LISA C. RUCHTI, PH.D. (November 2011) Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Department of Anthropology and Sociology 148 Main Hall, West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 Work Phone: 610-436-2464; Cellular Phone: 412-726-2607 Email: lruchti@wcupa.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Sociology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Specializations: Professional Nursing Care, Commercial Intimacy, Gender, Intersectionality, Transnational Feminist Theory Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Blee M.A. in Women’s Studies University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH B.A. in Psychology with Minor in Women’s Studies Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Research Ethnography and qualitative methods; Intimacy at work; Intersectionality theory; Transnational feminist theories; Professional care work; Nursing; Immigration; Sexual harassment; Intimate violence Courses Sociology of Gender; Gender, Labor, and Globalization; Sexuality and Society; Social Theory; Feminist Theory; Women Today: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies; Feminist Research Methodologies (independent study), Advanced Sexuality Studies (independent study), Gender and Care Work (independent study) Potential Courses Violence: Intimate, Group, and State; Qualitative Research; Gender and Work PUBLICATIONS Ruchti, Lisa C. 2012. Catheters, Slurs, and Pick-up Lines: Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press Ruchti, Lisa C. 2010. “A Review of Rebecca F. Plante and Lis M. Mauer (eds.) Doing Gender: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience.” Sociological Viewpoints, Spring: 65. Huebner, Lisa C. 2008. “It Is Part of the Job: The Impact of Work Culture on How Waitresses and Nurses Perceive Sexual Harassment.” Sociological Viewpoints. Fall: 75-90. Ruchti, Lisa C. (forthcoming, under contract) “Fear, Fraud, and Frank Complexities: The Influence of Gender on Human Trafficking” in Mary Burke (Ed.) Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge Press. Ruchti, Lisa C. (forthcoming, under contract)“The Transnational Language of Intimacy: How Spanish-Speaking Patients and Nurses Make Space for Better Hospital Care.” in Marc Pruyn, Curry Malott, and Pierre Orelus (Eds) Paths to Gender Justice in Education: Theories and Practices. Charlotte, NC: IAP. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS “The professionally intimate care work of women of color nurses: An intersectional analysis at the Mexican-American border.” Under blind review at Journal of Contemporary Ethnography “Patient Care as Economic Exchange: How Race, Gender, and Nationality Shape the Purchase of Intimacy.” Will submit to Sociological Forum, 2012 GRANTS AND AWARDS Phase II Competition: West Chester University Presidential Faculty Awards for 2011 External Grant Development Summer Stipend ($5,000) to write a grant to the NSF Social and Economic Science Program in Sociology, April 2011 The Joseph McLaughlin Award for Faculty Scholarship ($4,000), College of Arts and Sciences, West Chester University, to write “Transnational Feminist Issues in Human Trafficking” in Mary Burke (Ed.) Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, April 2010 College of Arts and Sciences Development Grant ($2,500), West Chester University, to fund three undergraduate students to assist in data analysis for Catheters…, November 2007 Provost Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh to write dissertation, 2006 - 2007 Andrew W. Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh to research dissertation, 2005-2006 Graduate Student Dissertation Research Grant, University of Pittsburgh, Women’s Studies, 2005 Norman Hummon Graduate Research Award for “It Is Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses” University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, 2005 Tamara Horowitz Graduate Student Paper Prize for “It Is Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses” University of Pittsburgh, Women’s Studies, 2005 Annual Graduate Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, 2005 Teaching Fellowship in Women’s Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2004 - 2005 Graduate Student Research Grant, Dissertation pilot, “Sexual Harassment: Definitions and Perceptions” University of Pittsburgh, Women’s Studies, 2003 INVITED PRESENTATIONS Discussant for one-day workshop, “Beyond the IRB: Frontiers in the Ethics of Qualitative Research”, October, University of Pittsburgh, 2010 “Intersectionality, In/appropriate Intimacies, and Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing Ethics.” Philosophy Forum, October, West Chester University, 2009 Keynote Speaker for “The Feminization of Immigration.” Symposium, September, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008 “Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality to Analyze Intimate Care Work.” February, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007 “In/appropriate Intimacies, Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing and Ethics.” Center for Bioethics and Health Law, February, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007 “Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing” Nursing Grand Rounds, January John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, 2007 “Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality to Analyze Intimate Care Work.” Women’s Studies Program, November, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 “Research and Nursing.” Nurse Practitioner Graduate Theory Course, January Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 2006 “Teaching as Activism.” Women’s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005 “It’s Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment in Care and Service Labor.” Women’s Studies Program, October, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004 PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Moderator, “Using Feminist Pedagogy to Take Learning into the Community” National Women’s Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, 2011 Presenter, “The Risks of Student Activism In and Out of the Classroom” National Women’s Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, 2011 (Paper and Organizer) “Patient Care as Economic Exchange: How Race, Gender, and Nationality Shape the Purchase of Intimacy” for the Intersectional Purchases of Intimacy panel, Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, 2011 “Intersectionality Applied: Redefining Patient Care in Nursing” for the Race, Gender, Class Implications of Transnational Care-work Panel, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010 “Intersectionality Applied: Redefining Patient Care in Nursing” for the 4th Annual CRS Symposium & Reunion - Intersectionality: Challenging Theory, Reframing Politics, Transforming Movements at the UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, 2010 “Intersectionality, In/appropriate Intimacies, and Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing Ethics,” Paper for Care Ethics and Intersectionality