LAUREN N.

GRIFFIN | CURRICULUM VITAE

NAVIGATION (click to jump to section)

Research • Awards • Presentations • Teaching • Service

RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS

Family • Gender • Inequality

EDUCATION
In Progress M.A., Sociology, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Examination Fields: Family, Inequality

2011 B.A., Sociology, Luther College, cum laude

Decorah, Iowa
Minor: Women and Gender Studies

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Eads, Alicia, Lauren N. Griffin, and Laura Tach. “Intra-Household Financial Inequality,
Gender Equality, and Marital Dissolution.”

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Griffin, Lauren N., and Emily Parker. “Marital Intentions and Relationship Tempo
Among Cohabitors.”

Griffin, Lauren N. “Changes in Social Support Among Mothers with Young Children.”

Sassler, Sharon and Lauren N. Griffin. “Sexual Dysfunction Among Cohabiting

Couples.”

BOOK REVIEWS
Griffin, Lauren N. 2018. Review of American Hookup: The New Culture
of Sex on Campus, by Lisa A. Wade. Teaching Sociology.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Drury, Benjamin M. and Lauren N. Griffin. 2018. "American Hookup
Discussion Guide." Class Activity published in TRAILS: Teaching Resources and
Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological
 Association.

Griffin, Lauren N. 2018. “Teaching Modern Romance in the Era of #MeToo.”

Teaching and Learning Matters 46(4):12-14.

AWARDS, GRANTS, & FELLOWSHIPS

2018–2019 Family Strengthening Scholars Grant, Administration for Children
and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ($25,000,
declined)

2018–2019 Distinguished Active Learning Teaching Assistant Fellowship,

Active Learning Initiative, Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation ($1,000)

2018 Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Travel Grant, Cornell Center for the
Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning ($1,000)

2018 Sage Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award,

American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and Learning ($600)

2018 American Studies Graduate Research Grant, Cornell University ($1,000)

2018 Student Forum Travel Award, American Sociological Association ($250)

2018 Conference Travel Grant, Cornell Population Center ($500)

2017–2018 Buttrick-Crippen Fellowship, Knight Institute for Writing in the

Disciplines, Cornell University ($26,000)

2017–2018 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program, Cornell Center for

Teaching Innovation ($500)

2017–2018 Graduate Teaching Fellowship (Lead Fellow), Cornell Center for

Teaching Innovation ($1,000)

2017 Conference Travel Grant, Cornell Graduate School ($235)

2016–2017 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation

($1,000)

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 2014 Russell Sage Doctoral Fellowship, Cornell University ($48,000)

2012–2013 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, The Fulbright Program,

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
($20,000)

2011 Nobel Peace Prize Forum Scholarship, Nobel Peace Prize Forum ($6,000)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
PAPERS & POSTERS PRESENTED
Griffin, Lauren N., and Emily Parker. “Marital Intentions and Relationship Tempo
Among Cohabitors.”
• Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 2019.

Griffin, Lauren N. “First Impressions: Using Online Dating Profiles to Teach Writing.”
• American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2018.

Griffin, Lauren N. “Student Perceptions of Learning Objectives and Writing Prompts:

A Case Study Approach in a First-Year Sociology Writing Course.”
• Connecting Teaching and Research Conference, Ithaca, NY, June 2018.

Eads, Alicia, Griffin, Lauren N., and Laura Tach. “Wealth and Debt Homophily,
Gender Equality, and Relationship Stability.”
• Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2018.
• Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2018.

Griffin, Lauren N. “Changes in Social Support Among Mothers with Young Children.”
• American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, August 2017.

Griffin, Lauren N. “Designing and Assessing SMART Learning Objectives.”

• Teaching as Research National Conference, Ithaca, NY, June 2017.

Musick, Kelly, Pilar Goñalons-Pons, Christine Schwartz, and Lauren N. Griffin.

“Trends in Couples’ Work Patterns after Childbirth and Implications for Inequality:
Evidence from the SIPP and Administrative Earnings.”
• Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Washington, DC, June 2016.

Griffin, Lauren N. et al. “Hope, Peace, and Solidarity: Reflections of the 2011 Peace
Scholars.”

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 • Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Minneapolis, MN, March 2012.

OTHER CONFERENCE INVOLVEMENT

Social Media Team
• Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, April 2019.
• Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April 2018.

Session Discussant, “New Insights and Trends in Relationship Formation.”

• American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2018.

Session Presider, “The Socio-Economic Context of Love and Marriage.”

• Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2018.

Roundtable Presider, “Union Instability and Change.”

• American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, August 2017.

CAMPUS TALKS
Griffin, Lauren N. “The Expansion of Wealth Inequality in the U.S. and Its
Consequences for Relationships.”
• Scholars Present About Research and Knowledge, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
October 2017.

Griffin, Lauren N. “Changes in Social Support Among Mothers with Young Children.”
• Sociology Graduate Research Symposium, Ithaca, NY, March 2017.

