Shawn Trivette Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Shawn Trivette is a seventh year graduate student in residence. His interests include environmental sociology, food and agriculture, sexualities, social network analysis, and qualitative methods. His first comps paper was on the queer space of Don't Ask/Don't Tell. His dissertation work is on the social and economic arrangements and sustainable potential behind locally-based food systems. Shawn is a member of the American Sociological Association (including being webmaster for the Race, Class, and Gender section) and serves on the department's undergraduate policy committee. Outside of sociology, Shawn enjoys singing, gardening, cooking, reading science fiction, and going for hikes. He has also worked at a summer camp in Vermont outside of the normal school year. .

Education

2010 M.A. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2005 B.S. Sociology, Tennessee Technological University
2005 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University

Research

Farm to Fork: Understanding Locally-Based Farm-to-Vendor Relationships: An examination of farm and wholesale outlets participating in a locally- and sustainably-produced food system. .

News Media Coverage of Climate Change, 1994-2009; with Ethan Plofsky: A social constructionist analysis of news articles on climate change in major newspapers over the last decade and a half.

Secret Handshakes and Decoder Rings: The Queer Space of Don't Ask/Don't Tell (first comprehensive exam): A queer theoretical analysis of the U.S. military's DADT law and the paradoxes it generates via the lives of gay and lesbian service members. [forthcoming in Sexuality Research and Social Policy, September 2010] .

Teaching

Teaching:

• Race, Gender, Class & Ethnicity(Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011)
• Sexuality and Society (Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009)
• Sociology and Climate Change (Fall 2009)
  

Graduate Teaching Assistantships:

• The Family (Spring 2007) – with discussion sections
• Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity (Fall 2006) – with discussion sections
• Self, Society, and Interpersonal Relations (Spring 2006)
• Contemporary American Society (Fall 2005)
  

Please see Shawn's C.V. for teaching innovation and courses taught while an undergraduate student.