Stephen J.

Sills
Curriculum Vitae

Sociology Department Email:sjsills@uncg.edu

University of North Carolina at http://www.uncg.edu/~sjsills/
Greensboro Work: 01‐336‐334‐3696
320 Frank Porter Graham Building, Fax: 01‐336‐334‐5283
Greensboro, NC 27402‐6170 Mobile: 01‐336‐404‐4932

Areas of specialization
Thematic: Globalization, Labor Migration, Transnationalism, Barriers to
Immigrant Incorporation
Geographic: Southeast Asia, Central America, Mexico, United States
Methodological: Mixed Methods, Visual Ethnography, Evaluation
Research

Education
2004 Doctorate of Philosophy Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Arizona State University. Dissertation: Transnationalizing
the self: marginalized Filipino labor migrants in Taiwan.
Concentrations: Globalization; Migration; Statistical Methods.
2000 Master of Arts Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Arizona State University. Thesis: Social, economic and symbolic
ties: an analysis of transnationalism in Mexican communities.
1991 Bachelor of Arts Spanish, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
University of North Carolina Greensboro, Teaching certificate K‐12
Spanish

Appointments
2006 ‐ Present Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North
Carolina Greensboro
2005 ‐ 2006 Director Evaluation Research Unit, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne
State University
2004 ‐ 2005 Research Associate, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State
University
2001 ‐ 2004 Teaching Associate, Department of Sociology, Arizona State
University
2001 ‐ 2004 Instructor, Department of Sociology, Mesa Community College
2001 Lead Field Ethnographer, Health‐Risk Behaviors of Long Haul
Truckers Pilot Study, Arizona State University
2000 ‐ 2001 Research Assistant, Drug Resistance Strategies Project, Southwest
Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University
2000 ‐ 2001 Field Interviewer, Adult and Family Development Project, Prevention
Research Center, Arizona State University
1999 ‐ 2000 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Arizona State
University

Affiliations
2009 - Present Organizer UNCG Human Rights Faculty Research
 Network (HRRN)
2008 - 2009 Resident Fellow and Americorp Professional Corp member of the
Center for New North Carolinians
2007- 2009 Co-organizer UNCG Human Rights Faculty Research Network
(HRRN)
2007 - 2008 Resident Fellow of the Center for Critical Inquiry Global
Transformations: Cultural Memory and Identity Formation in
America and around the World Workshop
2007 -2008 Resident Fellow of the Center for Critical Inquiry Seeking Wisdom in
the Age of Digital Reproduction Workshop
Publications
Journal Articles
Song, C. and Sills, S. and 2009. ʺ网上调查在大学校园的应用 (The Application of Web
Surveys on College Campuses).” 社会学 (Sociology). Shanghai Academy of
Social Sciences. 4(4).
Sills, S. and Chowthi, N. 2008. “Becoming an OFW: renegotiations in self-concept
among Filipina factory workers in Taiwan” Asian and Pacific Migration
Journal. 17 (2).
Sills, S. 2007. “Philippine Labor Migration to Taiwan: Social, Political,
Demographic, and Economic Dimensions.” Migration Letters. 4 (1). 1-14.
Petia, P. K., Robert, C. B., and Sills, S. 2007. “Consistency‐based Compliance
across Cultures.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 43(1): 104-
111.
Henry, S. and Sills, S. 2006. “Informal economic activity: Early thinking,
conceptual shifts, continuing patterns and persistent issues ‐ a Michigan
study.” Crime, Law and Social Change, 45 (4‐5): 263-284.
Marsiglia, F., Kulis, S., Hecht, M. and Sills, S. 2004. ʺEthnicity and Ethnic Identity
as Predictors of Drug Norms and Drug Use Among Preadolescents in the
US Southwest.ʺ Substance Use and Misuse. 39 (7): 1061-1094.
Marsiglia, F., Miles, B., Dustman, P., and Sills, S. 2002. ʺTies That Protect: An
Ecological Perspective on Latino/a Urban Pre‐Adolescent Drug Use.ʺ
Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work. 11 (3-4):191‐220.
Republished in: de Anda, D. (Ed.) 2002. Social Work with Multicultural
Youth. (pp. 191‐220). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Social Work Practice
Press.
Sills, S. and Song, C. 2002. ʺInnovations in Survey Research: An Application of
Web‐Based Surveys.ʺ Social Science Computer Review. 20 (1):22‐30.

Review Articles
Sills, S. 2010. “Review Kevin Hewison and Ken Young, eds. Transnational
Migration and Work in Asia.” Eurasian Geography and Economics.
Bellwether Publishing [Forthcoming].
Sills, S. 2007. “Maquilapolis.” Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, dirs. (Film
Review). Visual Studies. Routledge. 22: 315-316.

Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries, and Proceedings

Sills, S. 2008. “Social mobility”. Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks,
CA.: Sage Publications.
Sills, S. 2008. “Repatriation.” In Parrillo, V. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Problems.
Thousand Oaks, CA.:Sage Publications.
Sills, S. 2008. “Chicano movement.” In Parrillo, V. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social
Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA.:Sage Publications.
Sills, S. 2008. “Deportation.” In Parrillo, V. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Problems.
Thousand Oaks, CA.:Sage.
Sills, S. 2008 “Globalization.” Article in Schaefer, R (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Race,
Ethnicity, and Society. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sills, S. 2008 “Taiwan.” Article in Schaefer, R (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Race,
Ethnicity, and Society. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sills, S. 2008 “Return Migration.” Article in Schaefer, R (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sills, S. 2001. “Return Migration.” Article in Ciment, J (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
American Immigration. M.E. Sharpe: New York, NY.

Report and Evaluations

Sills, S. 2009 "Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans: Final Focus
Group Report"
DeHoog, R. Murphy, A. Jovanovic, S., Jones, E. and Sills, S. 2008. “A Strategic
Study of the State of Human Relations in Greensboro: Uncovering
Institutional Discrimination to Promote Equal Opportunity.” Report to the
City of Greensboro Human Relations Department.
Sills, S. 2008 "Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans: Pilot Focus
Group Report"
Sills, S. and Blake, E.A. 2008. "Factors Influencing Denial: A Study of Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act Data for The Greensboro - High Point
Metropolitan Statistical Area 2006" Report to the City of Greensboro
Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human
Relations Department.
Sills, S. and Blake, E. 2008 “Discrimination in Immigrant Housing: A pilot Paired-
Testing Project in Greensboro." Report to the City of Greensboro
Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human
Relations Department.
Sills, S. 2008 "Findings of the 2007 International Student Survey" Unpublished
report.
Sills, S. 2007. ʺ2006 Abstinence Education Project Comprehensive Evaluation
Reportʺ. Report to the Providence – St. John Community Health Abstinence
Education Project.
Sills, S. 2006. “2006 Mid‐Year Report Abstinence Education Project” Report to
the Providence – St. John Community Health Abstinence Education Project.
Sills, S., Neely, C. and Kulik, N. 2006. “2005‐2006 Good Schools Annual
Evaluation Report.” Report to the Skillman Foundation.
Sills, S. 2006. “Sampling Frame for Detroit Area Arab Households” Report to the
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS).
Sills, S. and Child, H. 2005 “Yad Ezra Kosher Food Pantry Evaluation Report.” Yad
Ezra Food Pantry
Sills, S. 2005. “Early On System Review: Family Interview Report” Report to the
Michigan Department of Education.
Sills, S. 2005. “Local Implementation Survey Report” Report to the Michigan
Department of Education.
Sills, S. 2005. “The Abstinence Education Project Comprehensive Evaluation
Report” Report to the Providence – St. John Community Health Abstinence
 Education Project.
Sills, S. 2005. “Mariners Inn Alumni Program Data Analysis and Evaluation
Report” Report to Mariners Inn.
Sills, S. 2005. “MK – Target Development: Report on Findings from Analysis of
Ethnographic Data” Report to BBDO Detroit.
Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2005. “The Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church
Evaluation Report.” Report to the Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian
Church.
Sills, S. 2004. “Early On Training and Technical Assistance Service Coordinator
Survey Items Report.” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.
Sills, S. 2004. “Early On Training and Technical Assistance Procedural Safeguards
Trainings Evaluation Report.” Report to the Michigan Department of
Education.
Sills, S. 2004. “Early On System Review: Family Interview Report” Report to the
Michigan Department of Education.
Sills, S. 2004. “Service Coordinator Survey Report” Report to the Michigan
Department of Education.