Panel, National Women’s Studies Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009 “Care as Economic Exchange: How Nurses and Patients Shape the Purchase of Intimacy at the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Nationality” for the Using Intersectionality to Analyze the Commodification of Sex, Love, and Care, National Women’s Studies Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009 Chair for the Intersections of Labor: Constructing a Working Class Identity Panel, Working Class Studies Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009 “The Language of Intimacy: How Spanish-Speaking Patients and Nurses Make Space for Better Hospital Care.” Transnational Dialogues: De-centering the Academic Debate on Global Feminisms Conference, Kenyon College, September, Gambier, Ohio, 2008 “The Origins of Love: Plato and Hedwig Queer Gender and Sexuality.” National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2008 “Male Nurses and Intimate Care: Practicing Gender in Nursing.” American Sociological Association, New York City, New York, 2007 “What is Feminist? Notes from an Introduction to Women’s Studies Class.” National Women’s Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2007. “Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality to Analyze Intimate Care Work.” Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2007. “Rigorous and Flexible: Policy-Oriented Research that Listens to and Learns from Participants.” Midwest Sociological Society North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2007 “Intimacy as Part of Work: Distinctions between Harm and Care.” Law and Society Association, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006 “It is Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses.” International Coalition against Sexual Harassment 11th Annual Conference Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 “It’s Not Offensive: How Intimacy as a job Requirement Troubles the Ways We Think About Sexual Harassment at Work.” North Central Sociology Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005 “Blurred Boundaries: Considering the Impact of Migrant Care Labor On Meanings of Sexual Harassment.” North Central Sociology Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2005 “It’s Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment in Care and Service Labor.” Bridging Care-work Research, Advocacy, and Policy, Fourth Care-work Conference, San Francisco, California, 2004 “Sexual Harassment in Waitress Positions: An Analysis of Perceptions.” Transcending Boundaries: From Empowerment to Activism Eighth Annual GSPIA Women’s Conference, March, University of Pittsburgh, 2003 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Executive Committee, WGST Program, West Chester University, 2007 - 2012 Steering Committee, WGST Program, West Chester University, 2007 - 2012 Faculty Mentor, Multicultural Affairs, West Chester University, 2007 - 2012 GLBTQA Advocacy Committee, West Chester University, 2007 - 2012 Chair, In-reach Committee, WGST Program, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Chair, Diversity General Education Sub-Committee, CAPC, West Chester University, 2011- 2013 Search Committee for Sociologist Line, Anthropology and Sociology, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Faculty Associate for LBGTQA Services, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Chair, Trans Policy Committee, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Chair, Sexuality Studies Committee, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Library Committee, Anthropology and Sociology Department, West Chester University, 2008 - 2012 Curriculum Committee, Anthropology and Sociology Department, West Chester University, 2011-2012 Chair, Outreach/Recruitment Committee, WGST Program, West Chester University, 2007 - 2011 Excel Speaker, YWCA Tri-County, PA, 2011 WCU Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship Selection Committee, 2011 Outstanding Article Committee, Race, Class, and Gender Section, ASA, 2010 -2011 Director Search Committee, WGST Program, West Chester University, 2010 - 2011 Evaluation and Observation Committee, Anthropology and Sociology Department, West Chester University, 2010 - 2011 Search committee member for Director of Women’s Center, West Chester University, 2008 Chair, Women’s Studies 40th Anniversary Event Committee, West Chester University, 2008 Chair, Fundraising Committee, Women’s Studies Program, West Chester University, 2008 Committee to develop a GLBTQ minor program, West Chester University, 2007 - 2008 Graduate Curriculum Committee, Women’s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh 2006 - 2007 Development Fund Curriculum Committee, Women’s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, 2006 - 2007 Steering Committee Member, Women’s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, 2004 - 2005 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Distance Education and Women’s and Gender Studies Workshop, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011 Web training on “Protecting Human Research Participants”, National Institute of Health Office of Extramural Research, 2011 “One size does not fit all: Fashioning Pedagogy to fit today’s diverse classroom. Pedagogy for Engagement Summer Pedagogy Series, 2011 Contribute and D2L, 2010 Participated in a shared discussion for faculty members who teach WOS 225, 2010 Mentored Tara Musser while she taught WOS 225 for the first time, 2009-2010 Participated in the university faculty mentorship project, 2009-2010 Initiated and participated in a writing workshop for faculty members who teach W courses, but are not trained in composition and rhetoric, 2009 PASSHE Annual Diversity Summit on Curricular Change, 2009 WCU Curriculum Integration Seminar, 2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association – Sex and Gender Section, Race, Gender, and Class Section (ASA) Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) REVIEWER Gender & Society REFERENCES Dr. Jen Bacon Professor English and Women’s and Gender Studies 146 Main Hall West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 Tel: 610-436-2464 E-mail: jbacon@wcupa.edu Dr. Helen Berger Professor Emeritus of Sociology Department of Anthropology and Sociology 102 Old Library Building West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 Tel: 610-436-2556 E-mail: hberger@wcupa.edu Dr. Kathleen Blee Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh 2417 Posvar Hall Tel: 412-648-7590 E-mail: kblee@pitt.edu Dr. Cecilia Green Associate Professor Maxwell School (Sociology) Syracuse University 307 Maxwell Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 Tel: 315-433-3079 E-mail: cagree01@syr.edu Dr. Susan Johnston Professor Department of Anthropology and Sociology 102 Old Library Building West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 Tel: 610-436-2556 E-mail: sjohnston@wcupa.edu Dr. Lisa Kirschenbaum Professor History and Women’s and Gender Studies 500 Main Hall, West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 Tel: (610)436-2201 E-mail: lkirschenbaum@wcupa.edu