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Texas State University

Dr. David R Dietrich

  • Associate Professor - Sociology
  • THH 470
  • tel:+15122452113
  • dd34@txstate.edu
  • Grants
  • Scholarly/Creative work
  • Awards
  • Service

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.
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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

  1. Member

    Graduate Council

    June 2021 - Present
  2. Chair

    Graduate Steering Committee

    June 2021 - Present
  3. Chair

    Graduate Faculty Committee

    June 2021 - Present
  4. Member

    Department SLO Committee

    June 2021 - Present
  5. Member

    Curriculum Committee

    September 2018 - Present
  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Sociological Quarterly

    July 2024
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