Work in Progress or Under Review

Sills, S. and Jaber, L. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of Mixed
Sex Focus Groups with Arab-Americans” Proceedings of 5th National
Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community in
supplemental issue of Ethnicity and Disease [Accepted].
Sills, S. 2010. “Discrimination in immigrant housing.” Sociology Compass.
Blackwell. [Under Review].
Sills, S. and Blake, E. 2010. “Viviendas Justas y Saludables: The battle for fair
and healthy homes in the South” in Lippard, C. and Gallagher, C. (Eds.)
“The Brown Belt: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in the New South.”
Lynne Rienner Publishers. [Accepted].
Sills, S. and Blake, E. "Disparities in Rental Housing among Hispanics, African
Americans and whites: a Paired Testing Study." Sociological Inquiry
[Revise and Resubmit]
Sills, S. and Child, H. "Cultural Flexibility and Program Evaluation: Lessons
Learned from Mixed-Method Evaluation of a Kosher Food Pantry,"
American Journal of Evaluation. [Revise and Resubmit]
Miles, B and Sills, S. ʺVisual Researchers and Institutional Review Boards:
Findings from an Online Survey.ʺ Visual Studies [Revise and Resubmit]
Sills, S. 2010. “Lebanese Immigrants” In Bayor, R. (Ed.) Multicultural America: An
Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans Greenwood Publishing Group:
Westport, CT. [Manuscript in Preparation].
Sills, S. and Chowthi, N. 2010“Indo-Guyanese Immigrants” In Bayor, R. (Ed.)
Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans
Westport, CT. Greenwood Publishing Group. [Manuscript in Preparation].
Sills, S., Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. 2009. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological
Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” [Manuscript in
Preparation].

Presentations
Invited Presentations and Lectures
Sills, S. 2009. “Democracy’s Fourth Estate: Globalization, Immigration and the
 Media” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Third Annual Film and
Speakers Series
Sills, S. 2009. “The Guestworker” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Third
Annual Film and Speakers Series
Sills, S. 2009. “Linking the Macro and the Micro: Teaching Enrique’s Journey”
Lloyd International Honors College
Sills, S. 2009. “A Discussion on Human Rights and Fair Housing” Human Rights
Lecture Series. UNCG Warren Ashby Residential College.
Sills, S. 2009. “Impediments to Fair Housing for Immigrants in Greensboro”
Greensboro Housing Summit Greensboro Housing Coalition.
Khamala, L. and Sills, S. 2009. “Made in L.A.” UNCG Human Rights Research
Network Third Annual Film and Speakers Series
Sills, S. 2009. “Yi Yi.” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Second Annual
Film Series
Sills, S. 2009. "The Commercialization of Asian Cultures." Invited panelist
Contemporary Issues Forums UNCG Office of Multicultural Affairs
Sills, S. 2008. “China Blue” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Second
Annual Film Series
Sills, S. 2008. “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Human Rights
Movement in Myanmar.” Invited lecture Out to Lunch Research Chat
Department of Sociology. Sills, S., Schultheis, A., and Grieve, G. 2008.
“Are human inequality and human diversity distinct?” Invited address at
Food for Thought Luncheon Lloyd International Honors College
Sills, S. 2008. “Multiple linkages: Transnational identities, feminisms, and what it
means to do work at the crossroads of culture” Invited lecture Women
and Gender Studies Program.
Sills, S. 2008. “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights
Movement in Myanmar.” Invited lecture Human Rights in Asian Literature,
Film, and Religion. University of North Carolina Greensboro
Schultheis, A. and Sills, S. 2008. “Teaching in Honors: Innovative Ways of Being
in the World.” keynote address at the UNCG Honors Symposium Lloyd
International Honors College
Sills, S.2008. “Human Rights and Film” Invited address at Honors Coffee Lloyd
International Honors College
Sills, S. 2007. “Maquilapolis.” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Film Series
Sills, S. 2006. “Using Visual Ethnography to Influence Policy: Experiences Of The
Street Life On Mill Study” Center For Urban Studies Brown Bag Series.
Wayne State University.
Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2002.”Video Ethnography with Hidden Populations.” Invited
presentation to the Midwest Homeless Adolescent Research Project.
University of Nebraska ‐ Lincoln. Lincoln, NE

