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Faculty Appointments
2002- Current
Professor, Sociology Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Associate Professor 2007-2012, Assistant Professor 2002-2007) (formerly Behavioral Sciences, Psychology & Sociology), Director, Center for the Study of the Inland Empire- 2009-2012
2001-2002
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley Loyola Marymount University, Pitzer College
2000-2001
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University
1999-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, University of North Florida
Education
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Doctoral Degree - Department of Sociology, University of Southern California. Dissertation Title: “It’s a Person”: An Ethnographic Analysis of Gender and Power in Coed Softball- May 1999
Graduate Certificate - Department of Gender Studies, University of Southern California.
Master’s Degree - Department of Sociology, University of Southern California - May 1996
Bachelor’s Degree - Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley - May 1992
Books
Wachs, F.L. (2023- forthcoming). Metamorphosis: Who We Become after Facial Paralysis. Rutgers University Press.
Dworkin, Shari & Faye Linda Wachs (2009). Body Panic: Gender, Health and the Selling of Fitness. New York: NYU Press* Awarded NASSS 2010 Distinguished Book Award
Publications Under Review
Chan, Eric, Wachs, Faye, Garcia, Christian, Cotter, Beverly, and Rojelio Muñoz (Under Review). Recuperative Wokeness:  Nike and the Commodification of Potential for Social Change. Sociology of Sport Journal.
Publications-Peer Reviewed
Joseph, John, Foulad, Allan, Hakimi, A., Azzizadeh, Babak, Hakimi, A., Biesman, Brian, Wachs, Faye L,
and Laura Eaton (2022) "Age-Related Craniofacial Morphology: Assessing the Effect of Muscle Action on the Bony Orbit in Subjects with Long-Standing Flaccid Unilateral Facial Nerve Paralysis" Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. DOI: 10.1111/JOCD.15072 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/YVIXPRUCTWSVWSMQXK9M?target=10.1111/jocd.15072
Perez, Jessica, Wachs, Faye Linda, Jones, Brooke, Nguyen, Harmony, Miranda Barrios, Deanna, and Lily
Gossage (2022). Enhancing students’ outcomes in gatekeeper engineering courses through Technology-Assisted Supplemental Instruction (TASI). NSF Grantees Poster Session. Published Conference Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Minneapolis, MN
Fuqua, J.L., Wachs, F.L., Nissenson, P., Miranda Barrios, D., and C. Nguyen (2022). Creating
Departmental Video Tutorial Libraries Through a Faculty Learning Community. Published Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Minneapolis, MN
Perez, J.O., Wachs, F.L., Miranda Barrios, D., Jones, B. and H. Nguyen. (2022). Supplemental Instruction
to Decrease Equity Gaps In Gate-Keeper Engineering Courses (ERM). Published Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Minneapolis, MN
Fuqua, J., Wachs, F.L., Nissenson, P.L., Barrios,* D.M., and C. Nguyen*. (2021). Assessing the influence
of an online video tutorial library on undergraduate mechanical engineering students. ASEE Published Conference proceedings.
Fuqua, J., Wachs, F.L., Nissension, P. Zhao, P., Shih, A, Pedroza*, S., and S. Robinson* (2019).
Successful implementation of an online learning environment: Reducing the failure rate in a fluid mechanics course. Computers in Education Journal. 11(3): http://aseecoed.org/index.php/coed/article/view/431/Fuqua_pdf
Butler, D., de la Torre, A., Borschel, D., Hadlock, T., Beurskens, C., Bogart, K., Mejía, A.C., Coombs, C.,
Copeland, J., Diels, J.,Otero, T.G., Graham, L., Ishii, L., Malhotra, R., Martinez, A., McKinley, L., Robinson, M., Suominen, S., Takushima, A., Curiel, E.V., Wachs, F.L., and A. Grobbelaar, (2019) Defining a standard set of patient-centered outcome measures for paediatric facial palsy using an international collaborative approach. JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery.
Wachs, F.L., Fuqua, J., Nissenson, P., A. Shih, Da Silva, L.*, Nguyen, N.*, Ramirez, M.*, and C. Romero*
(2018) Successfully flipping a fluid mechanics course using video tutorials and active learning
strategies: Implementation and Assessment. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Sat Lake City, Utah. June.
