Joan Gettet Gilbreth
Faculty/Staff profile
I am on sabbatical during the 2011-2012 academic year so not available until the fall of 2012. Contact Lori Sloup at lsloup@nebrwesleyan.edu or 402.465.2197 for further assistance.
As the non-traditional student all of my life, and coming from a small-town, rural state, working class background, I strongly urge you to read the book listed below. I do not have a chapter in it yet see myself and many others I know represented in it.
"This Fine Place So Far From Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class" edited by C. L. Barney Dews and Carolyn Leste Law in 1995; Temple University Press, Philadelphia PA.
PhD 2000 University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sociology
Dissertation: Family Structure and Interparental Conflict: The Effects on Adolescent Drinking
M.S. 1994 University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Human Resources & Family Science
Thesis: Demographic Variables Affecting Financial Satisfaction
B.S. 1985 Southwest Texas State University;
Home Economics (Consumer Science/Major, Business/Minor)
Some favorite quotes might sum it up best:
The years teach us much the days never knew.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.
Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.
Richard David Bach
We learn by teaching.
Proverb
CONTENT COURSES IN SOCIOLOGY:
Soc 003: Introduction to Sociology
Soc 004: Social Problems
Soc 116: Race Relations and Minority Groups
Soc 120: Sociology of the Family
Soc 216: Seminar in Racial-Ethnic Relations
Soc 222: Sociology of Gender
S0c 227: Social Stratification
Soc 230: Social Change and Social Movements
CORE RESEARCH SKILLS COURSES:
Soc 110: Social Statistics
Soc 236: Research Methods I (Quantitative Methods)
Soc 237: Research Methods II (Qualitative Methods)
Soc 242: Sociological Theory
Soc 299: Senior Thesis
INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES:
IDS 001: Liberal Arts Seminar--"What it takes to be a Man" - Exploring Masculinity
Currently on sabbatical; no current teaching
CURRENT SABBATICAL PROJECT
Exploratory study of individual reactions to changes in immigration patterns: comparing experiences in Ireland and Midwestern U.S.
PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS
White, Lynn and Joan G. Gilbreth. 2001. "When Children Have Two Fathers: Effects of
Relationships with Stepfathers and Noncustodial Fathers on Adolescent Outcomes." Journal of Marriage and Family, 63:155-167.
Amato, Paul R. & Joan G. Gilbreth. 1999. "Nonresident Fathers and Children's Well-Being: A
Meta-Analysis." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 61:557-573.
Davis, Elizabeth P. & Joan G. Gilbreth. 1995. "Life Course Variables and Financial
Satisfaction." Sherman Hanna (Ed.) Family Economics and Resource Management Biennial, 161-162. Family Economics Resource Management Division of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Davis, Elizabeth P. and Joan G. Gilbreth (Eds.). 1993. "Diversity Among Economically
Vulnerable Households." Proceedings of the 1993 Family Economics-Home Management Pre-Conference. Washington, D.C.: American Home Economics Assn.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Organizer, Presider, Presenter. Balancing Work and Family Session; Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, March 2005.
Conference Organizer, Nebraska Undergraduate Sociology Symposium. Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln NE. November 2004.
Presider, Presenter. Teaching Family Sociology Session. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Kansas City, March 2003.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Gilbreth, Joan Gettert and Phil Tegler. Monitoring Community Substance Abuse: Comparisons Nationwide. Principal investigator managing data collection and serving as a representative to the community council for this project which has been funded by a Community Health Endowment Grant.
Gilbreth, Joan Gettert. Jail Time and Service-Learning: Bringing the Real World to the Classroom.
Lacy, Naomi and Joan Gettert Gilbreth. Gifts from Our Mothers: Feminism as an Outgrowth of Working Class Roots.
Gilbreth, Joan Gettert. Collecting Christina: Stories from the Oldest Generation
OTHER RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Construction of Gender and Race
Working Class Women, Women of Color, and Connections with Feminism
Social Inequality and Family Outcomes
SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS WITH STUDENTS
Spring, 2010. Soc 222: Sociology of Gender. Gendered interactions in community agencies.
Fall 2008 to present. CrimJustice 296. Special Projects. Community Substance
Abuse Monitoring Project (Structured personal interviews in County Jail Booking Unit and Cornhusker Place Civil Protective Custody Unit). This is a three year
project funded by a Community Health Endowment Grant. Data collection
conducted each spring and fall; involves approximately eight to ten students each
semester.
Spring, 2007. Soc 237: Research Methods II (Qualitative Methods). Homeless Coalition
Qualitative Interviewing Project and Fresh Start Focus Groups.
Fall, 2006. Soc 216: Race Seminar: Racial and Ethnic Experiences. Chicago Center for
Urban Life and Culture Weekend Immersion Trip.
FACULTY SERVICE AT NWU:
Fall 06-Spr 11. Department Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Fall 09-Spr 11. Social Science Division representative, Academic Standards Cmte.
Fall 07-Spr 09. Vice President of Faculty Affairs Committee
Fall 02-Spr 07. Social Science Division representative, Faculty Affairs Committee
Fall 06-Spr 11. CLAS representative, University College Research Review Board
Fall 03–Spr 06. President’s Commission on Women’s Issues; Chair in 05-06
Fall 04 to present. Pregnancy and Childcare Advocacy Team member
Fall 03 to present. Students with Disabilities Resource Person
Fall 08 to Spr 10. First-year faculty member mentee
SERVICE BEYOND NWU:
2002-2007. Midwest Sociological Society “Women in the Profession” Committee
1999-2000. Lincoln Public Schools Special Education Parent Advisory Board, Lincoln, NE,
1999-2000. University of Nebraska Institutional Review Board, Graduate Student Rep.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Sociologists for Women in Society
Midwest Sociological Society
Midwest Society for Women Sociologists
Alpha Kappa Delta, International Honorary Society
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 Nominee for Margaret J. Prouty Faculty Teaching Award; Nebraska Wesleyan
University.
2000. Reuben Hill Award from the National Council on Family Relations for the best
article published in 1999 to combine research and theory on the family.
GRANTS
2011 Ameritas Faculty Development Grant and Wolf Fund Internationalization Grant. Language Acquisition and Cultural Immersion Experience, Alicante, Spain; Summer, 2011. From NWU
2008-2011 Principal Investigator on Community Health Endowment Grant awarded to Cornhusker Place Civil Protective Custody for semi-annual data gathering on community substance abuse.
2005 Ameritas Faculty Development Grant as member of four person Teaching & Learning Circle to explore enhanced teaching processes and peer support efforts. Nebraska Wesleyan University.
