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Text Box: Educational Background 2008 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (anticipated) Penn State University, University Park, PA Dissertation: Economic Inequality, Economic Segregation, and Political Participation Committee: Glenn Firebaugh (chair), Barry Lee, Stephen Matthews, and Eric Plutzer 2005 Master of Arts in Sociology Penn State University, University Park, PA Thesis: Income and Death Penalty Support 2002 Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in History (minor: Sociology) College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Research and Teaching Interests Social Stratification, Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, Quantitative Methods Manuscripts Under Review Glenn Firebaugh and Matthew B. Schroeder. 2008. “Does Your Neighbor’s Income Affect Your Happiness?” Revise and resubmit, American Journal of Sociology. Matthew B. Schroeder. 2008. “Contextual Effects on Hispanics’ Political Participation: Ethnic or Economic?” Under review at American Politics Research. Matthew B. Schroeder. 2008. “What Do Feminists and The Women’s Movement Mean to American Men?” Under review at Sociological Forum. Marylee C. Taylor and Matthew B. Schroeder. 2008. “The Impact of Hispanic Population Growth on the Outlook of African Americans.” Under review at Social Problems. Manuscript In Progress Matthew B. Schroeder. 2007. “The Disappearance of the White Income Gap in Death Penalty Support, 1974-2004.” Non-Refereed Publications Matthew B. Schroeder. 2006. “Rupert B. Vance: Space and the American South.” Included in the CSISS Classics compilation of the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science, available at http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/109. Matthew B. Schroeder. 2003. Review of To Save The Land and People: A History of Opposition to Surface and Coal Mining in Appalachia. Appalachian Journal 31(1). Conference Presentations Matthew B. Schroeder. 2007. “The Countervailing Effects of Ethnic and Socioeconomic Context on Hispanics’ Political Participation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Aug. 11-14, New York, NY. Matthew B. Schroeder. 2006. “Income and White Death Penalty Support, 1974-2004.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Aug. 11-14, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Matthew B. Schroeder. 2006. “Men’s Attitudes Toward Feminism.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, May 18-21, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marylee C. Taylor and Matthew B. Schroeder. 2005. “The Impact of Hispanic Population Growth in the Locality on the Outlook of African Americans,” poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, March 31 – Apr. 2, Philadelphia, PA. Research Experience and Specialized Training 2006 – Research Assistant to Glenn Firebaugh Collaborated with research investigating relative income and happiness 2004 – Collaboration with Marylee C. Taylor (research assistant 2004 – 2006) Collaborated with research investigating contextual influences on racial attitudes Specialized Training: Event History Analysis, Multilevel Modeling (incl. both contextual analysis and measurement models), Spatial Analysis Software Experience: Amos, ArcGIS, GeoDa, HLM, SPSS, Stata Teaching Experience 2007 Instructor, Political Sociology (SOC 446). Summer. Developed and taught an upper-level undergraduate course Teaching Assistant, Great Books (SOC 597A). Fall. Graded weekly interpretive essays in course for first-year graduate students 2006 Instructor, Introduction to Sociology (SOC 001). Summer. Developed and taught an introductory undergraduate course Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Social Statistics (SOC 470). Spring. Developed and taught the SPSS computer lab component of undergraduate statistics course 2005 Teaching Assistant, Statistical Methods for Social Research (SOC 574). Fall. Graded biweekly homework assignments for an introductory graduate social statistics course Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Social Statistics (SOC 470). Spring, Summer. 2004 Teaching Assistant, Statistical Methods for Social Research (SOC 574). Fall. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology (SOC 001). Summer. Professional Development and Service Member, American Sociological Association, 2004 – current Member, American Political Science Association, 2005 – current Committee Service, Dept. of Sociology, Penn State University Colloquium Committee, 2004 – current Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2004 – 2005 Minority Opportunities through School Transformation (MOST) Committee, 2006 – current


Text Box: References Glenn Firebaugh Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography Penn State University 211 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-5001 E-mail: firebaug@pop.psu.edu Barry Lee Professor of Sociology and Demography Penn State University 211 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-7430 E-mail: bal6@psu.edu Stephen Matthews Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Demography Penn State University 211 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-9721 E-mail: matthews@pop.psu.edu Marylee Taylor Associate Professor of Sociology Penn State University 211 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-1411 E-mail: taylor@pop.psu.edu