BETH ALLEN EASTERLING

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BETH ALLEN EASTERLING

Department of Sociology Hall Memorial Building, S135A

800 Florida Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 [email protected]

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Sociology with Criminology concentration, August 2012: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Dissertation: Parenting Behind Bars: A Qualitative Study of Incarcerated Mothers

Committee Members: Lois Presser (Chair), Michelle Brown, Ben Feldmeyer, Elizabeth Johnson M.S., Applied Sociology, December 2005: University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Thesis: The Invisible Side of Military Careers: An Examination of Employment and Well-Being Among Military Spouses

Committee Members: Adam Shapiro (Chair), Gary Bowen

B.A., Economics with Sociology minor, May 2002, Cum Laude: Roanoke College, Salem, VA ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Assistant Professor

Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, August 2012-Present Graduate Teaching Associate

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, August 2011-May 2012 Adjunct Instructor

Coastal Carolina Community College, Jacksonville, NC, January 2007-May 2012 Graduate Research Associate

Center for Community Initiatives, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, February 2004-November 2005 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Criminology, Families and Crime/Incarceration, Women and Crime, Social Stratification, Qualitative Research Methods, Military Sociology, Applied Sociology

PUBLICATIONS

Johnson, E. I. and Easterling, B. A. (2015). Coping with confinement: Adolescents’ experiences with parental incarceration. Journal of Adolescent Research, 30(2), 244-267.

Johnson, E. I. and Easterling, B. A. (2015). Navigating discrepancy: Youth perspectives on parental reentry from prison. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. [e-pub ahead of print].

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Easterling, B. A. (2014). Ambiguous loss, concrete hope: Examining the prison experience for mothers from an ambiguous loss framework. In Transforming Corrections: Humanistic Approaches to Corrections and Offender

Treatment, 2nd Edition, Edited by David Polizzi and Michael Brazwell. Durham, NC: Carolina University Press.

Easterling, J. W. and Beth A. Easterling. (2013, November). No need for USNA midshipmen to attend OCS? Still searching for evidence. Marine Corps Gazette, Professional Journal of US Marines.

Johnson, E., I. and Easterling, B. A. (2013). Misidentified or misunderstood? A reply to Wildeman, Wakefield, and Turney. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(1), 259-262.

Johnson, E. I. and Easterling, B. A. (2012). Understanding the unique effects of parental incarceration on child well-being: Challenges and recommendations. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(2), 342-356.

Easterling, B. A., Knox, D., and Brackett, A. (2012). Secrets in romantic relationships: Does sexual orientation matter? Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 8(2), 196-208.

Derby, K., Knox, D., and Easterling, B. A. (2012). Snooping in romantic relationships. College Student Journal, 46,

333-343.

Nelms, B. J., Knox, D. and Easterling, B. A. (2012). The relationship talk: Assessing partner commitment. College Student Journal (46), 178-182.

Presser, L. and Easterling, B. A. (2010). Commentary: Care for convicts. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical

Criminology, 2(3), 83-92. www.jtpcrim.org/December_2010/Care-for-Convicts-Presser-Easterling.pdf.

Easterling, B. A., Knox, D. and Tyson, S. (2010). On your knees: Prayer in undergraduate romantic relationships.

College Student Journall, 44, 1045-1050.

Easterling, B. A. and Knox, D. (2010, July 20). Left behind: The deployment experience of military wives. Journal of Family Life. www.journaloffamilylife.org/militarywives.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS

Easterling, B. A. and Johnson, E. I. Methodological Challenges of Qualitative Research with Protected

Populations. Paper Presentation at Theory Construction/Research Methodology Workshop at National Council

on Family Relations Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, November 2014.

Easterling, B. A. and Todd, R. Filling the gap in research on Deaf people in prison: Suggestions for

future research. Paper Presentation at Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 2014.

Easterling, B. A. Parenting in prison? An exploratory study of how mothers fulfill parenting roles in prison. Paper Presentation at American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, November 2011.

Easterling, B. A. Is there power in perceptions? An examination of collective efficacy and delinquency. Paper Presentation at Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Jacksonville, FL, April 2011.

Easterling, B. A. Restorative justice: Spillover of social justice for families of offenders. Paper Presentation atJustice Studies Association Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN, June 2010.

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Easterling, B. A. and Knox, D. Left behind: The deployment experience of military wives. Paper Presentation at Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.

Brackett, A., Easterling, B. A. and Knox, D. Secrets in undergraduate romantic relationships. Poster Session, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Atlanta, GA, April 2010.

Will, J. A., Cheney, T. and Easterling, B.A. The CUP program evaluation, prepared for daniel, Inc. and the State

Attorney’s Office. Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives, August 2005.

Easterling, B. A., Will, J. and Waytowich, V. Families behind bars: Assessing the impact of a program designed to build positive relationships with children, their incarcerated parents, and their families. Paper Presentation at Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Charlotte, NC, April 2005.

WORKS IN PROGRESS AND UNDER REVIEW

Easterling, B. A. and Johnson, E. I. Methodological challenges of qualitative research with vulnerable families. Under Review. The Qualitative Report, submitted January 27, 2015.

