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C
LAYTON
C
HILDRESS
Dept. of Sociology, 238 Church St., Middletown, CT 06459|ccchildress at gmail dot com|claytonchildress.com
C
URRENT
A
FFILIATIONS
Visiting Instructor for 2011-2012, Dept. of Sociology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Sociology, University of California- Santa Barbara
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DUCATION
PhD University of California at Santa Barbara, Sociology, expected June 2012MA University of California at Santa Barbara,
Sociology BA Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Sociology (honors), Urban Studies minor
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REAS OF
R
ESEARCH
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T
EACHING
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NTERESTS
Institutions, Inequalities, & Networks (Dept. Focus #1); Culture (Dept. Focus #2); Social Network Analysis;Organizations; Economic Sociology; Sociology of Art & Literature; Mixed Methods Research.
D
ISSERTATION
Novel Culture: Meaning, Markets, and Social Practice
Abstract: The sociological analysis of mediated cultural objects typically orients toward one of three socio-cultural phenomena: 1) artistic creation, 2) institutional production, or 3) cultural reception. This project,relying on empirical data garnered through social network analysis, participant-observational fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and traditional statistical modeling, traces a literary novel from its creation, through its
production, promotion, and release and into communities of readers across the United States. This “full
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circuit” study of the creation, production, and reception of culture re
-attaches previously disparate sites foranalysis into an interdependent system, highlighting both the incubation processes in which a novel is formed,turned into a saleable commodity, and made sense of by readers in local communities, and the processes of metamorphosis in which key agents, through the deployment of social, cultural, and economic ties and theuse of secondary texts (i.e. texts
about
the text), cross institutional divides between creation, production, andreception. The analysis is grounded through the case-study of
Jarrettsville
, a work of historical fictionconcerned with the racial and regional tensions in a border town immediately following the Civil War.
Committee: Noah Friedkin (co-chair), John Mohr (co-chair), Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi
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UBLICATIONS
Childress, C. Clayton. 2011.
“
Evolutions in the literary field: the co-constitutive forces of cognitions,institutions, and networks
,”
Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung
, 36(3): 115-135.
IN PRESS:Childress, C. Clayton (first author),
and Noah E. Friedkin. “Cultural
production and reception: the socialconstruction of meaning in book c
lubs,”
American Sociological Review
(accepted 6/24/2011).
Childress, C. Clayton. “What’s the matter with
Jarrettsville
? Genre classification as an opportunistic construct
,”and “The study of genre,”
Journal of Business Anthropology
. In preparation for (eds.) Brian Moeran & BoChristensen,
Evaluation in the Creative Industries
. (accepted 8/15/2011).
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“Decision making, market l
ogic, and the rating mindset: negotiating BookScan in thefield of U.S. trade publishing,
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European Journal of Cultural Studies
. (accepted 9/2/2011).
Childress, C. Clayton. “
All
media is social,”
Contexts: Understanding People and Their Social Worlds
. (accepted10/30/2011).CONDITIONAL ACCEPT:Nathaus, Klaus, and C. Clayton Childress
(second author). “The production of culture perspective in
historical research: integrating the study of the production, reception and meaning of symbolic objects.
”
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:Childress, C. Clayto
n. 2009. “Book r
eview for
Changing Bodies: Habit, Crisis, and Creativity
”
Teaching Sociology
37(4): 417-418.Childress, C. Clayton.
2007. “The golem and the liar: narrative and truth in war s
torytelling
”
Poets Against War
. Featured Article, Spring 2007.MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:Childress, C. Clayton and Brian Moeran (equal co-
authors). “The Booker Prize and literary values: the sales
impact for winning and
almost
winning the Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
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Ch
ildress, C. Clayton. “Cultural meaning an
d personal influence: a formal test of opinion leadership
”Childress, C. Clayton. “People like us: embeddedness and taste in creative industries.”
