Ryan Caldwell, PhD Faculty - Full-Time Assistant Professor of Sociology Phone: 949-480-4325 Fax: 949-480-4243 Email: rcaldwell@soka.edu

• B.A., Austin College, Sherman Texas (Liberal Arts, concentration in Philosophy)
• M.A .,Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Philosophy)
• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (Sociology)
• Women's Studies Certificate, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• At SUA since 2008 
• 2007-2008, Instructor, San Jacinto College
• 2007-2008, Instructor, Houston Community College

• Social Theory (Classical, Contemporary, Postmodern, Feminist, Cultural)
• Cultural Studies, Power relations and social inequality
• Women's Studies- sex, gender, sexuality, feminism, human rights

• The Role of Gender in “Expressive” Abuse at Abu Ghraib, Cultural Sociology, Sage, 2008
• Torture, What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothing! An analysis of the Response to Abuse at Abu Ghraib, Theory in Action, American Sociological Association Journal, 2008.
• Analyzing the Role of Gender in Abu Ghraib Courts-Martial Talcott Parsons: Theories, Developments and Applications, 2010
• The Unicorn is Dead: Postmodernism, Consumption, and the Production of the Self , Co-Opting Culture: Questions of Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies, 2010
• Gender Queer Productions and the Bridge of Cultural Legitimacy, Co-Opting Culture: Questions of Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies, 2010
• “Leisure Class,” “Suicide,” “Natural Rights,” “Thorstein Veblen,” and “Talcott Parsons”, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2007

• Introduction to Sociology
• Social Problems
• Women’s Studies in a Transnational and Globalized World
• The Philosophy of Feminism
• Applied Ethics
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Social Theory (Classical, Contemporary and Postmodern)
• Modes of Inquiry
• Independent Study: Feminist Research Methods

• Women’s Studies Dissertation Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 2006
• Outstanding Student Evaluations, HCC, 2007
• American Civil Liberties Union, Joan Glantz Research Fellowship, 1999

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