Carmen Fortes

• M.A. - Sociology, University of California, Davis, March 2009
• B.A. - Sociology, University of California, Davis, June 2006
• A.A. - Social Sciences, Sacramento City College, May 2004

• Criminology; ex-offender reentry and social reintegration
• Sociology of Gender; gender, masculinities, sexuality and race

Publications

• Felmlee, Diane; David Orzechowicz and Carmen Fortes. 2010. “Fairy Tails: Attraction Processes in Same-Gender Relationships.” Sex Roles 62: 226-240.
• Fortes, Carmen. 2006. "Myths and Enchantment Tales: Attraction and Disillusionment in Same-sex Romantic Relationships." The McNair Scholars Journal of the University of California, Davis Volume VIII.

• "Creating A Space for Ourselves: Gender Identities at Play in 'The Hole In the Wall Saloon'."
• "The Other Side of Legitimacy: Marriage Equality and the Death of the 'Gay Bar.'"

• Research Coordinator. Adolescent Aggression Study, PI: Diane Felmlee, Fall 2011. (Continuation of the UC Davis/CNN School Bullying Project with PI's D. Felmlee & R. Faris.)
• Research Assistant. Developing A Guardian Teachers Program at UC Davis Project, PI's: Cynthia Sensiper, Barbara Goldman, and Arnette Bates. Fall 2011.
• Research Coordinator. Fatal Attraction: Disenchantment Processes in Intimate Relationships Study, PI: Diane Felmlee. Spring 2009-Fall 2010.
• Research Assistant. Gifford Center for Population Studies project, PI: David Kyle. Summer 2009.
• Research Assistant. Dynamics of Dyadic Interactions Study, An interdisciplinary project, UC Davis, PI: Emilio Ferrer, Summer 2006.
• Research Assistant. Collective Protests and Civic Action in New Immigrant Gateway Cities study, PI: Dina Okamoto. Spring 2006.

Associate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis.

• Race Relations, Summer Session I 2013
• Juvenile Delinquency, Winter 2013; Summer Session I 2012
• Workshop in Field Research, Spring 2011

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis.

• Sociology of Law, Instructor: Ryken Grattet, Spring 2012
• Criminology, Instructor: Teresa Casey, Winter 2012.
• Quantitative Analysis in Sociology, Instructor: L.E. Cohen, Winter 20009, Winter 2010, and Winter 2011.
• Criminology, Instructor: L.E. Cohen, Fall 2010, Spring 2008, and Fall 2007, Fall 2012.
• Criminal Justice System, Instructor: L.E. Cohen, Spring, 2011, and Spring 2008, Spring 2013.
• Juvenile Delinquency, Instructor: L.E. Cohen, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, and Fall 2007.
• Violence and Inequality (reader), Instructor: Mary Jackman, Winter 2011.
• Introduction to Sociology, Instructor: Ellen Robert, Spring 2010.
• Sociology of World Development (reader), Instructor: Kerstin Lüeck, Winter 2009 and Winter 2010.
• Sociology of Gender, Instructor: Diane Felmlee, Fall 2008.

• Panel organizer and moderator. "Surviving, Striving, and Surviving: Women of Color in the Social Sciences and Humanities." 2013 First Annual Women of Color Conference, University of California, Davis, May 2013.
• "Creating A Space for Ourselves: Gender Identities at Play in 'The Hole In the Wall Saloon'.” Spaces & Flows International Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, December 2010.

• Panel organizer. "Categorical Difficulties: Trans Subjects and the Politics of Legibility." Trans Action Week Academic Panel, University of California, Davis, November 2010.

• “Gender Identities at Play in 'The Hole in the Wall Saloon': An Ethnographic Study of Ritual Behavior.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 2010.
• Workshop organizer. "Incorporating Geographic Information Systems into Sociological Research." UC Davis Department of Sociology Professional Development Workshop Series, Spring 2009.
• "Fairy Tales: Attraction in Same-sex Relationships." Roundtable. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2008.
• Co-presenter. "Using EndNote and Endnote Web." UC Davis Department of Sociology Professional Development Workshop Series, Winter 2008.
• Co-presenter. “Fairy Tales: Attraction in Same-sex Relationships” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, March 2007.

• American Sociological Association (ASA)
  

• American Society of Criminology (ASC)
• Association of Black Sociologists (ABS)
• Law and Society Association (LSA)
• Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender (OSCLG)
• Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
• Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

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