Conference and Symposium Presentations

Sills, S., Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. 2009. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological
Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” Southern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Sills, S. 2009. “Fair and Healthy Homes: Disparities in Immigrant Housing.”
Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Sills, S. and Jaber, L. 2008. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of
Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” 5th National Conference on
 Health Issues in the Arab American Community Dearborn, Michigan.
Sills, S., Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. 2008. “Knowledge and Perception of Diabetes
Risk Among Arab-Americans” 5th National Conference on Health Issues in
the Arab American Community Dearborn, Michigan.
Sills, S. Clapp, J. and Nassar, S. 2008. “A Comprehensive Understanding of the
Development of Transnational Identity among Migrants: the Role of
Context” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA
Sills, S. and Blake, E. 2008. “Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: Discrimination
in Immigrant rental Housing” Society for the Study of Social Problems,
Boston, MA
Sills, S. 2008. “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights
Movement in Myanmar.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston,
MA
Song, C. and Sills, S. 2008. “Methods and Results from the 2007 International
Students Survey: a multi-method project involving undergraduate
research method students” Pacific Sociological Association Meeting.
Sills, S. and Clapp, J. 2008. “Religion and Acculturation Among International
Students” Poster presented at Southern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting, Richmond, VA.
Sills, S. and Chowthi, N. 2008. “Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The
Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan.”
Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.
Sills, S. 2008. “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights
Movement in Myanmar.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting,
Richmond, VA.
Sills, S. and Horton, J. 2008. “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community: a
visual content analysis of the Greensboro News and Record 1965 to
Present.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.
Sills, S. and Blake, E. 2008. “Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing: A
Paired-Testing Study” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting,
Richmond, VA.
Horton. J. and Sills, S. 2007. “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community: a
visual content analysis of the Greensboro News and Record 2000 to
Present.” State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Creativity
Symposium.
Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2007. “Institutional Review, Ethics, and Academic Freedom”
International Visual Sociological Association, New York, New York.
Sills, S. 2007. “A New Age for Rosie the Riveter: Filipina factory workers in
Taiwan.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York.
Sills, S., Song, C. and Petrova, P. 2007. “Report on Findings from the 2006
International Student Survey (Poster)” American Sociological Association,
New York, New York.
Sills, S. 2007. “Philippine Labor Migration to Taiwan.” Southern Sociological
Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.
Miles, B. and Sills, S. 2006. ʺCommunity of Origin and Risk Factors for Homeless
Youthʺ The Society for the Study of Social Problems 56th Annual Meeting.
Montreal, Canada.
Miles, B. and Sills, S. 2006. ʺA Deconstruction of Power and Problems Faced By
Qualitative Researchers And Ethics Reviewʺ The Society for the Study of
Social Problems 56th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
Sills, S. and Child, H. 2006. “Cultural Flexibility and Program Evaluation: Lessons
Learned From Mixed‐Method Evaluation Of A Kosher Food Pantry” 2006
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Urbana‐Champaign, IL.
Miles, B., Byrnes, M., and Sills, S. 2006. “Power, Policy, and Politics: Reflections
of Three Visual Ethnographers.” Paper presented at the 2006 International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign‐Urbana, IL.
Sills, S. 2006. “Perspectives on the Integration of Migrants ‐ the Role of Context:
Case Studies on Transnational Labor Migrants” International Symposium
on Immigration and Ethnic Relations in European and North American
Cities. January 26‐27, 2006. Wayne State University.
Nehan, N., Colombo, M., Miles, B., and Sills, S. 2005. “Understanding University
Internal Review Boards: Multiple perspectives on strategies for surviving
and learning from the review process” 2005 Meeting of the American
Evaluation Association, Toronto, Canada.
Miles, B. and Sills, S.2005. “Get a Job: Deconstructing the myth of homeless
people and work.” The Society for the Study of Social Problems 55th
Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Thompson, L., Bales, S., Hulleza, C., and Sills, S. 2005.”Evaluation of Michigan’s
Early Intervention System: Impacts and Recommendations” American
Psychological Association Annual Convention. Washington, DC.
Sills, S and Miles, B. 2005. “The Landscape of Metropolitan Homeless Services: A
spatial survey of Detroit area homeless services” Urban Affairs
Association 35th Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sills, S and Miles, B. 2005. “Investigating Visual Researchers‚ Experiences with
Institutional Review Boards” 2005 International Congress of Qualitative
Inquiry Urbana‐Champaign, IL.
Thompson, L., Bales, S., Hulleza, C., and Sills, S. 2005.”Evaluation of Michigan’s
Early Intervention System: Impacts on Families and Children” Michigan
Council for Exceptional Children 65th Annual Conference. Grand Rapids,
MI.
Sills, S. 2004. “Kabayan! Experiences of Filipino Guest Workers in Taiwan”
Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Sills, S. 2004. “Seeing Culture: Visual Methods in Cross‐Cultural” Paper
presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco,
CA.
Sills, S. 2004.” Filipino Labor Migrants in Taiwan ‐ Caretakers, Nursing Aids, and
Domestic Workers.” Video Presentation and Discussion screened at the
Pacific Sociological Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.
Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2003. “Homelessness on Mill Avenue” Documentary Video
Presentation and Discussion presented at Carl Couch‐Greg Stone Winter
Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Tempe,
AZ.
Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2002. “Street Life Society: A Video
Ethnography/Documentary on Homeless Youth” Thematic Session at the
Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. Vancouver, BC.
Sills, S. 2001. “Symbolic Ties: An Exploration of Transnationalism in Mexican
Communities.” Refereed Roundtable on Latinos/as in the United States.
Organizer: Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan. Paper presented at the
American Sociological Association Meeting: Anaheim, CA.
Sills, S. 2001. “Settlement, Circulation and Return: An Analysis of Strengths of
 Transnational Ties.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological
Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.
Sills, S. and Song C. 2001. “Innovations in Survey Research: An Application of
Web Based Surveys.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological
Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.

