Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Deborah A Harris

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Sociology Scholarship and Awards Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Student Outreach and Support Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • University Mentor, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Mentor to Graciela DeLeon. 2022 - Present.
  • University Mentor, Mentor to Rachel Romero. 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Student Learning Outcomes Sub-Committee. 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Steering Committee. 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate studies committee, Texas State Department of Sociology. January 1, 2009 - Present.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Humanity & Society. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food Ethics. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Sociological Quarterly. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Children and Youth Services Review. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The American Journal of Cultural Sociology. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The National Science Foundation of Switzerland. 2024.
  • Chair, Non-Tenure Line PC Committee. 2024.
  • Member, ICTP (Professors of Instruction Policy) Committee. 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, COLA T&P Committee. 2021 - 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Sociological Quarterly. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food Ethics. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Humanity & Society. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gender & Society. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Rutgers University Press. 2023.
  • Member, Advisory Committee for Gender Programming, James Beard Foundation. 2017 - 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, Food, Culture, and Society. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food, Culture, and Society. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Culinary Science and Technology. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food Security. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, WACANA: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia. 2022.
  • Internship Supervisor of Undergraduate Intern (June Strickland), Sociology Internship Program - Internship Supervision. 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Problems. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gender Issues. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food, Culture, and Society. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, UNC Press (manuscript review). 2021.
  • Member, Annual Review Committee. 2021.
  • University Mentor, Mentor to Xi Pan. 2016 - 2021.
  • Member, Research Review Committee. 2016 - 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Humanity and Society. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Design (Common Ground Publishing Research Network). 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Irish Journal of Sociology. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology Compass. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Tourism and Hospitality Research. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Currents. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sex Roles. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bristol University Press for manuscript: Craft Food Diversity. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Book proposal UNC Press. 2020.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Liaison. 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Inquiry. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Sustainability Collection. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Your Are What You Post: Food and Instagram (edited book). 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Lexington Press. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bristol University Press. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Palgrave MacMilian. 2019.
  • Member, Development of Sociology Study Abroad Program. 2017 - 2019.
  • Member, Library Committee. 2016 - 2019.
  • Editorial Board, Teaching Sociology. August 1, 2015 - 2019.
  • Co-supervised an Applied Sociology Intern (Audrie Cortez). August 2019 - December 2019.

2018

  • Member, Departmental Liaison to Faculty Senate (while K. H. Chee on leave). 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Teaching Sociology. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Food & Foodways. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Hawaii Journal of Medicine and Public Health. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sex Roles. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Currents. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, City & Community. 2018.
  • Chair, Assistant Professor Search Committee. 2017 - 2018.

2017

  • Member, Faculty Annual Review Committe. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Teaching Sociology. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Qualitative Sociology. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Hospitality Management. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Open Cultural Studies. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Gastronomica. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Stanford University Press. 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press. 2017.
  • Participant, Alzheimers Association. 2017.
  • Speaker, TX State University University Advising Center Advisors. 2017.
  • Speaker, The James Beard Foundation. 2017.

2016

  • Member, Study Abroad Committee. 2016.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, American Sociological Association annual conference. 2016.
  • Chair, Public Sociology Task Force. January 1, 2014 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. January 2016 - December 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Teaching Sociology. January 2016 - December 2016.

2015

  • Member, Research center committee, Texas State Department of Sociology. January 1, 2007 - 2015.
  • Member, Scholarship committee, Texas State Department of Sociology. January 1, 2008 - December 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research on Women and Gender. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociology Compass. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Presenter, Presented “Student Food Diary Reflections” to TX State Healthy Cats Program. October 1, 2015.
  • Other, Supervised intern, Mariah Carney for Sociology Department. January 1, 2015 - May 1, 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, Gender & Society. December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Search Committee - Aging position. August 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Participant, Program for Excellence in Teaching and Learning "The Tenure Process". November 1, 2014.

2013

  • Supervisor, Supervised an undergraduate intern, Whitney Harris. August 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sociological Spectrum. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, Program for Excellence in Teaching and Learning monthly workshop on the tenure process. November 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, Spoke at the Program for Excellence in Teaching and Learning monthly workshop on the tenure process. November 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, Q&A with Sociology Club film showing of Black Gold, Sociology Club, Texas State University. February 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Qualitative Sociology. January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Session chair, Rural Sociological Association Annual Meeting. January 1, 2012.
  • Session Organizer, (Food and Identity, with Jamila Zakari, Graduate Student) Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. January 1, 2012.
  • Session Organizer, (Sociological Views of the Food System, with Jamila Zakari, Graduate Student) Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Journal of Rural Social Sciences. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.

2010

  • Member, search committee for associate professor position, Texas State Department of Sociology. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Sociological Inquiry. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.

2009

  • Member, faculty review committee, Texas State Department of Sociology. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Field Methods. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Journal of Research on Women and Gender. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer for Sociological Spectrum. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.

2006

  • Session Chair, 2006 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2006.

2004

  • Assistant to the Program Chair, 2004 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. January 1, 2004 - December 1, 2004.
  • Member, Membership committee, 2004, Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. January 1, 2004 - December 1, 2004.

2002

  • Secretary-treasurer, Mississippi State University chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta. January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2002.