Peter Kaufman
Department of Sociology
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY 12561
845.257.3503
kaufmanp@newpaltz.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1999 State University of New York at Stony Brook (Sociology)
M.A. 1994 State University of New York at Stony Brook (Sociology)
B.A. 1989 Earlham College (Political Science, with honors)
Professional Experience
2005 — Present Associate Professor Sociology SUNY New Paltz
1999 — 2005 Assistant Professor Sociology SUNY New Paltz
Academic Awards and Honors
2011 Chancellor’s Award For Excellence in Teaching
2010 LA&S Faculty Research Support Initiative (Summer Support)
2007 Research Fellow. Sport and Society at Northeastern University
2006 Student Research Initiative Grant. SUNY New Paltz
2005 Major Discretionary Award. SUNY New Paltz
2004 Research and Creative Project Award. SUNY New Paltz
1998 President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. SUNY Stony Brook
Courses Taught
Introduction to Sociology
Education and Society
Sociological Theory
Social Interaction
Social Change
Social Structure and the Individual
Social Problems
Sociology of Sport
Senior Seminar
Social Structure and Change (Graduate)
Sociology of Education (Graduate)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Kaufman, Peter and Eli A. Wolf. 2010. “Playing and Protesting: Sport as a Vehicle for Social Change.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34(2): 154-175.
Kaufman, Peter and Todd Schoepflin. 2009. “Last But Not Least: The Pedagogical Insights of ‘Intellectual Craftsmanship’” Teaching Sociology 37(1): 20-30.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Boos, Bans, and Backlash: The Consequences of Being an Activist Athlete.” Humanity and Society 32(3):215-237.
Halasz, Judith and Peter Kaufman. 2008. “Sociology as Pedagogy: How Ideas from the Discipline can Inform Teaching and Learning.” Teaching Sociology 36(4):301-317.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Gaining Voice through Silence.” Feminist Teacher 18(2):175-177.
Fobes, Catherine and Peter Kaufman. 2008. “Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom: Challenges and Concerns.” Teaching Sociology 36(1):26-33.
Kaufman, Peter. 2005. “Middle-Class Social Reproduction: The Activation and Negotiation of Structural Advantages” Sociological Forum. 20(2):245-270.
Kaufman, Peter and Kenneth A. Feldman. 2004. “Forming Identities in College: A Sociological Approach.” Research in Higher Education 45(5):463-496.
Roschelle, Anne R. and Peter Kaufman. 2004. “Fitting In and Fighting Back: Stigma Management Strategies Among Homeless Kids.” Symbolic Interaction 44(1):23-46.
[Reprinted in Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction, 6th Edition. Edited by Patricia A. Adler & Peter Adler. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.]
Kaufman, Peter. 2003. “Learning to Not Labor: How Working-Class Individuals Construct Middle-Class Identities.” The Sociological Quarterly. 44(3):481-504.
Kaufman, Peter. 2001. “All the News Not Fit to Print: Using Censored Stories as an Exercise in Critical Pedagogy.” Teaching Sociology 29:80-87.
Kaufman, Peter. 1999. “The Contrasting Orientations Toward Work and Family Between Female and Male College Students.” Sociological Focus. 32(3):229-246.
Kaufman, Peter. 1997. “Michael Jordan Meets C. Wright Mills: Illustrating the Sociological Imagination with Objects from Everyday Life.” Teaching Sociology 25:309-314.
Book Chapters
Schoepflin, Todd and Peter Kaufman. 2011. “Fictional Stories: A Method for Doing Sociology.” In New Voices in Sociological Theory and Methodology, Edited by Michael DeCesare and Ieva Zake (McFarland).
Edited Teaching Monographs
Kaufman, Peter. 2006. Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom, 2nd Edition. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.
Kaufman, Peter. 2002. Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.
Teaching Resources (peer and/or editor reviewed)
Kaufman, Peter. 2009. “Writing Children’s Books.” In Sociology through Active Learning. Edited by Kathleen McKinney and Barbara S. Heyl. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Kaufman, Peter. 2009. “Speed Discussion.” In Sociology through Active Learning. Edited by Kathleen McKinney and Barbara S. Heyl. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Sociology of Sport.” Teaching the Sociology of Sport. 5th Edition. Edited by Kyle C. Longest. Washington, D. C.: ASA Teaching Resources Center.
