Kyle Anne Nelson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Telephone: (970) 351-2592
E-mail: kyle.nelson@unco.edu
Office: Candelaria 2040
Dr. Nelson’s expertise is inequality, race and ethnicity, migration and spatial assimilation, health disparities as well as quantitative and qualitative research. Prior to starting her master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Sociology, she worked at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. as a health policy analyst. Her current research projects center around residential segregation and ethnicity. She is currently co-faculty advisor for the Sociology Club, Socially Constructed.
COURSES TAUGHT
- SOC 100 Principles of Sociology
- SOC 170 Social Problems
- SOC 258 Contemporary Social Issues
- SOC 333 Social Class and Inequality
- SOC 448 Issues in Social Policy
- SOC 580 Social Policy Analysis
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
- Quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Spanish proficiency
RESEARCH AREAS/INTERESTS
- Inequality
- Race and ethnicity
- Latino migration and spatial assimilation
- Health disparities
PUBLICATIONS
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
FUNDED PROJECTS
- 2010 Application Submitted for NEH Enduring Questions Grant (awards to be announced Spring 2011)
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT
- 2010 – Present, Program Evaluation for Greeley Central High School of its Student Recovery Program with Christine Marston (Economics and Social Sciences) and Michelle Behr (Geography and Dean’s Office)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PARTICIPATION
- Member and Presenter, American Sociological Association, 2007-Present
- Member and Presenter, Population Association of America, 2006-2007
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
- 2010 Recipient, Office of Extended Studies online course design support
- 2010 Reviewer, Manuscriipt submitted to American Sociological Review
- 2009 Reviewer, Inequality Reader
- 2009 Reviewer, Manuscript submitted to Sociological Perspectives
- 2008 Reviewer, Manuscript submitted to American Sociological Review
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2011 Outstanding Professor Recognition, UNC Delta Zeta Sorority
- 2008 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Award Finalist, University of Maryland
- 2006 Population Association of America Annual Meeting Poster Award
- 2003 – 2005 C.W. Mills Fellowship for Graduate Study, University of Maryland
- 1996 The Thomas E. Zetkov Scholarship, Colgate University
- 1995 The Lila and Curtiss Frank Scholarship, Colgate University
