Curriculum Vitae
John Bryce Merrill
University of Colorado-Boulder
Department of Sociology
Campus Box 327
Boulder, CO 80309
john.merrill@colorado.edu
303.875.1289
Education
Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of
Sociology. (Ph.D. expected May 2008).
Dissertation
Title: Home for Music: An Ethnography of
Home Music Recording. Dissertation Committee: Leslie Irvine, Janet Jacobs,
Martha Gimenez, Kira Hall, Liam Downey.
M.A. University of South
Florida, Department of Sociology, Tampa, Florida. April 2003.
Master’s
thesis: “Disillusioning Dissolution: An Ethnographic Autopsy of a Disbanded
Social Movement Organization.”
Manuscript
awarded Outstanding Graduate Student Paper from the Theory division of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems.
B.S. Northland College, Department of Sociology, Ashland,
Wisconsin. May 1999 Magna Cum
Laude.
Capstone Project: “Lens Ethnography: Focusing on
Aesthetics and Interaction in Public Places.”
Professional Interests
Teaching: Theory, Social
Psychology, Social Problems, Qualitative Methods, Inequality
Research: Social
Psychology, Narrative, Music and Everyday Life, Technology, Culture.
2007 John
Bryce Merrill. “Him: Remembering the Person.” Forthcoming in Symbolic Interaction 30(4).
2007 John
Bryce Merrill. “Stories of Narrative: On Social Scientific Uses of Narrative in
Multiple Disciplines.” Colorado Research
in Linguistics 20(1).
2004 James
C. Cavendish, Jessica Barber, Penny
Blackwell, Muriel Cook, Beth Eschenfelder, Terry Johnson, Jennie Lai, Ana
Melgar, J. Bryce Merrill, Virgie Peters. “Campus Climate Survey: A Report on the
Attitudes and Experiences of Faculty and Staff.” Executive summary for the
Provosts Office at the University of South Florida.
Under Review:
2007 Jason
Boardman, Liam Downey, James S. Jackson, J. Bryce Merrill, Jarron Saint Onge,
David R. Williams. “Proximate Industrial Activity and Psychological Distress:
The interactive and interpretive roles of gender, work, and family statuses.” Journal of Community and Public Health.
2007 John Bryce Merrill. “Musical Possibilities:
The Technological Evolution, Local Practice, and Social Implications of Home
Music Recording.” Accepted chapter in progress for “Mundane Stuff: Ethnographic
Approaches to Technology as Material Culture.” Edited by Phillip Vannini.
2007 John
Bryce Merrill. “Music to Remember Me By: Technologies of Memory in Home Music
Recording.”
2007 “Music to Remember Me By: Technologies of
Memory in Home Music Recording.” Presentation at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. New York, NY.
2007 “Him: Remembering the Person.” Presentation
at the 2007 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign, Il.
2006 “A Discussion of the Research Strategies and
Theoretical Implications of Leslie Irvine’s If
you Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection with Animals.” Invited lecture at
the University of Colorado-Boulder, Graduate Forum Series, Boulder, Co.
“On the Means of Musical Production.”
Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association,
Hollywood, CA.
2005 “Narrating
Inequality on a Sports Talk Radio Show.” Invited lecture at the University of
Colorado-Boulder, Sociology in Progress Series, Boulder, Co.
2004 “Applause!”
Presentation at the Couch-Stone Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic
Interaction, Vancouver, British Columbia.
“When in Rome: Narrating Identity, Community, and Inequality on a Sports Talk Radio Show.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. San Francisco, CA.
2003 “Put Your Hands Together Now: On the Interactional Nature, Interpersonal Dynamics, and Ritual Implications of Applause.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Il.
“Reconstructing and Reconsidering the Radical Empowerment Center: An Ethnographic Autopsy.” Couch-Stone Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Tempe, Az.
2007 Culture Language and Social Practice
Conference. Submission Organizer, Abstract Reviewer. Department of Linguistics,
University of Colorado-Boulder.
2006 Member,
Development Committee: Graduate Certificate Program in Culture, Language, and
Social Practice. Supervised by Dr. Kira Hall.
Manuscript review of Social Problems by Joel Best. Norton, 2007.
2005 Couch-Stone Symposium, Society of for the Study
of Symbolic Interaction. Co-Planner and Co-Organizer with the Graduate Student
Research Collective. University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Sociology.