Kaufman, Peter and Mindy Ross. 2006. “The Praxis Project: Getting Students to Social Action.” In Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom, 2nd Edition. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resource Center.
Kaufman, Peter. 2005. “From Greyhounds to Global Conflict.” Teaching About Animals and Society. Edited by Janet M. Alger, Tracey Smith-Harris, Shawn McEntee, and Kim W. Stallwood. Washington, D. C.: ASA Teaching Resources Center.
Kaufman, Peter. 2003. “Sociology of Sport.” The Sociology of Sport: Syllabi and Instructional Material, 4th Edition. Edited by James Steele. Washington, D. C.: ASA Teaching Resources Center.
Kaufman, Peter. 2000. “Introduction to Sociology through Cross-Cultural, Contemporary Literature: An Annotated Reading List.” Syllabi and Instructional Material for Introductory Sociology. Edited by Jim Sikora. Washington, D.C.: ASA Teaching Resources Center.
Essays (peer and/or editor reviewed)
Kaufman, Peter. 2010. “The Zero Sum Game of Denigrating Students.” Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 23(1):38-45.
Kaufman, Peter and Todd Schoepflin. 2007. “On the Profession: From Tenure Track to Tenure: Tips for Navigating the Path Successfully.” ESSays: The Newsletter of the Eastern Sociological Society 22(1): 6-7.
Kaufman, Peter. 2006. “Activist Athletes and Human Rights: Some Preliminary Research Notes.” The Bulletin of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education 48(September): 65-68.
Book Reviews
Kaufman, Peter. 2010. Review of The Lowering of Higher Education in America: Why Financial Aid Should Be Based on Student Performance by Jackson Toby (Praeger). In Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 39:486-487.
Kaufman, Peter. 2010. Review of Playing with the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports, by Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano (Oxford). In Sociology of Sport Journal 27:105-107.
Kaufman, Peter. 1999. Review of Challenging Macho Values: Practical Ways of Working with Adolescent Boys, by Jonathan Salisbury and David Jackson (The Farmer Press). In Men and Masculinities 1(4): 394-396.
Kaufman, Peter. 1998. Review of The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise, by Allan G. Johnson. (Temple University Press). In Teaching Sociology 26: 229-230.
Kaufman, Peter. 1995. Review of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School, by Barrie Thorne (Rutgers University Press). In Masculinities 2(4): 83-85.
Professional Presentations
Kaufman, Peter. 2012. “‘The Details of My Life are Quite Inconsequential’: Teaching Students with Their Own Narratives.” Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2011. “Fictional Stories: A Method for Doing Sociology” (with Todd Schoepflin). Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2011. “Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Creating Classroom Community.” Eastern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2011. “Making Personal and Social Connections through a Sustained Contemplative Experience” (with Terry Murray). Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Amherst, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2010. “Teaching with Compassion: Training the Mind to Educate with the Heart.” Association for the Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, Amherst, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2010. “Teaching and Learning without a Self: How a Buddhist Pedagogy can Transform the Sociology Classroom.” Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2009. “Teaching with Compassion: Pedagogical Lessons from a Buddhist Sociology.” Southwest Social Sciences Association, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Sport.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Lance Armstrong with Body Fat: Using Swimming to Antarctica to Teach the Sociology of Sport.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Faculty Backlash Against Students.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Drawing Connections between Sport and Social Justice: Listening to the Voices of Athletes.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Sociology as Pedagogy: How Ideas from the Discipline Can Inform Teaching and Learning.” American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Playing and Protesting: Making a Case for Sport as a Vehicle for Social Change.” American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom.” Workshop Co-Leader. American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Introducing Sport and Human Rights in the Classroom.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007.“Humanitarian Athletes and the Struggle Against War, Genocide, and Global Aggression.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “From Tenure Track to Tenure: Tips for Navigating the Path Successfully.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2004. “Biting the Hand that Feeds You: Athletes Against Sweatshop Labor.” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.