Casad, B. J., Hale, P., & Wachs, F. L. (2017). Effects of stereotype threat on girls’ math outcomes:
Differences by gender identity and math context. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 1-17. DOI: 10.1177/0361684317711412
Nissenson, P., Fuqua, J., Wachs, F.L., Zhao, Y., Shih, A. and S. Pedroza* (2017). Impact of an online
learning environment on student performance and perceptions in a fluid mechanics course.
Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Columbus, Ohio. June.
Casad, B. J., Hale, P., & Wachs, F. L. (2015). Parent-child math anxiety and math-gender stereotypes predict adolescents’ math education outcomes. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 6, 1597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01597
Wachs, Faye Linda and Laura F. Chase. (2013). Explaining the Failure of an
Obesity Intervention: Combining Bourdieu’s Symbolic Violence and Foucault’s Microphysics of Power to Reconsider State Interventions. Sociology of Sport Journal. 30:111-131
Wachs, Faye Linda, Cheryl Cooky, Mike Messner and Shari L. Dworkin. (2012). Media Frames and Displacement of Blame in the Don Imus/Rutgers Women’s Basketball Team Incident: Sincere Fictions and Frenetic Inactivity. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 29:5 pp. 421-438
Cooky, Cheryl, Wachs, Faye Linda, Dworkin, Shari and Michael Messner (2010). It’s Not About the Game: Don Imus, Sexism and Racism in Contemporary Media. Sociology of Sport Journal. 27:2
Wachs, Faye Linda and Jill Nemiro (2007). Speaking out on Gender: Reflections on Women’s
Advancement in the STEM Disciplines. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. Vol. 17:1 pp. 77-94
Wachs, Faye Linda (2005). The Boundaries of Difference: Negotiating Gender in Recreational Sport.
Sociological Inquiry. 75:4 pp.527-547
Dworkin, Shari L. and Faye Linda Wachs. (2004). "Getting your Body Back": Postindustrial Fit
Motherhood in Shape Fit Pregnancy Magazine. Gender & Society . 18: 610-624.*
Wachs, Faye Linda (2002). Leveling the Playing Field: Negotiating Gendered Rules in Coed Softball. Journal of Sport & Social Issues. 26: 3 pp. 300-316
Dworkin, Shari and Faye Linda Wachs (1998). 'Disciplining the Body:' HIV Positive Male Athletes, Media
Surveillance and the Policing of Sexuality. Sociology of Sport Journal, 15:1* Reprinted in Susan Birrell & Mary McDonald (eds). Reading Sport: Critical Essays on Power and Representation. Chicago: Northeastern University Press (2000).
Reprinted in Maxine Baca Zinn, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, & Michael Messner (eds). Through the Prism of Difference. Boston: Allyn and Bacon (1999)
Wachs, Faye Linda and Shari L. Dworkin (1997). There’s No Such Thing as a Gay Hero:’ Media Framings
of HIV Positive Athletes, Magic Johnson and Greg Louganis. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 21:4 pp.335-355*
Messner, Michael, Margaret C. Duncan & Faye Linda Wachs (1996). The Gender of
Audience-Building: Televised Coverage of Women’s and Men’s NCAA Basketball. Sociological Inquiry 66:4 pp.422-439
Reprinted in Andrew Yiannakis and Merrill Melnick (eds) Sport Sociology: Contemporary Themes (5th edition). New York: Kendall-Hunt
Publications-Book Chapters
Wachs, F. L., Fuqua, J., Nissenson, P., Miranda Barrios, D.,* Jones, B.,* Nguyen H.,* & Nguyen, C.* (2023 forthcoming). Community Matters: FLCs as a way to Create Sustained Relationships and Shared in Expanding the Vision of FLCs in Higher Education: Emerging Opportunities for Faculty to Support and Engage with Each Other. Eds.: Rainville, Title, & Desrochers. Publishers: Information Age Publishers. The book is a volume in the Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series
Wachs, Faye Linda (2006). “Throw Like a Girl Doesn’t Mean What It Used To:” Research on Gender, Language and Power in L. Fuller (ed). Sexual Sport Rhetoric: Teaming up with Gender and the Language of Sports. New York: Palgrave Pp.43-55
Wachs, Faye Linda (2003). “I was there...”: Gender, Power and Discourse in the World of Coed Softball. In Bolin and Granskog (ed). Bodies in Motion: Women, Culture, and Exercise/Sport. New York: SUNY Press
Wachs, Faye Linda and Shari L. Dworkin (2000). The Morality/Manhood Paradox: Masculinity, Sport and the Media. In McKay, Messner and Sabo (eds). Masculinities and Sport. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.*
Other Publications
Wachs, Faye Linda (2023) Forward to The Hunt for My Smile: Stories of people who lost their smile to facial paralysis, and their journey to find it again a book collaborative. Amy Sameck and Barbie Wharton (Eds). Published by Amazon.
