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Assata-Nicole Richards, PhD

The Pennsylvania State University, 2004

Title: Assistant Professor of Sociology
Campus Address: 2611 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Tel: 412-383-9488
E-mail: assata@pitt.edu

 

Curriculum Vitae

Employment

2004-Present, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Education

  • 2004, Ph.D. Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • 2000, M.A. Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • 1998, B.S.  Sociology, University of Houston, cum laude

Research and Teaching Interests

Social movements; Prisons; Research methods; Survey research; Organizational theory; Life course perspective; Quantitative methods and statistics

Forthcoming Publications

  • Martin, Andrew W., Assata Richards, and John D. McCarthy.  "Getting the Youth Involved:
  • Challenges and Possibilities for Youth Participation in Social Movements."  In Youth Activism: An Encyclopedia.  Edited by Sherrod, L.R., Flanagan, C., & Kassimir, R.Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company.

Papers Under Review

  • Richard, Assata and John D. McCarthy  "Description Bias In Newspaper Coverage of Mass   Gatherings:  The Million Man March and the Promise Keepers Stand in the Gap Rally"

Professional Papers and Presentations

  • Richards, Assata.  2003.  "A Study of Trends in Prison sand Levels of Social Unrest, 1984–1995."  Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Denver, CO (November).
  • Richards, Assata.  2002.  "Social Movement Embeddness:  Employing Social Relations to Examining Dimensions of Activism."  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sociological Association in Chicago, IL (August). 
  • Richards, Assata.  2001. "Understanding Change:  A Longitudinal Study of Prisons." 
  • Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Atlanta, GA (November)
  • Richards, Assata.  2000.  "Say It Loud, ‘I’m Black and I’m Proud’:  Analyzing the Relationship between Afrocentricity and Black Volunteer Involvement."  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Black Sociologists in Washington, DC (August).
  • Richards, Assata and John D. McCarthy.  1999.  "The Bias in Newspaper Coverage of Protest Events:  The Million Man March and the Promise Keepers Stand in the Gap Rally." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Sociological Association in Chicago, IL (August).

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to Sociology, 2004
  • Statistical Methods for Social Research Lab, 2003
  • Social Statistics Lab, 2002
  • Research Methods, 2001

Teaching Assistant

  • Crime, Law and Justice 012, Criminology, 2002

Grants and Awards

  • National Science Foundation Doctorial Dissertation Support Grant, 2003
  • American Society of Criminology Minority Fellowship, 2003
  • Ford Foundation Minority Dissertation Fellowship, 2003
  • Joan Huber and William Form Graduate Scholarship in Sociology, Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002
  • Africana Research Center Research Support Grant, The Pennsylvania State University, 2003
  • The Pennsylvania State University RGSO Graduate Student Dissertation Support Grant, 2002
  • Penn State University Bunton-Waller Graduate Award, 1998-2002

Professional Service               

  • Penn State University Africana Research Center Director Search Committee, 2002
  • Penn State University Africana Research Center Advisory Board, 2001–current
  • American Sociological Association Minorities Opportunities through Student Transformation Committee, 1998–current

Specialized Training

  • Multilevel regression models; event history analysis; survey research; network analysis