Kaufman, Peter. 2004. “The Athlete as Activist: Can Jocks Change the World and if so, Should They?” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 2003. “The (In)significance of Race, Gender, Class: Responses v. Realities.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2003. “Critical Pedagogy in Sociology.” Workshop Leader. American Sociology Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2002. “Stigma Management Strategies Among Kids Who are Homeless.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2001. “Academic Workplace Workshop: Teaching Adult Students.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Anaheim, CA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2001. “Identity Construction Among Homeless Kids: The Unintended Reproduction of Poverty.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Anaheim, CA.
Kaufman, Peter. 2000. “All the News that=s Not Fit to Print: Using Censored Stories as an Exercise in Critical Pedagogy.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.
Kaufman, Peter. 2000. “Modern Women and Traditional Men: Expectations of Male and Female College Students about Work and Family.” Women=s Studies Colloquium. State University of New York at New Paltz.
Kaufman, Peter. 2000. “Climbing the Social Ladder: Identity-Work Activities of the Upwardly Mobile.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Kaufman, Peter. 2000. “The Role of College in Identity Formation.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Kaufman, Peter. 1999.” Achieving the Expected: A Micro-Analysis of Middle Class Cultural Reproduction.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 1998. “Preparing for the Future: Female and Male College Students Differing Discourses on Work and Family Responsibility.” Work and Family: Today’s Realities & Tomorrow’s Visions. Boston, MA.
Kaufman, Peter. 1998. “From Ascription To Achievement: The Role Of Identity Formation In Cultural Reproduction and Cultural Transformation.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 1998. The Lessons We’ve Learned Together: Team-Teaching the Undergraduate Sociology Course.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Kaufman, Peter. 1998. “Going to Visit the Dented Can Lady: The Self-Recognition of Class Identity.” Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference on Culture and Social Change. New York University, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 1997. “Is Calling Cheating Cheating Cheating? An Epistemological Examination of Academic Misconduct.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Kaufman, Peter. 1996 “Sociology Through Contemporary Literature.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Kaufman, Peter. 1994. “Identity Formation in the Schools: A Reformulation of Cultural Reproduction Theory.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
Additional Talks and Presentations
Kaufman, Peter. 2009. “Sport and Social Change.” Shawangunk Correctional Facility.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Social and Political Activism among Athletes.” Shawangunk Correctional Facility.
Kaufman, Peter. 2008. “Sport and Social Change: A Paradigm for Praxis.” Power of Sport Summit, Sport in Society, Northeastern University
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Athletes as Social Activists: Pushing the Boundaries of the Sports World.” The Murphy Institute for Labor, Community, and Policy Studies, City University of New York. Invited Moderator.
Kaufman, Peter. 2007. “Critical Pedagogy, Liberation (Public) Sociology, and Activist Athletes.” Research Fellow presentation. Sport in Society, Northeastern University.
Kaufman, Peter. 2006. “Jocks for Justice: When Athletes Become Activists” Research talk to the staff of Sport in Society, Northeastern University.
Kaufman, Peter. 2005. “Jocks for Justice: When Athlete Become Activists.” Honor’s College presentation. SUNY New Paltz.
Professional Activities
2010-Present General Education Ad Hoc Review Committee, SUNY New Paltz
2000-Present University Writing Board. SUNY New Paltz
2004-Present Teaching and Learning Center Advisory Board, SUNY New Paltz
2007-Present Intercollegiate Athletic Board, SUNY New Paltz
1999-Present Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2009-2010 Standard 11: Educational Offerings, Middle States Accreditation, SUNY New Paltz
2006-2010 Academic Senate. SUNY New Paltz
2008-2009 Sport and Society Research Advisory Panel, Northeastern University
2007-2008 Recruitment Committee. Department of English, SUNY New Paltz
206-2007 Recruitment Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2007 External Consultant. Morris County Community College.
2003-2006 Graduate Coordinator. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2000-2006 Graduate Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2005-2006 Recruitment Committee (Chair). Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2003-2004 Recruitment Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
2002-2003 Recruitment Committee. Department of Communications, SUNY New Paltz
2001-2003 Editorial Board, Teaching Sociology
1999-2000 Sociology and Education Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
1999-2000 Adopt-A-Classroom Committee. Department of Sociology, SUNY New Paltz
Professional Membership
2010–Present Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
1994–Present American Sociological Association
1994–Present Eastern Sociological Society
1994–Present Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
2009 Southwest Sociological Association
2004–2008 North American Society for the Sociological Study of Sport
1999–2001 Society for the Study of Social Problems