Creative Achievements
Film
Documentary “Filipino Labor Migrants in Taiwan: Documenting the formation of
an ethnic enclave among Filipino workers in Taiwan” [in production]
2008 “Viviendas Justas y Saludables - The battle for fair and healthy homes in
the South” Available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-
1323547713860492910
2003. Documentary “Caretakers and Domestic Workers Documenting the lives
and issues of domestic labor migrants in Taiwan” Available at:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5452645176885411738
with Miles, B. 2002. Documentary “Street Life on Mill: Homeless youth on Tempe
Arizona’s Mill Avenue.” Available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=-5142307914898441819

Photographic
2009 “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community - Student Exhibition” UNCG
Department of Sociology
2008 “Picturing the Triad’s Immigrant Communities - Student Exhibition” Tate
Street Coffee House.

Websites
2009 “International and Global Studies Human Rights Concentration” Available
at: http://www.uncg.edu/igs/hr.html
2008 with Johnson, C. “Human Rights Research Network.” Available at:
http://www.uncg.edu/cci/hrrn/
2008 “Visualizing the Triad's Global Identity” Available at:
http://www.uncg.edu/~sjsills/Soc374/

Funded research grants

External Research Awards
2008 with DeHoog, R. (PI), Murphy, A., Jovanovic, S., and Jones, E., "A
Strategic Study of Human Relations in Greensboro:
Uncovering Institutional Discrimination to Promote Equal
Opportunity," City of Greensboro - Human Relations
Department, ($56,000).
2008 "Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: Measuring Housing
Discrimination," City of Greensboro - Dept. of Housing and
Community Development. ($5,314).
2005 “Community Needs Assessment ‐ Multistage Cluster Sampling
Design” Arab Community Center for Economic and Social
Services (ACCESS) ($10,000).

Internal Research Awards

2010 with Shelly Brown-Jeffy and Matthew Barr. "So who am I
now?: An interdisciplinary oral history documentary on
identity, loss of social status, and the development of co-
ethnic social support networks among refugees from Africa."
Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Award, Office of
Undergraduate Research ($6000) [under review]
2010 International travel matching funds UNCG College Advancement
Council. ($705)
2009 Course development award for “SOC 375 Internationals Field
Research: Servants of Globalization: An Ethnographic Field
Course in Taiwan” International Service-Learning Grant
Office of Leadership and Service-Learning ($2500).
2009 “Servants of Globalization: an Ethnographic Field Course in
Taiwan.” UNCG Asian Studies, International and Global
Studies Program. ($5000)
2009 “Impact of Global Downturn on Filipina Factory Workers,” Linda
Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Grant. Women and Gender
Studies Department ($1000)
2009 “Female Migrants in Community” Undergraduate Research Award,
Office of Undergraduate Research ($1000)
2009 “Civil Rights and Involvement in Social Movements: Why youth
become activists.” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of
Undergraduate Research ($1000)
2009 with Schultheis, Alexandra and James Alexander. "Democracy and
Globalization: Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and
Asylees." Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for Critical
Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2500 per Fellow)
2008 with Shelly Brown-Jeffy. “Innovations in Survey Research:
Incorporation of Multi-modal technologies into teaching.”
Advancement of Teaching and Learning Grants UNCG
Teaching and Learning Center ($2900)
2008 with Schultheis, Alexandra (organizer) and Grieve, Gregory P. "The
Implicated Viewer: Problems and Paradoxes in Spectatorship,
Race, and Rights.” Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for
Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2500 per Fellow)
2008 with Phyllis Hunter (Coordinator), History; Christian Moraru, English;
Michael Kane, Psychology; Jamie Anderson, History;
Gwendolyn Sneed O’Neal, Consumer Apparel and Retail
Studies; Susan Walcott, Geography; and Paul Mazgaj;
History : "Global Transformations: Cultural Memory and
Identity Formation in America and around the World" 2008
Spring Faculty Workshop Center for Critical Inquiry in the
Liberal Arts. ($1000 for research assistant)
2008 with Mark Kadel (World Relief), Krycya Flores, and Lindsay Levis. “A
Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina Refugee
Resettlement Services.” 2008 Community-Based Research
Grants Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. ($2000 for
research assistants)
2008 with Gregory Grieve (Coordinator) Religious Studies; Elizabeth
Bucar, Religious Studies; Seth Ellis, Art, Mark Engebretson,
 Music; Alexandra Schultheis, English; and Frederick Young,
Media Studies: "Seeking Wisdom in the Age of Digital
Reproduction" 2008 Spring Faculty Workshop Center for
Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($200 for travel)
2008 “Redesign of Sociology 101 Online Course”, UNCG Division of
Continual Learning ($3000)
2008 "Faculty Instructional Development Mini-Grant Proposal" UNCG
Teaching and Learning Center ($378)
2007 with Schultheis, Alexandra W. (organizer) and Grieve, Gregory P.
"Teaching Human Rights Films as External Memory: The
Politics of Public Memory and Future Justice" Faculty Summer
Fellowships Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts.
($2500 per Fellow)
2007 ʺThe Triadʹs Global Identity: Visual Ethnography of the North
Carolina’s Immigrant Communitiesʺ Course Development
Grant Lloyd International Honors College.($2500)
2007 Kohler International Travel Fund, International Conference Travel
Funding, International Programs Center. ($1000)
2007 ʺDisparities and Discrimination in Immigrant Housing in
Greensboro, Pilot Project,ʺ New Faculty Research Grants.
UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Sector
Partnerships. ($5000)
2007 ʺA Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communitiesʺ
Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate
Research.($2000)
2007 “A new age for Rosie the riveter: Filipina factory workers in Taiwan”
2007 Summer Excellence Research Grants. UNCG Office of
Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships. ($4000)
2006 Kohler International Travel Fund, International Conference Travel
Funding, International Programs Center ($500)
2005 “The Impact of Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Service
Coordinators on Latino Families Receiving Early Intervention
Services” Undergraduate Research Grant. Honors College
Wayne State University
2002 with Miles, B. “Street Life Society: Homelessness on Mill Avenue
Project” Center for Urban Inquiry, Arizona State University.
($6000)
1999 with Song, Chunyan. “Arizona State University International Student
Surveys.” Graduate and Professional Student Association
Research Award, Arizona State University. ($280)