Wachs, Faye Linda & Navid Ardakani (2018). More. Autism/Asperger’s Digest. May/June pp. 8-10
Wachs, Faye Linda (2018). Book Review: Hentges, Sarah (2014). Women and Fitness in American Culture. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London. ISBN: 978-0-7864-780-6. Sociology of Sport Journal.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2014). Consumer Culture and Politics. Consumption Encyclopedia Entry. Wiley- Blackwell.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2012). Book Review: Sassatelli, Roberta (2010). Fitness Culture: Gyms and the
Commercialization of Discipline and Fun. Hampshire, England: Palgrave. ISBN: 978-0-230-50749-4. Journal of Consumer Culture.
Hale, Patricia, Casad, Bettina, & Faye Linda Wachs (2010). When Stereotype Threat Starts Having An
Effect: Association for Women in Mathematics Newsletter. 60 (1): 15-18
Wachs, Faye Linda (2008). Book Review- David Nylund’s Beer, Babes and Balls: Masculinity and Sports
Talk Radio. Journal of Consumer Culture.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2008). Book Review- Samantha King’s Pink Ribbon’s Inc. Sociology of Sport Journal.
June, 2008
Wachs, Faye Linda (2007). Book Review- Samantha King’s Pink Ribbon’s Inc. Gender & Society. December 2007.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2007). Skateboarding- Santa Monica and Venice Beach. Cassie Lynch (ed).
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Extreme Sport. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2006). Entries on: 1) AIDS and HIV, 2) Values and Ethics, and 3) Masculinity.
In Christensen, K., & Levinson, D. (2005). Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group
Wachs, Faye Linda (2006). Entries on: 1) Venus and Serena Williams, 2) National Girls and
Women in Sports Day, 3) Mia Hamm, 4) Sport, 5) Nike and 6) Women’s Professional Sports Organizations. In Leslie Heywood, (ed)., The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism. New York: Greenwood Reference Works.

Wachs, Faye Linda (2006). The Body and Consumption. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. George Ritzer (editor). Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Wachs, Faye Linda (November 2005) Surviving the Tsunami. Sociological Inquiry. 75:4 pp.564-565
Wachs, Faye Linda (Spring 2005). A Survival Story. Poly Trends. Pp. 18-19
Wachs, Faye Linda (2005). Book Review: The Relevance of Honor in the Contemporary
World: Honor and Power, Pedagogy, Culture & Society. 13:1 pp 121-8
Wachs, Faye Linda (2004). Book Review: Built to Win: The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon. Sociology of Sport Journal. 21:2 pp. 244-247
Wachs, Faye Linda (Summer 2003). Response to Question in Panorama. Cal Poly Pomona.
Wachs, Faye Linda (Spring 2003). Legislating Equality: The Paradox Revisted. Contribution to SSSP,
Law & Society Division Newsletter.
Wachs, Faye Linda (2001). "Sport sociology" in Jonathan Michie (ed), Reader's Guide to Social Sciences.
London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn
Wachs, Faye Linda (1999). Book Review: Jeff Benedict, Public Heroes, Private Felons, and Jeff
Benedict, Athletes and Acquaintance Rape. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
Dworkin, Shari and Faye Linda Wachs (1998). Media Review: ESPN’s Outside the Lines: Women and Sports at the Crossroads. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.*
Wachs, Faye Linda, (1996). Book Review Essay: Gai Ingham Berlage, Women in Baseball: The
Forgotten History, and Susan K. Cahn, Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Women's Sport. Gender and Society. 10:3 pp. 355-357
Webinars/Podcasts
2018 Unique Smiles: The Facial Paralysis Podcast - Two Part Series with Comedian Brian Aprille-
https://uniquesmiles.podbean.com/e/episode-07-faye-wachs-part-1/
https://uniquesmiles.podbean.com/e/episode-08-faye-wachs-part-2-the-survey/
2017- Coping: Dealing with the Social and Professional Impact of Facial Paralysis. Created for the Facial Paralysis and Bell’s Palsy Foundation. http://facialparalysisfoundation.org/webinars/
2016- Friending the Mirror Ep 27: Adjusting to Acquired Facial Paralysis (Dr. Faye Wachs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTdWUcs9EkA
Honors and Awards
2021 Jose A Gomez Award for Faculty Excellence- CLASS, Cal Poly Pomona
2020 Assessment Revolutionary Award- granted by Office of Assessment and Program Review- Cal Poly Pomona
2019- North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS) Research Fellow
2019 Recognition for Mentoring – Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Cal Poly Pomona
2018-19 CSU Faculty Innovation and Leadership Award- inaugural award recognizes faculty for innovation and leadership.
