Amy E. Traver, Ph.D.

Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences

Office: M400

Email: ATraver@qcc.cuny.edu

Phone: (718) 281-5319

Education

Ph.D. in Sociology, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, 2008
Ed.M. in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1999
B.A. in Political Science & Philosophy, Colgate University, 1997

Specialties & Classes Taught

Introduction to Sociology
Sociology of the Family
Sociology of Gender
Sociology of Education
Introduction to Sociology PNET
Contemporary Education: Principles and Practices

Sample Publications

Traver, Amy E. 2018. "Outcomes-Based Approaches to Mass Atrocity Education," in Humanistic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines: Approaches to Mass Atrocity Education in the Community College Context, edited by Amy E. Traver and Dan Leshem. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E. and Dan Leshem, eds. 2018. Humanistic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines: Approaches to Mass Atrocity Education in the Community College Context. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E. 2018. "Contextualizing Math and Poetry in Community College Courses: Impacts and Implications in Introduction to Sociology," in Poetry Across the Curriculum: New Methods of Writing Intensive Pedagogy for U.S. Community College and Undergraduate Education, edited by Frank Jacob, Shannon Kincaid, and Amy E. Traver. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Jacob, Frank, Shannon Kincaid, and Amy E. Traver. 2018. Poetry Across the Curriculum: New Methods of Writing Intensive Pedagogy for U.S. Community College and Undergraduate Education. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Traver, Amy E. and Rolecia Nedd. 2018. "Incorporating Campus-Based Cultural Resources into Humanities Courses." Liberal Education 104.1, Association of American Colleges & Universities.
Parker, Stuart, Amy E. Traver, and Jonathan Cornick. 2018. “Contextualizing Developmental Math Content into Introduction to Sociology in Community College Contexts.” Teaching Sociology 46.1:25-33.
Traver, Amy E. 2016. "How Do We Integrate Students' Vocational Goals Into Introduction to Sociology Curricula, and What Are the Effects of Doing So?" Teaching Sociology 44.4:287-295.
Carroll, Julia and Amy Traver. 2016. "Multicultural Education and Mass Violence: Critical Examination by Two Student Groups." Diversity & Democracy 19.2, Association of American Colleges & Universities.
Salis, Andrea, Franca Ferrari, Simran Kaur, Kostas Stroumbakis, Amy Traver, and Tanya Zhelecheva. 2016. "Advancing Student Success through Faculty Intentionality in Problem-Centered Learning at Queensborough Community College, CUNY." Peer Review, Association of American Colleges & Universities.
Traver, Amy E. and John Duran. 2014. "Dancing Around (Dis)Ability: How Nondisabled Girls are affected by Participation in a Dance Program for Girls with Disabilities." Qualitative Inquiry 20.10:1148-1156.
Traver, Amy E. and Zivah Perel Katz. 2014. "Introduction: Service-Learning at the American Community College," in Service-Learning at the American Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, edited by Amy E. Traver and Zivah Perel Katz. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E. and Zivah Perel Katz. 2014. "Service-Learning and Immigrant-Origin Community College Students: How and Why Project Design Matters," in Service-Learning at the American Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, edited by Amy E. Traver and Zivah Perel Katz. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E. and Zivah Perel Katz, eds. 2014. Service-Learning at the American Community College: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E. 2014. "Becoming a 'Chinese-American' Parent: Whiteness, Chinese Cultural Practice, and American Parents of Children Adopted from China," in Race in Transnational and Transracial Adoption, edited by Vilna Bashi Treitler. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Traver, Amy E., Edward Volchok, Temi Bidjerano, and Peter Shea. 2013. "Correlating Community College Students' Perceptions of Community of Inquiry Presences with their Completion of Blended Courses," Internet and Higher Education 20:1-9.
Traver, Amy E. 2013. "On Markets and Adoptive Motherhood: The Case of American Families with Children Adopted from China," in Motherhood, Markets and Consumption: The Making of Mothers in Contemporary Western Culture, edited by Stephanie O'Donohoe, Margaret Hogg, Pauline Maclaran, Lydia Martens, and Lorna Stevens. London: Routledge.
Traver, Amy E. 2012. "Mothering Chineseness: The Gendered Nature of American China Adoptive Parents' Ethnic Efforts," in Adoption and Mothering, edited by Frances Latchford. Toronto, ON: Demeter Press.
Traver, Amy E. 2011. "Acerca del consumo de productos culturales chinos para su exposición en el hogar por parte de los padres adoptivos," in Acción e interpretación en las sociología cualitativa norteamericana, edited by Javier Auyero and Rodrigo Hobert. Argentina: FLACSO/Ediciones EPC.
Traver, Amy E. 2010. "Adopting China: American China Adoptive Parents' Development of Transnational Ties to China." International Journal of Sociology of the Family 36.2:93-115.
Kimmel, Michael and Amy E. Traver, eds. 2009. Women, Family, and Class: TheLillian Rubin Reader. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Traver, Amy E. 2009. "Towards a Theory of Fictive Kin Work: China Adoptive Parents' Efforts to Connect their Children to Americans of Chinese Heritage." International Journal of Sociology of the Family 35.1:45-67.
Traver, Amy E. 2007. "Home(land) Décor: China Adoptive Parents' Consumption of Chinese Cultural Objects for Display in their Homes." Qualitative Sociology 30.3:201-220.
Traver, Amy E. 2007. "(Ap)parent Boundaries: Parents' Boundary-Work at Cultural Events for Families with Children Adopted from China." Sociological Focus 40.2:221-241.
Traver, Amy E. 2006. "Institutions and Organizational Change: Reorganizing New York City's Public School System." The Journal of Education Policy 21.5:497-514.
Kimmel, Michael and Amy E. Traver. 2005. "Mentoring Masculinities: Race and Class in the (Re-)Construction of Gender in the U.S and the U.K." The Irish Journal of Sociology 14.2:213-230.

