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

Featured scholarly/creative works
- 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.
Featured 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

Featured service activities
- Member
Graduate Council
- Chair
Graduate Steering Committee
- Chair
Graduate Faculty Committee
- Member
Department SLO Committee
- Member
Curriculum Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
Sociological Quarterly