Evaluation Contracts
2006 “Evaluation of the Skillman Good Schools: Making the Grade
Initiative” Skillman Foundation
2006 “Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) Evaluation.”
Wayne State University. Department of Computer Science.
2006 “Youth Sports and Recreation Commission Evaluation”
Skillman Foundation
2004 ‐ 2006 “Evaluation of the Providence – St. John Community Health
Abstinence Curriculum” Providence – St. John Community
 Health
2005 “Yad Ezra Kosher Food Pantry Evaluation” Yad Ezra Kosher
Food Pantry.

Independent Consulting
2009 “Survey of Community Businesses” Greensboro Economic
Development Alliance (GEDA) ($15,000) [proposed]
2009 “Fulfilling the Dream Project” FaithAction International House
($1500).
2007-2009 “Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans” National
Institutes for Health Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) Program
National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory
Council Grant # 1-R34-DK076663-01A. ($10,000)
2007-2008 “Analysis of Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's
(FFIEC) Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Dataset.” City of
Greensboro - Department of Housing and Community Development.
($3,400)
2006-2007 “Evaluation of the Providence – St. John Community Health
Abstinence Curriculum” Providence – St. John Community Health.
($5000)
2005 “Jeep MK Target Development In-Depth Interviews.”
BBDO Detroit Marketing Research ($1200)
2005 "Evaluation of Services 2005." Mariners Inn Homeless
Services ($1000)
2005 "Evaluation of Services 2005." The Open Door at Fort
Street Presbyterian Church. ($1000)

Unfunded research Proposals

2008 Walcott, S. (PI), Morgan, L., and Sills, S., "Balancing Modernization
and Cultural Preservation in Transitioning Third World Cities:
Bhutan's Middle Path" Human and Social Dynamics - Agents
of Change Grant National Science Foundation ($637,176)
2008 Grieve, G. (PI), Schultheis, A., Sills, S. “Human Rights and Digital
Media Research Network (HUMDA): Creating a model of best
practices for human/computer cyber-infrastructure in the
humanities.” National Endowment for the Humanities Digital
Humanities Digital Start-up Grant, National Endowment for
the Humanities ($25,000).