Grants/Awards

Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture, Northern Illinois University, University Libraries, 2020-2021.
Co-Convener (with Dr. Susan Jacobowitz), Scholars Working Group on the Jewish Orphan Experience, The Center for Jewish History, New York, NY. 2019-2021.
Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies, New York, NY. 2019-2020.
CUNY Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Fellowship for the Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar, The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY. 2019.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2019.
Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Award, New York State Archives, Albany, NY. 2017-2018.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2017.
Barbara R. Walters Community College Faculty Award for "‘It’s Not Just a Math Problem’ Integrating Sociology and Math for Student Learning and Social Justice in Community College Contexts" (with Dr. Stuart Parker and Dr. Jonathan Cornick), Eastern Sociological Society. 2017.
Pedagogical Research Challenge Award for "Poetry Across the Curriculum – A Pilot Study in the Humanities" (with Dr. Frank Jacob and Dr. Shannon Kincaid), CUNY, Queensborough Community College. 2016-2017.
The NEH Scholar-in-Residence, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College. 2016-2017.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2016.
Faculty Coordinator, Challenge Grant for Two-Year Colleges. National Endowment for the Humanities Award to the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College. (http://qcc.libguides.com/colloquia). 2015-2016.
Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. Office of The Chancellor, CUNY. 2015-2016.
CUNY Community College Collaborative Incentive Research Grant (with Dr. Jonathan Cornick and Dr. Stuart Parker). Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, CUNY. 2015-2016.
Common Core State Standards Alignment Award. Office of Academic Affairs, CUNY. 2015.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2015.
Faculty Participant, Advancing Underserved Student Success through Faculty Intentionality in Problem-Centered Learning Project. American Association of Colleges and Universities. 2014-2015.
Faculty Mentor, CUNY Research Scholars Program. CUNY, Queensborough Community College. 2014-2015.
Faculty position (with Professor Cary Lane, Dr. Steven Dahlke, et al.), Challenge Grant for Two-Year Colleges. National Endowment for the Humanities Award to the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College. 2014-2015.
PSC-CUNY Research Award (with Dr. Zivah Perel Katz). CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2014.
Faculty Mentor, “Bridging Historias” program. National Endowment for the Humanities. (http://ashp.cuny.edu/teaching-and-learning/bridging-historias/). 2013-2015.
Faculty position (with Dr. Susan Jacobowitz, et al.), Challenge Grant for Two-Year Colleges. National Endowment for the Humanities Award to the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives at Queensborough Community College. 2013-2014.
PSC-CUNY Research Award (with Dr. Zivah Perel Katz). CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2013.
Diversity Project Development Fund Grant. CUNY, Office of Recruitment and Diversity. (http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/dpdfdisabilities/). 2013.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2012.
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Award. American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation. 2011.
Pedagogical Research Challenge Award for "What are the Mediating Variables and Retention Effects of Community College Students’ Perceptions of Community in Blended Courses?" (with Dr. Edward Volchok). CUNY, Queensborough. 2011.
PSC-CUNY Research Award. CUNY, The Research Foundation. 2011-2012.
Faculty Fellowship Publications Program (with Dr. Stephen Steinberg). CUNY, Office of the Dean for Recruitment and Diversity. 2011.
William Stewart Travel Award Grant. CUNY Graduate Center, Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. 2010.
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities. CUNY Graduate Center, The Center for the Humanities. 2009-2010.
SAGE/Pine Forge Press ASA Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award. SAGE/Pine Forge Press. 2009.

