Carol A. Bailey
Associate Professor
Joined Virginia Tech: 1987
| Bachelor's | College of Charleston |
| Master's | Washington State University |
| Doctorate | Washington State University |
CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:
Qualitative Methodology
Sociological Issues in College Pedagogy
Social Research Methods
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Qualitative Methodology
Public Sociology
Evaluations of Mental Health Services for Youth
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence, 2009.
Certificate of Teaching Excellence, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, 2008.
Director of the University Writing Program, 1995 to May 2000.
Chair, Academy of Teaching Excellence, 1998-1999
The Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Sociology, 2003, 2006
E. Gordan Erickson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Faculty Award, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Golden Key International Honor Society, Honorary Member, Virginia Tech Chapter, 2006
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
Bailey, Carol. A. 2007. A Guide to Qualitative Field Research, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage/Pine Forge Press
Articles and Chapters:
Bailey, Carol A. 2008. Public Ethnography. In Sharlene Nagy Heiss-Biber and P. Leavey (eds.) Handbook of Emergent Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Bailey, Carol A. Equality with Difference: On Androcentrism and Menstruation. Teaching Sociology. Vol. 21, 1993, April: 121-129.
RECENT EVALUATION RESEARCH:
Therapeutic Day Treatment Program, In-school program for youth with mental illnesses. Family Preservation Services, Providence Service Corporation, Inc. 2005 to present.
Virtual Residential Program. Intensive, in-home, service delivery program for youth with mental illnesses and their families. Providence Service Corporation, Inc. 2002 to present.
Family Preservation Services, In-home service delivery program to youth with mental illnesses and their families. Providence Service Corporation, Inc. 2003.
Mobile Chemistry Lab, Science education delivery to under-funded schools in rural Virginia. Funded, in part, by the Eisenhower Professional Development Program, College of Arts and Sciences at Virginia Tech, and the National Science Foundation ($500,000). Carla Slebodnick and Gary Long, Principle Investigators, Department of Chemistry. 1999-2003.
Nano-technology, teacher education outreach. Funded by the National Science Foundation and Engineering Initiative under the Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams Category. Multi-year grant for $1,167,701. Michael Hochella, Susan Eriksson, Madeline Schreiber, and Chris Tadanier, Principle Investigators, Department of Geological Science. 2002.
SABRE Program, program to reduce teenage alcohol and drug abuse. Family Preservation Services, Providence Service Corporation, Inc. 2002.
Chem-Kits, Chemistry education delivery program to under-funded schools in rural Virginia. Funded, in part, by the Eisenhower Professional Development fund and the College of Arts and Sciences, Virginia Tech Gary Long, Principle Investigator, Department of Chemistry. 2002.