2017 Online Learning Consortium Digital Innovation Award – Online Learning Consortium- awarded to a team from Mechanical Engineering, Psychology and Sociology for innovative use of and assessment of digital courseware. https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/about/olc-awards/dlia/
2017 John A. Curtis Award for Best Presentation Computers in Education Division- American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
2017 George P. Hart Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership, California State Polytechnic University
2016 Wall of COOL Awardee, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Award for creative use of technology in the classroom)
2015 Wall of COOL Awardee, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Award for creative use of technology in the classroom)
2012 California State Polytechnic University Provost’s Award for Excellence in Service
North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS) 2010 Distinguished Book Award- Body Panic: Gender, Health and the Selling of Fitness. NYU Press.
2009-10 Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Outstanding Advisor
California Field Poll- Field Faculty Fellow 2008-9
ANES Question Contributor 2008-2009
Selected Faculty Member- Bronco Athletics Faculty Appreciation- Selected Twice- 2005 and 2006
Participant in the National Endowment for the Humanities 2002 Summer Seminar, "Sport, Society, and Modern American Culture," co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois- June 3-July 12, 2002
The Department of Sociology Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, U.S.C.- First Prize,
April 25, 1997
Alpha Kappa Delta Skipper Memorial Award for Dissertation Proposal- awarded by Alpha Kappa Delta, August, 1996
Barbara A. Brown Student Paper Competition Award, presented by the North American Society for Sport Sociology- November 1994
Permeable Boundaries Scholarship, presented by the U.S.C. Council of Graduate and Professional Students- April 14, 1994
Member of Alpha Kappa Delta-Sociology Honor Society
Teaching Experience
2002-Current- Cal Poly Pomona
Courses taught: Gender & Sexuality, Classic and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Research Methods, Survey Research, Principles of Sociology, Sociology of Minority Communities, Social Issues in Film, Social Inequality and Sport, Social Change, Technology and Society, Senior Seminar- Consumer Culture and the Mass Media, Science Fiction as Social Criticism, Sociology of the Body, Social Media and Identity, Social Inequality, Sport, and the Body
2001-2 Academic Year- Lecturer
Summer- University of California- Los Angeles
Courses taught: Social Change
Spring- University of California- Berkeley
Courses taught: Sport as a Social Institution, Sexual Cultures
Fall- Loyola Marymount University
Courses taught: Social Change, Principles of Sociology
Pitzer College
Courses taught: Media & Society
2000-1 Academic Year- Visiting Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA
Courses taught: Advanced Research Methods, Social Research Methods, Principles of Sociology, Sport & Gender
Summer- California State University Los Angeles
Courses taught: Class, Race/Ethnicity, Gender
1999-2000 Academic Year- Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Florida. Jacksonville, FL
Courses taught: Research Methods and Research Methods Lab, Gender & Society, Sex, Race & Class
1998-9 Academic Year -Part-time Lecturer at California State University- Dominguez Hills
Courses taught: Graduate Seminar in Sociological Research Methods. Graduate Lab in
Sociological Research Methods.
