Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Sociology
Duke University, 2011
Master's Degree
MA in Sociology
Duke University, 2007
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Computer Sciences and Asian Cultures and Languages
University of Texas at Austin, 2001
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
Politics, Groups, and Identities