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About Robert C. Bulman

I received a B.A. in sociology from U .C. Santa Cruz in 1989. I continued my education at U.C. Berkeley, receiving the M.A. in sociology in 1992 and the Ph.D. in 1999.  My primary areas in the field of sociology include the sociology of education, inequality, the sociology of culture, and the sociology of film.  I have been teaching at Saint Mary's since the fall of 1999.  I've published peer-reviewed articles or book chapters on the politics of school choice, the social and cultural dynamics of educational decision making, the representations of education and adolescents in Hollywood films, and the gender dynamics of ballroom dance.  My book, Hollywood Goes to High School: Cinema, Schools and American Culture was first pubished by Worth in 2004.  A revised and updated second edition was published in March of 2015.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Sociology
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Present Faculty, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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2015 - 2017 Chair, Rank and Tenure Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2013 - 2015 Member, Rank and Tenure Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 - 2013 Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 - 2013 Member, Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 - 2013 Member, Social, Historical, and Cultural Sub-Committee of the CCC, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - 2013 Member, January Term Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2012 Hiring Committee Chair, Sociology, Saint Mary's College of California
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2008 - 2010 Co-Chair, Campus Committee on Inclusive Excellence, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2009 Chair of the Sociology Department, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2009 Member, CILSA Advisory Council, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2009 Member, Core Curriculum Task Force, Saint Mary's College of California
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2004 - 2006 Elected Liberal Arts representative to the Academic Senate, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2005 Member, WASC accreditation Educational Effectiveness committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 - 2005 Member, Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 - 2004 Member, International Programs Coordinating Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2001 - 2004 Director of the International Area Studies Program, Saint Mary's College of California
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2004 Member, Hiring committee for the coordinator of Asian Pacific American student services, Saint Mary's College of California
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2001 - 2003 Member, Disciplinary Review Hearing Board, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 Member, Strategic Planning Committee for Scholarship, Saint Mary's College of California
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2001 - 2002 Examiner for the senior assessments of the Liberal and Civic Studies majors, Saint Mary's College of California
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2002 Member, Hiring committee for the new Director of Student Conduct, Saint Mary's College of California
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2012 - 2015 Deputy Editor, Sociological Perspectives
2006 - 2009 Member, Distinguished Book Award Committee, American Sociological Association
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, Pacific Sociological Association
Member, Sociology of Education Association
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Courses

  • The Sociological Imagination
  • Sociological Research Methods
  • Senior Research Seminar
  • In Search of California, Jan Term
  • Education and Society
  • The Sociology of Film

Education

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1999 Ph. D. Sociology, University of California - Berkeley
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1992 M.A. Sociology, University of California Berkeley
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1989 B.A. Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Contact Information

Office
Garaventa - 311

Phone: 8321
Fax: 376-2411

Email:

Publications (21)

In the News (3)

Presentations (16)