Part-time Lecturer at Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA
Courses taught: Research Methods, Advanced Research Methods, Sport & Gender
Grant Experience
2018-2023 NSF HSI "Building Capacity: Polytechnic for All: STEM Undergraduate Success via an Inclusive Institution" Evaluator
The Efficacy of Online Support Groups for People with Facial Paralysis (Co-PI)
2016-17 Facial Paralysis and Bell’s Palsy Foundation- small grant to support research ($1750)
2016-17 SPICE on campus Grant- To Create and evaluate short methodology videos for the Department of
Psychology and Sociology
2014-15- SPICE on campus Grant- “Creating an Online Platform for Teaching Introductory Sociology-
Successful
2014-15- RSCA on campus Small Grant- Studying the Impact of Facial Paralysis.- Successful $5,000
2014 Title V Grant Writing Team Cal Poly Pomona- Mentorship Coordinator- Successful
2013-14- SPICE on campus Grant- Improving the Classroom Experience Grant- to create and evaluate a
“Flipped version of SOC 444/A: Survey Research with SPSS lab- $7035
2013 Title III Grant Writing Team Cal Poly Pomona- Mentorship Coordinator- Unsuccessful
2012- Title V Grant writing team Cal Poly Pomona 2012- Unsuccessful
2012- Haynes Foundation Grant- Grant Writing Team- Congestion Pricing in Los Angeles (Unsuccessful)
2010-2011- Minigrant Faculty Center for Professional Development- Comodoborg: Consumerism and the Body.
2010-2011- R.S.C.A. Grant- “Examining Girls’ Math Performance and Aspirations: The Role of Parental Attitudes and Stereotypes” $3,600 RSCA mini-grant award
2008-9 Minigrant- Faculty Center for Professional Development, Cal Poly Pomona, “The New Place of Fear: From Crime to Terrorism- Focus Groups February 2009"- $1000 PI
2007-2010 NSF Grant- GSE/RES: Interactive Effects in the Theory of Planned Behavior: Examining Attitudes, Norms, Control, and Stereotype Threat to Predict Girls’ Math Performance and Intentions-Co- PI- I am the Co-PI, overseeing the qualitative interview phase of the project. I am involved in analysis of all data.
2007-8 Minigrant- Faculty Center for Professional Development, Cal Poly Pomona- “The New Place of Fear- Survey Analysis”- Survey Data Collection 2008 Presidential Primary Election $1500
2005- Advance Grant Writing Team- Served as part of a team the wrote and submitted and ADVANCE Grant to the National Science Foundation. Advance Grants are designed to improve the retention and promotion of women in STEM disciplines. Awarded 2006-2011. I serve on the steering committee.
2004- Carol M. White Physical Education. Department of Education. I served as the primary grant writer for the grant that involves a three way partnership between Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona Unified School District, and the Boys and Girls Club of Pomona Valley). The Grant was successful. I will be serving as the Cal Poly Pomona Liaison and coordinator.
2004-5 Mini-grant Research Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant- Cal Poly Pomona “I Don’t Know What Else I’d Do: Sport & Identity for Women in Male Appropriate & Co-Ed Sports” Successful
2002-3 Faculty Professional Development Mini-Grant- Cal Poly Pomona “Size Matters” - $560
2002-3 Research Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant- Cal Poly Pomona “I Don’t Know What Else I’d Do: Sport & Identity for Women in Male Appropriate & Co-Ed Sports”- $3,405
University Service
Member of the Academic Senate (2008-2016, 2017- Ongoing)
Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee for the Academic Senate (2019-ongoing)
Member of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate (2014-15)
Member of the University Faculty Affairs Committee (2008-2014)
Member of the CLASS College Curriculum Committee (2002-2013, 2014- Ongoing)
Chair- CLASS Curriculum Committee 2006-7, 2010-11)
Directory of the Center for the Study of the Inland Empire (2009-2012)
Treasurer of the Pomona Chapter of the California Faculty Association (2021-on-going)
Dissertation Committee
Omar Mushtaq- UCSF School of Nursing (received special permission to serve on his committee by UCSF) (2014-2015) (Defended Proposal- 12/2/2015)
Community Service
2015- Current- Volunteer- Facial Paralysis Institute- Moderate On-line Support Groups, assist with events, man tables at conference etc.
