Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Per Course Instructor

Courses/terms taught:

Introduction to Criminology – Fall 2023, (remote/asynchronous)

Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice – Fall 2022

Introduction to Sociology – Spring 2022, (remote/asynchronous)

Introduction to Policing - Winter 2022

Introduction to Policing - Fall 2021

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

Adjunct Sociology Instructor

Courses taught:  

The Family 

Sociology of Women

Classical Sociological Theory

Contemporary Sociological Theory

Trainings and Scholarship

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.

Academic Service 

2023  Reviewer

Cross Cultural Research   

2022   Committee Member  

Kimberlé Crenshaw Award Committee for the Division on Ethnic and Racial Minorities section of SSSP.   

2021-22    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 Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)

Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)

Professional Experience  

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.    

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.

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.

Project Enable

Health Educator/Curriculum Developer/Trainer

Created the lesson plan and participant 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, such as mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism and epilepsy.