Brandon Gorman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Sociology
155 Hamilton Hall CB #3210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone: (919) 593-8392
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://brandongorman.com
EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (expected)
2012 M.A. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2009 M.A. Political Science, University of Georgia
2006 B.A. Political Science (Magna Cum Laude), Georgia State University
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2015. “Reporting the International System: Attention to
Foreign Leaders in the US News Media, 1950-2008.” Social Forces (forthcoming)
Gorman, Brandon. 2015. “The Case for Cognitive Interviewing Techniques in the Post-Arab
Spring Environment.” Middle East Law and Governance (forthcoming)
Manuscripts Under Review
Gorman, Brandon. “Appropriating Democratic Discourse in North Africa.” (Invitation to revise
and resubmit)
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gorman, Brandon. “Global Boundary Inversion: International Organizations, Oppositional
Identity, and Shari’a Law.”
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. “Discovering Dictators: US News Media Framing of
Foreign Leaders, 1950-2008.”
Naqvi, Ijlal, Brandon Gorman, and Charles Kurzman. “Who Wants Democracy? A Global
Multilevel Analysis.”
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2014 Suzanne Levy Summer Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
($4,000)
2013 Long-Term Fieldwork Grant, American Institute for Maghrib Studies ($15,000)
2013 Graduate Student Skills Fund Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($500)
2013 Summer FLAS Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($6,500)
2012 Graduate Student Project Pilot Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
($500)
2011 Graduate Student Travel Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($900)
2011 Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace Award, Middlebury College ($10,210)
2011 Summer FLAS Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ($6,500,
declined)
2010 Summer and Academic Year FLAS Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill ($35,500)
2007 Mekis Scholarship for the Study of Political Philosophy, University of Georgia ($1,000)
DISTINCTIONS
2012 Distinction, Sociological Theory Comprehensive Examination, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
2012 Distinction, Political Sociology Comprehensive Examination, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
2011 Graduate Certificate in Middle East Studies, Duke-UNC Middle East Studies Consortium
2011 CLS Scholar, Critical Language Scholarship Program, U.S. Department of State
(declined)
2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia School of Public and
International Affairs
2006 Advanced Honors, Georgia State University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015 “Global Culture and Subcultures: Identity and Support for Islamic Law in MajorityMuslim Countries,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
2014 “Shari’a, Democracy, and the Limits of Survey Research in the Arab World: Lessons
from Tunisia,” Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2014 “Modernization as Moderator: A Multilevel Analysis of Global Support for Democracy,”
(with Ijlal Naqvi). American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
CA.
2014 “Increasing Student Retention and Academic Achievement in Online Classes:
Recommendations for Tunisian Students,” (with Lisa Baranik and Kelly Reburn).
International Symposium on Information and Communication Technologies for Teaching
and Learning, Tunis, Tunisia.
2013 “The Political Economy of News Gathering: Attention to Foreign Leaders in the US
News Media, 1950-2008,” (with Charles Seguin). American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting, New York, NY.
2012 “Who Should Rule an Islamic State?” American Sociological Association Annual
Meeting, Denver, CO.
2011 “‘You Can’t Handle Freedom!’ How North African Autocrats Talk ‘Democracy’,”
Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2011 “Appropriate(d) Democracy: Analyzing Elite Discourse across North Africa,” American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. Parts presented at the 8th
Annual Duke-UNC Islamic Studies Conference, Durham, NC.
2010 “Recoupling Democracy in the Arab World,” Middle East Studies Association Annual
Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2010 “Avoiding the Revolutionary Garbage Can: Edmund Burke as a New Institutionalist,”
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP
2012 “Secession and Revolution.” WUNC North Carolina Public Radio. November 27.
[http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Secession_and_Revolution.mp3/view]
2012 “Diversity in the Muslim World.” East Carolina University Department of Psychology.
March 2.
2011 “Discourses of Democracy in Authoritarian Contexts: The Case of Ben Ali.” February 2.
2008 “Teaching Political Science.” University of Georgia School of Public and International
Affairs. October 10.
TEACHING
Instructor of Record
Introduction to International Relations (2009)
Social Theory (2012, 2013)
Political Sociology (2013)
Social Interaction (distance education course 2013-2015)
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to American Politics (2007-2009)
Introduction to Social Theory (2009)
Sociology of Muslim Societies (2010)
Race and Ethnic Relations (2011, 2015)
Sociological Perspectives (2012)
Social and Economic Justice (service learning course 2014)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Arabic-English Translator, 2014
Islamist Political Party Project
Principal Investigator: Charles Kurzman
Data Analyst, 2013
Collective Action Dynamics in the U.S.
Principal Investigators: Neal Caren, Sarah Soule, and Edwin Amenta
Data Analyst, 2012
Patriarchy and Low Fertility
Principal Investigator: Charles Kurzman
Content Analyst, 2012
Islam and British Counter-Terrorism Policies
Principal Investigator: Christopher Bail
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Ad Hoc Reviewer for International Studies Quarterly, Mobilization, Social Forces
Data Analyst, Tunisian Association for Management and Social Stability, 2013-2014
Technology Officer, UNC Sociology Graduate Student Association, 2010-2011
Co-organizer, Duke-UNC Graduate Student Islamic Studies Conference. Duke University, 2010.
Arabic language interpreter for CWS Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program, 2010-2011.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Middle East Studies Association of North America
American Institute for Maghrib Studies
LANGUAGES
Modern Standard Arabic, Tunisian Colloquial Arabic, French (reading), Stata, Python, MPlus, R
REFERENCES
Dr. Charles Kurzman
227 Hamilton Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Phone: 919-962-1241
Relationship: Doctoral advisor, grant supervisor
Dr. Andrew Perrin
159 Hamilton Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Phone: 919-962-5044
Relationship: Doctoral committee member
Dr. Kenneth Honerkamp
203 Peabody Hall
University of Georgia
Phone: 706-542-1727
Relationship: MA advisor