2016- 2018- Covenant House- Volunteer Tutor, host social events
Consulting/Working Groups
Contested- John Biewan’s documentary series- PBS 2014-15
International Consortium for Mental Health Outcome Measures (ICMHOM)- International Collaborative Group to Standardize Paediatric Facial Palsy Outcome Measurements 2016-17- Member of the Working Group
Research Reports
Danico, Mary, Ocampo, Anthony and Faye Linda Wachs (2018). IGens of Color. Produced the the AATRI research initiative at CPP
Fuqua, J. and F.L. Wachs- ME 311 Final Report- Assessing Educational Innovations in Fluid Dynamics (2016)
Fuqua, J., DeJonghe, E.S. and F.L. Wachs (20013) ADVANCE-IT Catalyst Project: In-depth Interviews with Current and Former faculty in STEM. Center for the Study of the Inland Empire. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona- Submitted to J. Faust. CSU- Fullerton August 2013
Positions in Professional Associations
Committee on the Status of Women, Pacific Sociological Association- March 2014-2016
Committee Chair- 2015-16
Board Member- Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology International Honor Society- August 2009-2012
President- North American Society for Sport Sociology November 2011-2012 (Past President 2012-13)
President Elect- North American Society for Sport Sociology November 2010-2011
Secretary- North American Society for Sport Sociology November 2008-November 2010
Committee on Committees- Pacific Sociological Association April 2008-April 2010
California Sociological Association Board Member 2006-8
Professional Associations
Member of the American Sociological Association- ASA
Member of the Pacific Sociological Association- PSA
Member of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport- NASSS
Member of Alpha Kappa Delta- International Sociology Honor Society- AKD
Member of the Society for Women in Society- SWS
Member of the Society for the Study of Social Problems- SSSP
Organizational Experience
Conference Organizer- 2011 North American Society for Sport Sociology- Minneapolis, MN November 2-5
Director- Center for the Study of the Inland Empire- Cal Poly Pomona 2009- 2012
Survey Organizer- Center for the Study of the Inland Empire- Cal Poly Pomona 2007- 2009
Organizing two Sessions for the North American Association for Sport Sociology Annual Conference November 2014
Organized session Pacific Sociological Association Meeting- April 2009
Organized session Pacific Sociological Association Meeting- April 2008
Organized session American Sociological Association Meeting- August 2008
Organized two sessions for the Annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association- April 2006.
Organized a Session for the Annual meeting of the North American Society for Sport Sociology- November 2005.
Program Planning Committee for The Annual Pacific Sociological Conference- April 2006, March 2013
Organized two conference sessions for the California Sociological Association- October 2004- Riverside California
Organized Two Conference Sessions for the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings- April, 2004
Organized Conference Session for the North American Society for Sport Sociology- November, 1999.
Organized Conference Session for the California Sociological Association- October, 1999.
Assistant to the Director of the U.S.C. Sport Research Institute, August, 1996 through May, 1997
Planning Committee of a National Conference on Youth, Sport, Media and Violence hosted at U.S.C. in April, 1997
Member of the Steering Committee to create an Institute for Sport Study at U.S.C. 1996-1997
Co-organized a workshop for the Sport Research Group at the Amateur Athletic Foundation in
Los Angeles in the Spring of 1996. The workshop featured presentations by professionals and a variety of working sessions.
Organized, presented at and presided over a Sport Research Workshop sponsored by the Sports
Research Group at U.S.C. The workshop took place June 22, 1995 at the Amateur Athletic Foundation.
Speaking Engagements
Wachs, Faye Linda “Coping: Dealing with the Social and Professional Impact of Facial Paralysis” Featured Speaker- Patient Day- August 2017- 13th Annual International Facial Nerve Symposium. Hollywood, CA.
Panelist- The Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women Panel Presentation on "Media Re(presents) Women and Sport" – October, 2016- Santa Monica, CA
Panelist- Korean Society for Media and Sport (KSMS)- June 2016- Seoul, Korea
McNair Scholars Banquet Speaker- July 2013- Cal Poly Pomona
Keynote- North American Society for Sport Sociology- November 2012
Loyola Marymount University Forum on Media Ethics and Social Responsibility - April 7, 2011- Body Panic
Matrushka Literati Evening- Book Reading, Body Panic- November 10, 2010
University of California, San Francisco- Body Panic: Gender, Health and the Selling of Fitness- Meet the Authors- March 2009
University of Texas- Arlington Women’s History Month Speaker Series- March 1, 2006 “Throw Like a Girl Doesn’t Mean What It Used To”: Challenging and Renegotiating Traditional Gender Ideologies in Co-Ed Sports. University of Texas at Arlington’s Women’s History Month Commemoration March 1, 2006
Pan Asian Graduation Keynote Address- June 2005
“Privilege, Power and Access.” Featured Speaker for Seminar for Class 35 of the California Agricultural
Leadership Program. February 9, 2005 at the Kellogg West Conference Center
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