Teaching and mentoring

Teaching Schedules
Term Course. Sec Course Description Enro
ll
2009/Fall SOC202 02 Social Problems Global Context 53
2009/Fall SOC344 01 Global Society 47
2009/Fall SOC301 03 Intro to Methods and Research 16
2009/Fall IGS223B 05 International and Global Studies 7
Seminar
2009/Fall IGS333 02 Seminar in Social and Behavioral 4
Studies
2009/Fall SOC497 01 Special Problems in Sociology 1
2009/Sum SOC201 11D Social Problems
mer
2009/Sum SOC698 01 Special Problems in Sociology
mer
2009/Sum SOC344 11 Global Society
mer
2008/Fall SOC202 04 Social Problems Global Context 51
2008/Fall SOC344 01 Global Society 59
2008/Fall SOC301 03 Intro to Methods and Research 17
2008/Fall IGS233B 10 International and Global Studies 6
Seminar
2008/Fall IGS333 19 Selected Topics: International Studies 3
2008/Fall SOC699 01 Thesis 2
2009/Sum SOC201 11D Social Problems 46
mer
2008/Sprin IGS233B 08 International and Global Studies 2
g Seminar
2008/Sprin HSS208 02 Seminar in Social and Behavioral 5
g Studies
2008/Sprin SOC616 01 Advanced Research Methods 6
g
2008/Sprin SOC202 02 Social Problems Global Context 48
g
2008/Sprin SOC697 01 Special Problems in Sociology 1
g
2008/Sprin SOC493 01 Honors Work 2
g
2007/Fall SOC697 01 Special Problems in Sociology 1
2007/Fall IGS233 05 International and Global Studies 2
Seminar
2007/Fall IGS333 07 Selected Topics: International and 8
Global Studies
2007/Fall SOC202 03 Social Problems Global Context 57
2007/Fall SOC301 02 Intro to Methods and Research 27
2007/Fall SOC695 01 Internship 1
2007/Fall SOC699 01 Thesis 1
2007/Fall SOC344 01 Global Society 35
2007/Fall SOC697 01 Special Problems in Sociology 1
2007/Sprin INS333 08 Selected Topics: International Studies 4
g
2007/Sprin SOC616 01 Advanced Research Methods 12
g
2007/Sprin SOC344 01 Global Society 52
g
2006/Fall INS333 08 Selected Topics: International Studies 5
2006/Fall SOC202 03 Social Problems Global Context 59
2006/Fall SOC344 01 Global Society 57
Courses taught:
2006 ‐ Present University of North Carolina Greensboro
Honors 208: The Triad's Global Identity: Visual Ethnography
of the North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities
Sociology 202/ International Studies 233: Social Problems in
Global Context
Sociology 301: Research Methods
Sociology 344/ International Studies 333: Global Societies
Sociology 374: Visualizing the Triad's Global Identity
Sociology 375: International Field Research [Under
development for 2010]
Sociology 616: Advanced Research Methods

1999‐2004 Arizona State University

Preparation for English 101 Upward Bound
Sociology 341 – Modern Social Problems
Sociology 391 – Methods of Social Research
Sociology 101 – Introduction to Sociology

2001‐2004 Mesa Community College

Sociology 140 - Race and Ethnicity
Sociology 212 – Women and Men in a Changing Society
Sociology 101 – Introduction to Sociology

Courses Development:
2008 Sociology 374- Visualizing the Triad's Global Identity (Proposed)
2008 Sociology 375 - International Field Experience (Approved)
2008 Sociology 372 - Gender, Labor and Migration in Southeast Asia
(Draft)
2007 HSS 208 - The Triad's Global Identity: Visual Ethnography of the
North Carolina's Immigrant Communities (Approved)

Master’s Thesis Students

2009 Natassaja Chowthi, Sociology. “Transnational Identities of
Indo-Guyanese Migrants.” UNCG (Committee Chair)
2009 Elizabeth Blake, Sociology. “Racial Steering in Property
Management Companies.” UNCG (Committee Chair)
2009 Matthew Hodler, Sociology. UNCG (Committee Member)
2008 Anderson Bean, Sociology. U UNCG (Committee Member)
2008 Joyce Clapp, Sociology. “The Role of Religion in Acculturation of
International Students.” UNCG (Committee Chair)

Master’s Internships
2008 Lindsay Levis, Sociology. UNCG (Committee Chair)
2008 Ariane Thompson, Sociology. UNCG (Committee Member)

PhD dissertations:
2006 Farnad Darnell, Sociology. “Adoption Identity as Shared Identity Among
Adult Korean Adoptees” Wayne State University. (Committee
Member)
 Research Advisor:
2009 Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse “Civil Rights and Involvement in
Social Movements: Why youth become activists.”
2009 Leah Gerrard
2008 Natassaja Chowthi - Summer Assistantship “The Development of
Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan”
2008 Kirsten Kinne - Research Assistant - Global Transformations
Workshop
2008 Krycya Flores. “A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina
Refugee Resettlement Services.”
2008 Lindsay Levis. “A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina
Refugee Resettlement Services.”
2007-2008 Jennifer Horton ʺA Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant
Communitiesʺ
2006-2007 Samra Nassar “Yemeni‐American Assimilation or Isolation” Wayne
State University.
2005 Farnad Darnell “Pilot Study of Transcultural Identity Formation in
Asian Adoptees” Wayne State University.
2005 Violeta Donawa “The Impact of Cultural and Linguistic Competency
of Service Coordinators on Latino Families Receiving Early
Intervention Services” Wayne State University.