Easterling, B. A. and Feldmeyer, B. Race, incarceration, and motherhood: Spoiled identity among rural white mothers. Under Review. The Prison Journal, submitted December 10, 2014.

Easterling, B. A. and Feldmeyer, B. Role shift among incarcerated mothers: Preserving the mother identity. (Manuscript to be submitted 2015)

Easterling, B. A. Qualitative Exploration of Adult Children of Incarcerated Parents. (Project in progress) TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Gallaudet University

Introduction to Criminal Justice Introduction to Sociology Juvenile Delinquency

Saloshin Justice Seminar (Experiential Learning Course named after student Jeffrey Saloshin) Special Topics in Criminology: Prisons

Special Topics in Criminology: Gender and Crime University of Tennessee

General Sociology

Coastal Carolina Community College Social Problems (classroom and online)

Introduction to Sociology (classroom and online) STUDENT COMMITTEES, Gallaudet University

Elizabeth Romero, PhD in Clinical Psychology, Dissertation (in Progress), Miranda Warnings and the Deaf Community

Jennifer Tuell, MA in Deaf Studies, May 2014, Thesis: Training Materials for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Unit in the MPD

Molly Perkins, Undergraduate Honors Capstone (in Progress; Chair), Social Benefits While Attending a Deaf Institute

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Chelsea Matesi, Doctoral Project in Audiology (in Progress), Assessing Audiologists’ Exposure, Knowledge, and Attitudes when Working with Culturally Deaf Individuals

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT Peer Reviewer

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2014, 2015

Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 2014

Journal of Family Issues, 2011, 2013, 2014

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2013, 2014

Journal of Marriage and Family, 2013

Sociological Inquiry, 2013

Criminal Justice Review, 2012

Assessment Coordinator, Sociology Program, Gallaudet University, 2015

Application Screener and Transport Driver, Martha’s Mutt Movers Rescue Transport Group, 2013-present Transport Driver, East Coast I-95 Rescue Transport Group, 2013-present

Volunteer, Second Chance Dog Rescue, Fredericksburg, VA, 2013-2014 Volunteer, Marine Corps Family Readiness Program, 2006-2012

Consultant, Roanoke Valley Healthcare Connection, Roanoke, VA, 2005-2012 Professional Organization Memberships:

American Society of Criminology National Council on Family Relations Eastern Sociological Society

Member, Alpha Kappa Psi, National Business Fraternity, Roanoke College, 2000-2001 Assistant Vice President of Membership, 2001

Undergraduate Honors Society Memberships:

Member of National Economics Honor Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon) Member of International Sociology Honor Society (Alpha Kappa Delta)

PROGRAM EVALUATION EXPERIENCE, Center for Community Initiatives (2004-2005) Children Uniting with Parents (CUP)

Took a lead role in the evaluation of program developed to help build relationships between children and their incarcerated parents.

Independently collected and analyzed data.

Developed questions for focus groups, participated in facilitating focus groups, and analyzed the findings from focus groups.

Healthy Start: The Magnolia Project

Assisted in evaluation of program to improve birth outcomes and women’s health in an at-risk community by gathering data and analyzing projected and reached goals of the Healthy Start grant.

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Gathered data for bi-annual and three-year evaluation reports for program designed to educate and protect substance-abusing individuals from HIV/AIDS.

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention: The Azalea Project

Attended meetings to gather information as well as to better understand and evaluate the effectiveness of program designed to prevent substance abuse in women in an at-risk community.

Transcribed dialogue from focus groups and assisted in data collection for program evaluation. Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing in Jacksonville, FL

Met with city officials to help determine key concerns on the topic.

Assisted in updating and reorganizing review of literature and findings from the study. Early Delinquency Intervention Program (EDIP)

Gathered confidential information from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice used for evaluation purposes.

Assisted in the organization and analysis of respondent surveys. DISTINCTIONS AND RECOGNITION

Featured in Marine Corps Gazette “Influential Authors” online series, December 2013.

Featured in Sociologue Newsletter, University of Tennessee, Department of Sociology, Summer/Fall 2013. Recipient of Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise, University of Tennessee, April 8, 2012. Quest Scholar of the Week, University of Tennessee, February 13, 2012.

Recipient of Graduate Award for Excellence in Research, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, 2010-2011.

Recipient of Cole-Franklin Scholarship Fund, for travel for the purposes of dissertation research, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, May 2011.

Outstanding Sociology Graduate Student of the Year, University of North Florida, 2005.

Undergraduate Academic Recognition: Graduated Cum Laude, Roanoke College, 2002; Dean’s List, Roanoke College, 2000-2001; Honor Student, Hollins University, 1999; Faculty’s List of Honorable Mention, Roanoke College 1998-1999.

PRE-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Clarke School for the Deaf, Jacksonville, FL, 2003-2005 Extended Day Program Assistant

Teacher’s Assistant

First National Bank-Salem Bank & Trust, Salem, VA, 2000-2002 Commercial Credit Analyst

Clerical Assistant, Office of the Chief Financial Officer Teller