KATHLEEN BRADLEY-VOLZ

Salisbury, NC 28147 | kvolz1@uncc.edu

Education
Master of Arts, Anthropology
University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC

2015

Graduate Certificate, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
18 total hours of graduate coursework in Women's and Gender Studies have been
completed

2015

Bachelor of Arts, International Studies and Political Science

Loyola University Chicago - Chicago, IL
Minors in Latin American Studies and Spanish

2007

Thesis/Dissertation
Same-Sex Parents' Hyper Visibility: Effects of Panopticism and Reactions to Increased
Visibility
Committee Chair: Coral Wayland, Ph.D.
Committee Members: Peta Katz, Ph.D. and Kent Brintnall, Ph.D.
The purpose of this project is to determine how same-sex parents in the Charlotte, NC
area are affected by homophobia and restrictions on displays of affection.
This research is unique to the study of gay parenting in its focus on comparing gay
male parents with lesbian parents, without focusing on a comparison to heterosexual
parents. Rather than concentrate on the children of gay and lesbian parents, this study
looks at the parents' relationships to each other emotionally and sexually.
I use the theory of Panopticism proposed by Michel Foucault and Victor Turner's theory
of liminality to show that panopticism restricts same-sex parents to the liminal stage
of the rites of passage.

Presentations
Southeastern Women's Studies Association- May 2015
Same-Sex Parents' Hyper Visibility: Effects of Panopticism and Reactions to Increased
Visibility

Teaching/Research Experience
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Teaching Assistant to Kathleen Hogan, Ph.D. and Theoretical Approaches to
Gender January 2015- current
Administrative tasks as needed for the Women's and Gender Studies Department and
the Director, Dr. Hogan.
Management of class page and online assignments
Assist in the analysis of WGST surveys and conduction of research
Research/Teaching Assistant to Coral Wayland, Ph.D. Aug-Dec 2014
Conducted observational research on team based learning
Researched literature as specified for reviews
Teaching Assistant to Gregory Starrett, Ph.D. in Beliefs, Symbols and Rituals and
Nicole Peterson, Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology Jan-May 2014
Expertly assessed assignments and analytic papers for critical thinking, grammar and
organization

Advised students on coursework

Teaching Assistant to Janet Levy, Ph.D. and Catherine Fuentes, Ph.D. in Senior
Seminar" (Anthropology) Aug-Dec 2013
Assisted students with critical thinking and organization of senior seminar papers
Assisted with the assessment of student presentations
Teaching Assistant to Gregory Starrett, Ph.D. in Beliefs, Symbols and Rituals and
Nicole Peterson, Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology Jan-May 2013
Expertly assessed assignments and analytic papers for critical thinking, grammar and
organization
Advised students on coursework
Teaching Assistant to Catherine Fuentes, Ph.D. and Urban Anthropology Aug-Dec
2012
Documented and graded tests and assignments

Professional Chronology
Bilingual Patient Care Coordinator
Carrboro Community Health Center - Carrboro, NC

Jan 2011 to Nov 2011

Child Protective Services Case Manager II

Department of Children's Services - Dayton, TN

Aug 2008 to Aug 2010

Associate/Trainer
Swedish Bakery - Chicago, IL

Jun 2007 to May 2008

Research/Teaching Interests
Interactive and customized online learning for students using current best practices
Sociocultural anthropology
Intersectionality
Various constructs of gender and sexuality in the US and internationally
Gay and lesbian public displays of affection, emotions, and expression of sexuality
within a committed relationship (parents and non-parents)
Non-normative communities, practices and people
Representations of gender, sexuality, masculinity, and femininity
Power, subjectivity, and agency
Post-structural, postmodern, feminist, and trans theories

Affiliations
Lambda Alpha, National Honary Society in Anthropology
American Anthropological Association (Association for Feminist Anthropology and
Queer Anthropology Sections; Human Sexuality and Anthropology Interest Group)
International Studies Honor Society