Griffin, Lauren N. "A Sequence-Network Analysis of Student Enrollment."

• Research Design, Practice, and Policy (SOC 3150), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
November 2016.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
June 2019– Data Manager, “American Voices Project,” with Kathryn Edin, David
December Grusky, and Peter Cookson, Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
2020

Fall 2018 Research Assistant, “Graduate Career Outcomes,” with Anne Laughlin,
Cornell University

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 2016–2017 Graduate Research Assistant, “The Small World Network of College
Classes: Implications for Epidemic Spread on a University Campus,”
with Kim Weeden and Benjamin Cornwell, Cornell University

2015–2017 Graduate Research Assistant, “Changes in Couples' Earnings

Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality,” with
Kelly Musick, Cornell University

2015–2016 Graduate Research Assistant, “Race, Gender, and the Job Search
Process Among STEM Graduates,” with Sharon Sassler, Cornell
University

COURSES TAUGHT
Spring 2018 Modern Romance: Dating and Relationships Among Young Adults
(A First-Year Writing Seminar), Cornell University

Spring 2017 Introduction to Sociology, Five Points Correctional Facility (credit granted
through Cayuga Community College)

Fall 2012 & Advanced English, University of Donja Gorica

Spring 2013

Fall 2012 & Intermediate English, University of Donja Gorica

Spring 2013

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Spring 2019 Modern Romance: Sex, Love, and Union Formation in the Internet
Age (Lead Teaching Assistant), Cornell University

Spring 2016 Race and Public Policy, Cornell University

Fall 2015 Introduction to Sociology, Cornell University

Fall 2015 Families and Social Inequality, Cornell University

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2017 Teaching Excellence Program Trainer, Cornell Center for Teaching
Innovation

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2017–2018 Trained Classroom Observer, Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation

2016–2018 Graduate Teaching Workshops Facilitator, Cornell Center for Teaching

Innovation

Fall 2016 Teaching Excellence Program Facilitator, Cornell Center for Teaching
Innovation

TEACHING COURSEWORK & TRAINING

June 2019 Teaching Institute at Johns Hopkins, Johns Hopkins Teaching Academy

Fall 2018 Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom (CTI 101), Cornell
University

August Teaching and Learning Pre-Conference Workshop, American

2018 Sociological Association Annual Meeting

Spring 2018 Certificate in Building Mentoring Skills for an Academic Career,

Cornell Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning

Spring 2018 Certificates in Effective Teaching and Research-Based Practices,

Cornell Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning
• Associate
• Practitioner
• Scholar

Fall 2017 Teaching Writing (WRIT 7100), Cornell University

Fall 2017 Theater Techniques for Enhancing Teaching and Public Speaking,
(ALS 6014), Cornell University

August Teaching and Learning Pre-Conference Workshop, American

2017 Sociological Association Annual Meeting

March 2017 Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students and Postdocs,
Cornell University

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 Fall 2016 The Practice of Teaching in Higher Education (ALS 6015), Cornell
University

2015–2017 Certificates in Scholarship and Excellence in Teaching, Cornell Center

for Teaching Innovation
• Assessing Learning and Teaching
• Course Design
• Creating an Engaging Classroom
• Developing a Professional Identity in Teaching
• Innovative Approaches in Pedagogy
• Teaching Research Skills
• Understanding Undergraduate Learners

Summer English Language Teacher Training, Office of Academic Exchange

2012 Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of
State

SERVICE
DISCIPLINE
2019 Social Media Coordinator, American Sociological Association Section
on the Family

DEPARTMENT & UNIVERSITY

February 2019 Conference Organizer, Active Learning Institute, Cornell University

November 2018 Invited Panelist, Discussion on Graduate Teaching Assistant

Training with the Cornell Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee

April 2018 Invited Workshop Facilitator, Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate
Students and Postdocs, Cornell University

March 2018 Panelist, Discussion on Student-Facing Support Structures with the

Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Board

Spring 2018 Reviewer, Spencer Portfolio Prize Committee, Knight Institute for
Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University

2016 & 2017 Conference Organizer, Cornell University-Wide Teaching Conference

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2016–2017 Co-President, Cornell Sociology Graduate Student Association

2016–2017 Guest Speaker Host, Cornell Population Center Seminar Series

2015–2016 Graduate Student Mentor, Cornell Sociology Graduate Student

Association

2015–2016 Professionalization Events Coordinator, Cornell Sociology Graduate

Student Association

COMMUNITY
Spring 2017 Sociology Instructor, Cornell Prison Education Program

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

American Sociological Association
• Family
• Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility
• Organizations, Occupations, and Work
• Race, Class, and Gender
• Sex and Gender
• Teaching and Learning
Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation
Cornell Center for the Study of Inequality
Cornell Population Center
Eastern Sociological Society
Population Association of America
Work and Family Researchers Network

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