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About Marieke Van Willigen

Dr. Van Willigen earned her BA from Ithaca College in upstate New York and her MA and PhD in Sociology from The Ohio State University. She then spent 19 years as a faculty member at East Carolina University in Greenville NC. During that period she served as Undergraduate Director, Women’s Studies Director, Interim Chair, and Associate Dean. She joined the faculty at Georgia Southern University in 2015 as Professor and Chair. Her research and teaching interests lay at the intersections of gender, mental/physical health, and the sociology of adolescence. She has also spent 15 years teaching social statistics to terrified undergraduate and graduate students, and counted herself as successful when they left class most days with a smile on their faces.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Grants

2005 East Carolina University Faculty Senate Teaching Grant
East Carolina University
Role: P.I.
$8,000
2003 East Carolina University College of Arts and Sciences Research Leave
East Carolina University
Role: P.I.
$27,000
2001 American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation
Role: P.I.
$6,460
2001 East Carolina University Faculty Senate Research and Creative Activity Grant
East Carolina University
$8,694.85
2000 Division of Emergency Management, North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety Project
North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
Role: Associate Investigator
Colleague(s): John Whitehead and Bob Edwards
$11,500
2000 East Carolina University Faculty Senate Research and Creative Activity Grant
East Carolina University
Role: P.I.
$16,255.45
2000 North Carolina Sea Grant
North Carolina
Colleague(s): John Whitehead and Bob Edwards
$7,000
1999 Assessment of Business Damages and Prospects in 44 Flood Damaged Counties of Eastern North Carolina
Federal Emergency Management Administration
Role: Associate Investigator
Colleague(s): Ken Wilson
$31,358
1999 Division of Emergency Management, North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety
Role: Associate Investigator
Colleague(s): John Maiolo
$50,000
1999 Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center University of Colorado Boulder, CO
University of Colorado
Role: Associate Investigator
Colleague(s): John Maiolo and Bob Edwards
$2,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2015 - Present Member, Women's and Gender Studies Board, Georgia Southern University
2017 Chair, Mission Statement Committee, CBSS, Georgia Southern University
2017 Member, Promotion Committee, Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University
2016 Chair, Promotion Committee, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University
2013 - 2014 Assessment Report Reviewer, ECU College of Arts and Sciences
2013 - 2014 Member, ECU Faculty Senate Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness Committee
2012 - 2014 Member, Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Women, East Carolina University
2012 - 2014 Member, LGBT Advancement Council, East Carolina University
2000 - 2014 Member, Women’s Studies Program Executive Board, East Carolina University
2009 - 2013 Chair, Women's Studies Assessment Committee
2007 - 2013 Advisor, Women's Studies
2007 - 2009 Member, Commission on the Status of Women, Southern Sociological Society
2005 Organizer, Environmental Movements Research Panel, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
2005 Organizer, Global Environmental Policy and Attitudes Research Panel
2002 - 2003 Chair, Elections Committee, Southern Sociological Society
2001 - 2002 Newsletter Editor, Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association
2000 Organizer, Research Panel, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
1999 Discussant, Research Panel, Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
1998 Organizer, Psychiatric Sociology Session, Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting
1997 Organizer, Sex and Gender Roundtables, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
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Honors and Awards

  • Nominee, Distinguished Contribution Award, American Sociological Association Section on Sex and Gender (1997)
  • Nominee, Rosabeth Moss-Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research (2001)
  • Recipient, The Open Door Award, ECU Undergraduate Sociology Society (2002)
  • Recipient, Upper Division Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, East Carolina University (2003)
  • Recipient, Upper Division Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, East Carolina University (2005)
  • Recipient, Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, East Carolina University (2006)
  • Recipient, Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, East Carolina University (2012)

Courses

  • Seminar in Sociology of Mental Health
  • Seminar in Health
  • Social Statistics
  • Proseminar
  • Courtship and Marriage
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Introduction to Sociology (Honors)
  • Introduction to Women's Studies: Social Sciences
  • Special Topics: Gender and Health
  • Special Topics: Gender, Work, and Family
  • Special Topics: Gender in Adolesence
  • Special Topics: Sociology of Adolesence
  • Introduction to Gender and Society
  • Medical Sociology
  • History of Sociology
  • Social Data Analysis
  • Introduction to Social Statistics
  • Methods of Research

Education

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June 1997 Ph.D. in Sociology, Ohio State University - Main Campus
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1993 M.A. in Sociology, Ohio State University - Main Campus
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1988 B.A. in Sociology, Ithaca College
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Links

Contact Information

Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8051
Statesboro, GA 30460
Office: Carroll Bldg, Rm 1003B
Phone: (912) 478-5443

Email:

Recent Works (1)

Refereed Journal Articles (16)

Presentations (29)