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Stephanie Medley-Rath

Vice-President, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Phone:
765-455-9285
Email:
smedleyr@iuk.edu
Campus:
IU Kokomo
Major:
Ph.D.
East Building, KE 360

Biography

Stephanie Medley-Rath is an assistant professor of sociology and joined IUK in 2014. Her research interests include the sociology of autobiography, cognitive sociology, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her research has been published in Symbolic Interaction, Sociology of Sports Journal, Culture, Health, & Sexuality, and Sexuality and Culture. She also is a contributing writer for Sociology in Focus. Her courses contribute to the core curriculum in sociology and also contribute to the Crime and Society concentration.

Professional Works

  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “Public Autobiographical Work on The Mighty.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Seattle, WA. August 21.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “Public Autobiographical Work on The Mighty.” North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. March 24.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2015. “Harmful or Helpful?: The Impact of New Technologies on Learning Outcomes in Introduction to Sociology.” American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL. August 24.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2015. “ ‘If You Want to Do It, You Will Have the Time’: Making Scrapbooking Both Work and Leisure.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Chicago, IL. August 23.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2015. “Teaching Introduction to Research Methods at the Community College.” North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, OH. April 11. 
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2014. “The Impact of Open Education Resources on Learning Outcomes.” Illinois Community College Faculty Association. Springfield, IL.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2014. “Improving Access to Higher Education via Open Education Resources.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie and Lisa M. Lepard. 2014. "Viewing Nimrod from the Pew: A Study of the Views of North American Churchgoers on Hunting." American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Incorporating Cognitive Sociology in your Classroom and Research Workshop.” Illinois Sociological Association, DeKalb, IL.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Using Open Education Resources in the Classroom.” Illinois Community College Faculty Association. Springfield, IL.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Doing Autobiography.” American Sociological Association, New York, NY.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Reducing the Financial Burden of College: Are Open Education Resources a Viable Option?” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “The World Wide Web of Scrapbooking: Doing Gender and Self-Help Culture Online.” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2012. “A Simpler Time: Collective Family Memory Keeping in Scrapbooks.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Denver, CO.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2012. “Scraplifted: Deviance among Scrapbookers.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Denver, CO.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2012. “ ‘Please Tell Young Moms To Do This’: Scrapbooking in Family Life.” Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (I was unable to attend, but the abstract was distributed during the session Pictures, Biographies, and Families.)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie and Lisa M. Lepard. 2012. “Viewing Nimrod from the Pew: A Study of the Views of North American Churchgoers on Hunting.” Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.    
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2007. “Marketing Oral Contraceptives: Curing Acne, Limiting Periods, and Preventing Pregnancy.” American Sociological Association, New York, NY.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie and Marni Kahn. 2007. “Continuum of Sport and Pro-Feminist Attitudes: Does the Type of Sport Matter?” Society for the Study of Social Problems,New York, NY. 
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2007. “Letters of Recommendation, Course Loads, and Class Size.” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2007. “The Marketing of Contraceptives: The Illusion of Control.” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2006. “Athleticism as a Predictor of Pro-Feminist Attitudes.” Georgia Sociological Association, Macon, GA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2006. “Feminist and Gender Role Attitudes among High School Student Athletes.” American Sociological Association, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Yasumoto, Saori and Stephanie Medley-Rath. 2006. “Globalizing the Social Problems Classroom: A Comparison of Problems with the Japanese and the U.S. Education System.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2005. “Learning to Be Normal: Ten Years of ‘Sexual Norms’ in Seventeen.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2004. “‘Am I Still a Virgin?’: The Social Construction of the Virginity Script in Seventeen and Teen.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2004. “The Importance of Virginity Status: Can They Tell and Should I Tell?” Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2003. “Inequalities in Sexuality Education in the United States’ Public School System: Gender, Sexual Identity, and Class.” Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2002. “Community Based Public Policy for the Prevention of Runaway Behavior.” Honors Program Roundtables. Undergraduate Honors Program concurrent with the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

Research

  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. Forthcoming. “ ‘If You Want to Do It, You Will Have the Time’: Combining Family, Work, and Leisure among Scrapbookers. Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “ ‘Tell Something about the Pictures’: The Content and the Process of Autobiographical Work among Scrapbookers.” Symbolic Interaction 39(1):86-105.
  • Brown, Marni, Stephanie Medley-Rath, and Erin Ruel. 2011. “High School Student Attitudes toward Providing Girls Opportunities to Participate in Sport.” Sociology of Sport Journal 28(2):239-53.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie R. and Wendy Simonds. 2010. “Consuming Contraceptive Control: Gendered Distinctions in Web-Based Contraceptive Advertising.” Culture, Health, & Sexuality 12(7):783-95.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie R. 2007. “ ‘Am I Still a Virgin’?: What Counts as Sex in 20 Years of Seventeen.” Sexuality and Culture 11(2):24-38.

  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “Considerations for Selecting Open Education and Open Access Readings.” TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “Open Access and Open Education Resources Reading List for Introduction to Sociology.” TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2015. “Objects from Everyday Life: A Can of Coca-Cola.” Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2014. "Interpret a Table." Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie and Mike Rudibaugh. 2014. "Research Project for Introduction to Research Methods." Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2014. “Online Introduction to Sociology Syllabus.” Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Seeing Sociology.” Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “A Sociological Analysis of The Blind Side Writing Assignment.” Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2013. “Pricing Beauty (First Day of Class Activity).” Assignment published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC:  American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
  • Yasumoto, Saori and Stephanie R. Medley-Rath. 2007. “Assignment and Guidelines: Globalizing the Social Problems Classroom: A Comparison of Problems with the Japanese and the U.S. Education Systems.” Pp. 176-177 in Instructor’s Resource Manual on Social Problems, 4th edition. Edited by. W. Carroll and L. Kaelber.

  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie and Lisa M. Lepard. Forthcoming. “Viewing Nimrod from the Pew: Study of the Views of North American Churchgoers on Hunting” in God, Nimrod, and the World: Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting, edited by B. V. Hill and J. Price. Mercer University Press.
  • Medley-Rath, Stephanie. 2016. “They’ve Got a Pill for That: The Medicalization of Society.” In Focus on Social Problems: A Contemporary Reader, edited by M. Stombler and A. Jungels. Oxford University Press.

Teaching

Courses Taught:

  • Introduction to Sociology (SOC-S 100)
  • Methods of Sociological Research (SOC-S 252)
  • Social Theory (SOC-S 340)
  • Issues in Human and Social Service Policy (SOC-S 375)
  • Medicalization and Social Control (HON 399)
  • Criminology (SOC-S 325)
  • Advanced Topics in Deviance (SOC-S 420)
  • Juvenile Delinquency (SOC-S 328)
  • Field Experience in Sociology (SOC-S 494)
  • Field Experience in Human/Social Services (SOC-S 497)
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