Faculty Profile for Dr. David R Dietrich

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Dr. David R Dietrich
Associate Professor — Sociology
THH 470
phone: (512) 245-2113

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Dietrich, D. R. (2023). Reexamining Avatars of Whiteness: Changes in Racial Presentation of Video Game Player Characters. Sociation, 22(1), 21–31.
  • Dietrich, D. R. (2020). Recruiting White “Victims”: White Supremacist Flyers on College Campuses. In Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality. Seattle, WA, USA: University of Washington Press.
  • Johnson, C. J., & Dietrich, D. R. (2020). The McDonaldization of Long Term Care in the United States. In M. K. Shankardass (Ed.), Dementia Care: Issues, Responses and International Perspectives. Sage.
  • Dietrich, D. R. (2015). Racially Charged Cookies and White Scholarships: Anti-Affirmative Action Protests on American College Campuses. Sociological Focus, 48(2), 105–125.
  • Dietrich, D. R. (2014). Rebellious Conservatives: Social Movements in Defense of Privilege. Palgrave Macmillan.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Himes Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, North Carolina Sociological Association. February 1, 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Jenkins and Gilchrist Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, University of Texas Law School. January 1, 2001 - December 1, 2002

Selected Grants

  • Dietrich, David (Principal). Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed). (Submitted: 2012). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Graduate Council
June 2021-Present
Chair
Graduate Steering Committee
June 1, 2021-Present
Chair
Graduate Faculty Committee
June 1, 2021-Present
Member
Department SLO Committee
June 1, 2021-Present
Member
Curriculum Committee
September 1, 2018-Present