Program Assessment Projects

2008 Evaluation of International Global Studies Program UNCG
2008 Student Interest Survey - Asian Studies Program UNCG

Professional service
Conference Moderator/Facilitator:
2009 "Inequalities and Newcomers: Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation"
Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
2008 “Social problems and theories of identities: The global borderlands of
Race, Gender, and Sexuality” The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Boston, MA.
2008 “Space and Place in a Global Economy” Southern Sociological Society
Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.
2007 “Institutional Review, Ethics, and Academic Freedom,” International Visual
Sociological Association, New York, New York.
2007 “Globalization, Immigration and the Changing Nature of Work (Global;
Labor Studies; and Racial and Ethnic Minorities)”, The Society for the
Study of Social Problems New York, New York.

Editorial Activities
2007 - Present Editorial Board Member. Sociological Inquiry. Kroll-
Smith, S. ed.
2006 - Present Peer reviewer. Social Science Computer Review,
Garson, D. ed.
2002 - Present Peer reviewer. Sociological Inquiry. Kroll-Smith, S. ed.
2009 Proposal reviewer for Thio, A. and J.Taylor Social Problems. Oxford
University Press.
 2009 Textbook reviewer for McKinstry, J. and H. Kerbo Race and Ethnic
Conflict and Accommodation: A Global and Historical Analysis.
Oxford University Press.
2009 Textbook reviewer for Globalization: Origins, Outcomes, and
Prospects. Pine Forge Press.
2009 Peer reviewer Societies Without Borders. Blau, J. and A. Moncada
eds.
2006 Peer reviewer Critical Sociology, Fasenfest, D. ed.
2006 Grant reviewer. NSF Social and Economic Sciences ‐ Sociology,
Patricia White, Program Director, Sociology, National Science
Foundation, DC, District of Columbia (National).

Community service
2009 – Present Consultant/Technical Assistance FaithAction International
House
2007 - Present “Fair Housing/Healthy Homes Disparities in Housing
Conditions for Minorities and Immigrants” Greensboro
Housing Coalition funded by Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation,
Greensboro Housing Coalition. (pro bono)
2006 – Present Consultant/Technical Assistance. Greensboro Housing
Coalition
2008 “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice” City of
Greensboro - Department of Housing and Community
Development. (pro bono).
2008 "Needs assessment, board development, and Strategic
planning for the Seashore Mission Homeless Outreach
program" Seashore District, The United Methodist Church
(pro bono).
2005 Evaluator. Mariners Inn Homeless Services, David Sampson,
Deputy Director.
2004 ‐2005 Evaluator. The Open Door (homeless services) at Fort Street
Presbyterian Church. John Heiss, Director.
Event Organizer
2008 Organizer with Alexandra Schultheis “The Third Annual Human
Rights Film and Speakers Series”
2009 Organizer with Alexandra Schultheis “Asian Studies Film Series”
2008 Organizer with Alexandra Schultheis and Gregory Grieve “The
Second Annual Human Rights Film Festival Series”
2007 Organizer “Immigrant Reception in the Triad of North Carolinas”
2007 Organizer “Workers’ Rights, Unionization, and Worker Safety: The
Labor Rights Movement at Smithfield Foods”
2007 Organizer with Alexandra Schultheis and Gregory Grieve “The
UNCG Human Rights Film Festival Series”
2006 Organizer “International Labor Rights Fund Wal-Mart Sweatshop
Speakers Tour”

Committee Assignments
2009 – Present Human Rights Major Advisory Committee Member
2009 – Present Latin American Studies Advisory Committee Member
2008 - Present Office of Leadership and Service-Learning Advisory
 Committee
2007 - Present Asian Studies Advisory Committee Member
2007 ‐ Present International and Global Studies Program Committee
Member
2007- Present Sociology Department Performance Review Committee
2008 Latin American Studies Search Committee
2008 Sociology Department Search Committee [Affirmative Action
Officer]
2007 Sociology Department Master’s Internship Curriculum Development
Subcommittee

Specialized trainings and workshops

2007 “How to Write a Flawless IRB” Eric Allen, UNCG Office of Research
Compliance
2006 Grant Writing National Science Foundation Regional Grants
Conference College Park, Maryland.
2005 Success Case Method Evaluations, Instructor: Robert Brinkerhoff,
American Evaluation Association Pre‐Conference Workshops
2005 Mixed‐Method Social Inquiry: Possibilities and Strategies, Instructor:
Jennifer C. Greene, The Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Pre‐
Conference Workshops
2005 State of the Art: The Latest in Qualitative Software Advances,
Instructors: Ray Marietta and César Cisneros. The Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry, Pre‐Conference Workshops
1994 Literary Non‐fiction, Writer’s Program, University of Washington
Extension

Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
International Visual Sociologists Association
Southern Sociological Society