Sample Conference Presentations

"Consonant Commodities: Child-Saving and Agricultural Specialization in the Empire State, 1853-1929." 2020 Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Conference on American History, Virtual Session. April 17, 2020.
"New York's Dairy Dependents: Historical-Sociological Insights on the Children's Aid Society's Emigration Program and Upstate Dairy Farming, 1853-1929." Researching New York 2019 Conference, Albany, NY. November 22, 2019.
"Approaches to Mass Atrocity Education in the Community College" (with Drs. Julia Carroll, Steven Dahlke, and Benjamin Miller). 99^th Annual Convention of the American Association of Community Colleges, Orlando, FL. April 14, 2019.
"Child Emigration in the Empire State: The Children's Aid Society’s Placement Efforts in Upstate New York, 1853-1880." Researching New York 2018 Conference, Albany, NY. November 17, 2018.
"Humanistic Pedagogy Across the Disciplines: Approaches to Mass Atrocity Education in the Community College Context" (with Drs. Azadeh Aalai, Rose-Marie Aikas, Kathleen Tamayo Alves, Aliza Atik, Julia Carroll, Steven Dahlke, Barbara Emanuele, Aviva Geismar, Cary Lane, Mirna Lekic, and Benjamin Miller). Community Colleges and the Future of the Humanities Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY. October 18, 2018.
"Teaching in a Community College." 113th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA. August 13, 2018.
"Contextualizing Developmental Education in Introduction to Sociology Courses: Impacts on Community College Students' Sociological Imaginations." 113th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA. August 13, 2018.
"Dairy and Dependency: The Children's Aid Society's Emigration Efforts in Upstate New York, 1853-1940." Annual Meeting of the Agricultural History Society, St. Petersburg, FL. May 5, 2018.
"Dairy and Dependency: The Children's Aid Society's Emigration Efforts in Upstate New York, 1853-1940." 88th Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD. February 23, 2018.
"Service-Learning Unbound: On Campus and Beyond" (with Dr. Zivah Perel Katz). Keynote presentation for A Regional Service-Learning Faculty Institute, Onondaga Community College, SUNY. May 4, 2018.
"'Placing Out' in Upstate New York: The Phenomenon and its Regional Identity Implications in New York State." 65^th Annual Meeting of the New York State Sociological Association, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. October 20, 2017.
"Integrating Holocaust and Genocide Education Across the Humanities in the Community College Context" (with Dr. Dan Leshem and Dr. Aliza Atik). First Annual Path to Justice Conference, "Lessons from the Holocaust: The Path to Justice and Equity in Higher Education," Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY. May 16, 2017.
"Sociology in Multiple Languages: Contrasting Math and Poetry as Tools for Sociological Learning," Poetry Across the Curriculum Symposium, CUNY, Queensborough Community College. March 17, 2017.
"The End of the World as We Know It: Transforming Doom and Gloom into Hope" (with Dr. Brian Kapitulik, Dr. Jill Schultz, Dr. Margaret Vitullo, Dr. Joshua Carreiro, Dr. Shannon Fleishman, and Dr. David Levinson). 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA. February 25, 2017.
"'It’s Not Just a Math Problem': Integrating Sociology and Math for Student Learning and Social Justice in Community College Contexts" (with Dr. Stuart Parker). 87^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA. February 24, 2017.
"Women Teaching/Teaching Women" (with Dr. Susan Iverson, Dr. Jeanette McVicker, and Dr. Judith Kegan Gardiner). 2016 Seneca Falls Dialogues. Seneca Falls, NY. October 22, 2016.
"Contextualizing and Integrating Developmental Mathematics and Writing Across the Curriculum" (With Dr. Jonathan Cornick, Dr. Margot Edlin, Dr. G. Michael Guy, and Dr. Karan Puri). Conference on Acceleration in Developmental Education. Baltimore, MD. June 17, 2016.