“Goffman’s Model of Context: Deciphering Frame Analysis.” Organizer and Moderator of an invited lecture by Thomas Scheff with Discussants Gary Alan Fine and Dan Miller, Couch-Stone Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Boulder, Co.
2004 Session on New Empirical Studies. Discussant. Couch-Stone Symposium, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Graduate
Committee Representative: Graduate Student Association. Department of
Sociology. University of Colorado-Boulder.
Member,
Graduate Student Research Collective: Department of Sociology. University of
Colorado-Boulder.
2003 Founder,
Everything Social, Graduate Student
Research and Professional Socialization series. Department of Sociology.
University of South Florida.
2002 Graduate
student member, Computer Steering Committee, College of Arts and Sciences.
University of South Florida.
2001 Graduate
Committee Representative. Department of Sociology. University of South Florida.
2007 Invited essay with Patrick Williams and
Phillip Vannini on organizing the Couch-Stone Symposium. Forthcoming in Society
for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Notes.
2007 Invited radio interview on dissertation
research on women and home recording. Radio AM 1190, University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO.
2007 Forthcoming news article on dissertation
research in Colorado Music Buzz magazine. Denver, CO.
2004 Volunteer, English Tutor: Intercambio De
Communidades. Boulder, Colorado.
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Instructor: At CU-Boulder: Social Problems:
Spring 2007, 2006; Fall 2006. Self and Modern
Society: Summer 2007, 2006, 2005. Social Conflict and
Values: Spring 2005 At USF: Social Problems: Fall 2002 |
Teaching
Assistant: At CU-BoulderSocial Construction of
Sexuality: Spring 2004 Introduction to
Sociology: Fall 2003. At USF: Introduction to
Sociology: Spring 2002 Social Problems: Summer
2002 |
Teaching Enhancement Activities
2003 “Creating a Teaching Portfolio.” University
of South Florida.
“Leading
Effective Classroom Discussions.” University of South Florida.
2002 “Using
Questions to Learn: Two Essential Skills for Promoting Active Learning.” University of South Florida.
“Fostering
Positive Student-Faculty Relationships in the Classroom.” University of South Florida.
2002 Research
Assistant to James Cavendish, Principal Investigator for the University of
South Florida Campus Climate Survey: Office of the Provost. Clean, coded,
analyzed, and summarized quantitative data taken from the Campus Climate
Survey.
2001 Research
Assistant to Jennifer Friedman, Department of Sociology, University of South
Florida. Analyzed qualitative interviews of men at a methadone clinic.
2006-07 Graduate Part Time Instructor Teaching
Award, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder.
2005 Residence
Life Teaching Award. Nominated by an honors student at the University of Colorado-Boulder
for teaching and mentoring excellence.
2004 High
Pass on Theory Comprehensive Exams, Department of Sociology, University of
Colorado-Boulder.
1999 Mayme
Stewart Razkowski Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Social Sciences.
Northland College.
1999 Major-Merit Field Award in Sociology.
Northland College.
2006 Dissertation
Expense Grant. Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder. $2000.
2005 Couch-Stone
Symposium Conference Planning Grant. Funded by the Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction. $5000.
Student
Event Funding for the Couch-Stone Symposium. Funded by the Coordinated
Administrative Funding Committee of behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor
of Student Affairs. $2000.
American Sociological
Association: Theory, Social Psychology Sections
Society for the Study of
Symbolic Interaction
Pacific Sociological
Association
2007 Internship Supervisor, Tasia Vandervegt at Free
Speech Television, Boulder, Co.
2001 Associate
Program Director, Escambia River Outward Bound School, 420 Tedder Rd, Century,
FL 32583.
1999 Education
Coordinator and Teacher of English, Social Studies, Life Management Skills, and
Outdoor Education (Grades 6-12, General and Exceptional Student Education) at
Escambia
River Outward Bound School, 420 Tedder Rd, Century, FL 32583.
Leslie Irvine, Ph.D.,
Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 219 Ketchum Hall, UCB
327, Boulder, CO 80309. Phone: 303-492-7039. Email: irvinel@colorado.edu
Janet Jacobs, Ph.D.,
Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Ketchum Hall 215-A,
Boulder, CO 80309. Phone: 303-492-3202. Email: Janet.Jacobs@colorado.edu.
Donileen R. Loseke,
Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, CPR
229, Tampa, FL 33620-5550. Phone: 813-974-2517. Email dloseke@cas.usf.edu.