Marianne Paiva, MA
Lecturer
B.A. in Sociology California State University , Chico ; M.A. in Social Science California State University Chico; PhD in progress at Kansas State University .
Teaching Background:
I began teaching at the community college level in 2002, teaching Social Problems and Introduction to Sociology. In 2003, I began my doctorate program at Kansas State University , where I was also a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. I taught jumbo classes of Introduction to Sociology in 2003-2004, and was selected in 2004-2005 to teach in the PILOTS program for at risk students at K-State. I have been teaching at Chico State since Fall of 2003 in the Department of Sociology and from 2003-2007 in Undergraduate Education, where I taught Introduction to the University Experience.
Previous Courses:
Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Sociology of Sexuality, and Introduction to the University Experience.
Current Courses:
In academic year 2008-2009, I am teaching Introduction to Sociology and Population.
Sociological Interests:
My areas of interest in Sociology stem mostly from my previous work experience outside of academia and from my family background. My areas of concentration include Urban and Rural Development with a focus on the Sociology of Agriculture and Human Impact on the Environment. I have been studying paramedics and their working conditions since my thesis in 2001 and continue to pursue that area in my dissertation. Additionally, I have recently become interested in public sex offender registration and legislative measures taken to regulate sex offenders and other criminal offenders in America .
Current Projects:
I am currently working to complete my dissertation, which focuses on discrimination toward female paramedic in pre hospital emergency medicine. Additionally, I am working on a joint project that examines the discrimination sex offenders perceive from being required to register on public sex offender registries.