"Student Learning for Civic Capacity: Stimulating Moral, Ethical, and Civic Engagement for Learning that Lasts" (with Dr. Robert Franco, Dr. Krista Hiser, Dr. Peter Fiume, Ms. Lori Moog, Professor Elizabeth Di Giorgio, Dr. Lynn Robertson, Mr. Duane Oakes, and Ms. Lyvier Conss). Campus Compact 30^th Anniversary Conference, Boston, MA. March 21, 2016.
"Integrating Students’ Occupational Goals Into the Introduction to Sociology Course at the Community College Level: An In-Depth Case Study." 86^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA. March 19, 2016.
"More than Bells without Clappers: Students Finding Voice through Civic Engagement with Big Questions" (with Dr. Robert Franco, Dr. Krista Hiser, Dr. Peter Fiume, Professor Elizabeth Di Giorgio, and Ms. Lyvier Conss). Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C. January 21, 2016.
"Researching Service-Learning at Community Colleges: Models & New Directions" (with Ms. Gail Robinson, Ms. Shana Berger, and Dr. Robert Franco). 2015 International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Conference, Boston, MA. November 16, 2015.
"Meeting Diverse Needs: Service-Learning at Community Colleges" (with Dr. Zivah Perel Katz, Ms. Gail Robinson, Dr. Suzanne Buglione, and Mr. Drew Allen). League for Innovation in the Community College, Boston, MA. March 8, 2015.
"Nothing About Us Without Us: Partnering with Community College Students in Pedagogical and Sociological Research about Community College Students." 84^th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD. February 22, 2014.
"Linking Learning Community Theory and Course Completion in Partially-Online Community College Courses." 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assocation, New York, NY. August 11, 2013.
"Making Students Count: Innovations in Undergraduate Research, Publication, and Teaching." 108th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Assocation, New York, NY. August 10, 2013.
"Service-Learning at the American Community College" (with Dr. Zivah Perel Katz and contributors). The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education 4^th Annual Summer Research Institute, Tufts University, Somerville, MA. July 18, 2013.
"Dance, Disability, and Embodiment: A Case Study of Believe Ballet." 2013 Conference of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Washington, D.C. March 28, 2013.
"Retention and Community College Students’ Perception of Community in Blended Courses" (with Dr. Edward Volchok). 2012 CUNY IT Conference, New York, NY. November 30, 2012.
"Dance, Disability, and Embodiment: A Case Study of Believe Ballet." 21^st Annual Women & Society Conference at Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. October 20, 2012.
"Teaching Sociology in a Community College: A Panel Discussion." 107^th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO. August 18, 2012.
"Embracing Sociology Through Interdisciplinary Wiki Work." 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA. March 22, 2012.
"On Disability and Dance, Girlhood and Perfection: A Case Study of Believe Ballet." 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA. March 23, 2012.
"In Service to Community College Success: Service Learning Pedagogy in Sociology and Across the Disciplines." 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY. February 25, 2012.
"Service Learning in a Learning Community: Combining High Impact Learning Experiences for Success in Two Courses." 2011 Annual Conference of the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement, Chicago, IL. November 3, 2012.
"Student Wiki Project: Thinking Sociologically About Personal Narratives of Learning and Family." 106^th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV. August 22, 2011.
"Cosmopolitan Families: Globalizing Americans’ International Adoptions." 106^th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV. August 23, 2011.
"Using Community as Classroom for Retention and Career Exploration" (with Regina Rochford and Nidhi Gadura). 91^st Annual Convention of the American Association of Community Colleges. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 11, 2011.