Childress, C. Clayton. “Reading
Jarrettsville
in Jarrettsville: fiction, history, memory, and place
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ELLOWSHIPS
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RANTS
2011 -
Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow
, Copenhagen Business School, Creative Encounters Research Group,Department of Intercultural Communication & Management ($7,500)
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GRMP Fellow
, UCSB ($17,000 plus tuition & fees)
- Grant
, University of California Humanities Research Institute ($500)2010 -
Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow
, Bielefeld Graduate School in History & Sociology, Bielefeld University ($5,000)
- GRMP Fellow
, UCSB ($17,000 plus tuition & fees)
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Fellow,
UCSB ($4,500 plus tuition & fees
–
award declined)2007 -
Travel/Tuition Award
, CASOS Institute, Carnegie Mellon University ($800)2004 -
Departmental Fellowship
, UCSB ($5,000 plus tuition & fees)2002 -
Aramark Scholar
, Vassar College ($16,000/year x 4)-
Media Studies Fellow
, Media Studies Summer Research Institute, Vassar College ($1,200)
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WARDS
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ECOGNITION
2010 -
Outstanding Lecturer Award
, Residence Halls Association & Office of Residential Life, UCSB-
Certificate in College and University Teaching (CCUT)
, UCSB2008 -
Excellence in Teaching Award for Social Science & Education
, Graduate Student Association, UCSB($1,000)
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Certificate
, Summer Teaching Institute for Associates, UCSB2007 -
Certificate
, CASOS Summer Institute for Dynamic Network Analysis, Carnegie Mellon University 2002 -
Distinction
(highest honor)
, Vassar College2001 -
Certificate
, Urban Education Semester, Bank St. College, NY, NY.
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EACHING
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XPERIENCE
2011-12
Visiting Instructor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
“The Economy of Culture”
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SOC 225
“The Social Life of Organizations and Markets”
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SOC 226
“Introductory Sociology” (x2)
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SOC 1512008-10
Instructor, University of California at Santa Barbara
“Studying Populations Using
Quantitative/Qualit
ative Methods”
- SOC 108ST; team-taught
“Cultural Theory”
- SOC 118C
“
Introduction to Sociology
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SOC 101 (x2)2010-4
Teaching Assistant, University of California at Santa Barbara
“
Introduction to Sociology
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(5x; Lead TA 3x),
“Sociology of Culture,”
“Cultural Theory,”“Fundamentals of Data Analysis
-Statistics
(graduate level),” “Social Psychology,” “Sociology of Law,” “Global Religion,” “Teaching Assistant Training Seminar (graduate level),”
Other Classroom Teaching Experience
Teacher of Record, English, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA (2002-2003), On-Site Classroom Aide, Saxe Middle School, New Canaan, CT (2003), Classroom Aide, The Renaissance School,Queens, NY (2001)
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ELECTED
R
ESEARCH
E
XPERIENCE
2011 - Research Assistant for Drs. Ellen Carol DuBois & Lynn Dumenil:
Through Women's Eyes: An American History With Documents
(Bedford, 2012), 3rd edition2009 - Educational Improvement Grant, Dr. John Mohr, Department of Sociology, UCSB2007 - Research Assistant for Drs. Alan Liu & Rita Raley, Transliteracies Project, Department of English, UCSB2003 - Research Assistant for Dr. Joshua Gamson, project on LGBT media consolidation, Departmentof Sociology, USF
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ROFESSIONAL
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ERVICE
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EMBERSHIP
2011-7 - Undergraduate Thesis Mentor, Department of Sociology, UCSB (Brit, Koppman, Lagarde, Lopez,Sherman)2008 - Research Mentor, UCSB Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCSB (Bolaños, Mora, Riela)- Co-Facilitator, Summer Teaching Institute for Associates, UCSB- Graduate Student Rep, Demography Chair Faculty Search, UCSB2008-6 - TA Training Committee, Department of Sociology, UCSB2007 - Lead TA Institute/Lead TA Department of Sociology, UCSB2006-5 - Graduate Student Department Rep, Department of Sociology, UCSB
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ECENT
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ONFERENCE
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RESENTATIONS
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NVITED
T
ALKS
(
FULL LIST ON REQUEST
)
2011
“Decision Making, Market Logic, and the Ratings Mindset.” Panel:
(Re)Producing Culture
. AmericanSociological Association, Las Vegas, NV.
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