Chastity Blankenship, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Social Science
I want to give students the opportunity to synthesize the information they have gained from class readings, combine it with their own experiences, and apply it to their coursework. I encourage my students to engage in collaborative learning and apply the basic principles that I teach them to their own worlds.
Biography
Chastity Blankenship earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Central Florida in 2011. She has a variety of research area interests, including topics related to gender, sexuality, race, crime, and educational issues. Her research has been published in scholarly journals such as Corrections, Deviant Behavior, and Teaching Sociology. Currently, Dr. Blankenship is an Associate Professor of Social Science in the Department of Social and Behavioral Science at Florida Southern College. Dr. Blankenship also serves as Chair for the Women and Gender Studies minor.Education
- Ph.D. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Graduated August 2011 Major: Sociology
- M.A. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Graduated 2007 Major: Applied Sociology
- B.A. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Graduated 2005 Major: Sociology, Minor: Legal Studies
Awards
- SAGE & Pine Forge Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award, 2009
Publications
Currently working on, “College Students and Service Learning: Does Aiding At-Risk Youth Invoke Change?”
Currently working on, “Student Interest in Sociology Topics and Course Satisfaction”, March 2016.
Accepted, "Factors Influencing Federal and State Probation Officer Stress and Thoughts of Quitting", in Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, anticipated 2016.
Accepted, “‘It Relates to My Everyday Life.’ Critical Pedagogy and Student Explanations of Interest in Sociology Course Topics,” Papers and Publications: Interdisciplinary Journal of Undergraduate Research, anticipated 2016.
In progress, “Abortion”, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy
In progress, “Digital Divide”, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy
In progress, “Sexting”, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy
In progress, “Student Perceptions of Introduction to Sociology Topics”
In progress, “Survey Research with Survey Monkey”, on the American Sociological Association’s Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, (http://trails.asanet.org)
“Gender Pay Gap”, on the American Sociological Association’s Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, (http://trails.asanet.org), January 2014
“Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Teaching Sociology”, 1973- 2009, in Teaching Sociology, April 2012
Conferences and Professional Development
2016
Society for the Study of Social Problems, co-presenter for “STIs Among College Students who do not Rely on Condoms as their Primary Form of Contraception”, August 2016
Southwestern Social Science Association, co-presenter for “College Students and Service Learning: Does Aiding At-Risk Youth Invoke Change?”, March 2016
Southwestern Social Science Association, poster session presenter for “Student Interest in Sociology Topics and Course Satisfaction”, March 2016.
Southwestern Social Science Association, Gender, Society, and Self session chair, March 2016.
2015
Faculty Research Marathon participant, August 2015
Southwestern Social Science Association, Gender and Pop Culture session chair, co-presenter for “Social Media, Loneliness, and Self-Esteem”, April 2015
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Federal and State Probation Officers and Stressors Internal to the Organization, March 2015
2014
Project Planning and Management professional development course, Florida Southern College, September - November 2014
Southern Criminal Justice Association, “Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization by Cohort”, with undergraduate student Alexa LaRock, September 2014
Southern Criminal Justice Association, “College Student Perceptions of Mental Illness”, with undergraduate student Ashley Fairbrother, September 2014
Southwestern Social Science Association, undergraduate research student paper session chair, April 2014
Southwestern Social Science Association presenter, “Student Interest in Introduction to Sociology Course Topics”, April 2014
2013
The Impact of Mental Illness on the Criminal Justice System, event co-organizer, sponsored by the Sociology and Criminology Department at Florida Southern College, September- December 2013
Using the FSC Archives and Roux Library as Resources for Teaching and Learning, professional development course, Florida Southern College, September- December 2013
Sustainable Teaching, professional development course, Valencia College, September- October 2013
Maximizing Hybrid Learning, professional development course, Valencia College, March 2013
City As Text, professional development course, Valencia College, March 2013
Creating Significant Learning, professional development course, Valencia College, February 2013
2012
Teaching in Our Learning College, professional development course, Valencia College, October 2012
Project-based Learning, professional development course, Valencia College, October 2012
Teaching and Learning with Social Media, professional development course, Valencia College, October 2012
What is Honors? Professional development course, Valencia College, October 2012
Great Texts, professional development course, Valencia College, November 2012
Social problems textbook selection and curriculum development committee, Valencia College, February 2012
2009
American Sociological Association, Teaching and Learning workshop, August 2009
Southern Sociological Society presenter, “Decreasing Risk: Motorcycle Preference and Behaviors among Bike Week Participants”, April 2009
2008
Southern Sociological Society presenter, “Public Perceptions of U.S. Government’s Role in Health Care”, April 2008
Southwestern Social Science Association, graduate student paper session chair, March 2008
Southwestern Social Science Association presenter, “Identity Transformation in Television Make-Over Programs”, March 2008
2007
Mid-South Sociological Association presenter, “In the Name of Salomé: Duty and Desire in Hispanic Culture”, October 2007
Southern Sociological Society presenter, “Routine Activity Theory”, April 2007
2006
Faculty for Teaching and Learning, graduate teaching aid training, January - May 2006
Mid-South Sociological Association presenter, Graduate Paper Competition, “Gender and Violence in Downloaded Music Videos”, October 2006
UCF Graduate Research Forum, oral presentation on music video content, March 2006
2004
UCF Sociology Department Poster Session, “Effects of Fear of Victimization of Crime Among College Students”, Spring 2004