Katherine R. Rowell
Ph.D.
Katherine R. Rowell, Ph.D. earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and a Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and has taught sociology at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio since 1996. She served as the Founding Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sinclair Community College from 2008 to 2015. For the past eight years, she has taught advanced sociology courses in racism and poverty at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Rowell has won numerous awards for teaching excellence: American Sociological Association Teaching Excellence Award (2012), Outstanding Community College Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement of Scholarship and Education and the Carnegie Foundation in 2005, the 2005 North Central Sociological Professor of the Year and the 2012 American Sociological Association Distinguished Teaching Award. She is the former board chair of the Dayton International Peace Museum and strives to infuse peace literacy in all of her work. She has traveled with students for over ten years to the U.S. Mexican Border to learn about border issues and has co-organized four trips for students to Guatemala. She has also traveled to over 40 countries including Costa Rica where she participated in a faculty development project learning about peace and recently to Mongolia, where she participated in the North Asian Regional Peace Institute.
For over 35 years, Dr. Rowell has taught at a wide variety of educational institutions. Her work within the higher education sector has exposed her to various universities, liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges/universities, and community colleges. As such, she has been able to work with colleagues and students who are from diverse backgrounds. Due to her varied personal and professional experience, she seeks to reform educational institutions in order to achieve greater effectiveness and efficiency while simultaneously creating safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all individuals to thrive regardless of their background. Recently. Kathy was awarded an American Society of Learned Communities Community College Research fellowship to investigate the issue of children and eviction (Hyperlink: https://www.sinclair.edu/news/article/sinclair-community-college-professor-awarded-2022-mellon-acls-community-college-faculty-fellowship/).
Dr. Rowell is often found giving back to her local community (Dayton, Ohio) by serving on various volunteer boards, subcommittees, and in other impactful public service areas. In recent years, she has served on the Dayton International Peace Museum Board of Trustees. Fun Fact: The museum is America's only brick-and-mortar peace museum which desires to bring awareness to nonviolent strategies for building peace. Dr. Rowell has also served as the Founding Director (2008-2015) of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sinclair Community College. Today, she is currently serving as a tenured (30+ years) Professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College and the Founder/Senior Consultant for Renee Tea Rose, LLC which offers a wide variety of educational consulting services.
For over 35 years, Dr. Rowell has taught at a wide variety of educational institutions. Her work within the higher education sector has exposed her to various universities, liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges/universities, and community colleges. As such, she has been able to work with colleagues and students who are from diverse backgrounds. Due to her varied personal and professional experience, she seeks to reform educational institutions in order to achieve greater effectiveness and efficiency while simultaneously creating safe, welcoming, and inclusive environments for all individuals to thrive regardless of their background. Recently. Kathy was awarded an American Society of Learned Communities Community College Research fellowship to investigate the issue of children and eviction (Hyperlink: https://www.sinclair.edu/news/article/sinclair-community-college-professor-awarded-2022-mellon-acls-community-college-faculty-fellowship/).
Dr. Rowell is often found giving back to her local community (Dayton, Ohio) by serving on various volunteer boards, subcommittees, and in other impactful public service areas. In recent years, she has served on the Dayton International Peace Museum Board of Trustees. Fun Fact: The museum is America's only brick-and-mortar peace museum which desires to bring awareness to nonviolent strategies for building peace. Dr. Rowell has also served as the Founding Director (2008-2015) of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Sinclair Community College. Today, she is currently serving as a tenured (30+ years) Professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College and the Founder/Senior Consultant for Renee Tea Rose, LLC which offers a wide variety of educational consulting services.
ACADEMIC TRAINING
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1987, Political Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
M.A., 1989, Applied Behavioral Science, Wright State University Master’s Thesis, “Suburban Homeless: An Examination of the Issue.”
Ph.D. September 1994, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Urban and Community Poverty Issues Social Problems
Race and Ethnicity Peace and Conflict Cultural Diversity
Teaching Research Methods Globalization and Global Issues
CERTIFICATIONS HELD
Certified Diversity Trainer, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, Denver, Colorado, June 1998
Certification in Leadership Studies, Phi Theta Kappa International, May 2002.
Quality Matters Certification, August 2010.
DISSERTATION TOPIC
An Examination of How Black Families and White Families Exit Persistent Poverty: Exploring the Importance of Individual and Structural Factors
B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1987, Political Science, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
M.A., 1989, Applied Behavioral Science, Wright State University Master’s Thesis, “Suburban Homeless: An Examination of the Issue.”
Ph.D. September 1994, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Urban and Community Poverty Issues Social Problems
Race and Ethnicity Peace and Conflict Cultural Diversity
Teaching Research Methods Globalization and Global Issues
CERTIFICATIONS HELD
Certified Diversity Trainer, National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, Denver, Colorado, June 1998
Certification in Leadership Studies, Phi Theta Kappa International, May 2002.
Quality Matters Certification, August 2010.
DISSERTATION TOPIC
An Examination of How Black Families and White Families Exit Persistent Poverty: Exploring the Importance of Individual and Structural Factors
PUBLICATIONS
Rowell, Katherine, Mark Maier, and R. Heather McDonald. “Disciplinary Society Engagement with Community College Faculty: A Key Element for Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Teachers College Record, Date Published: March 07, 2022
Hyperlink: https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 23997, Date Accessed: 3/10/2022 10:49:37 AM
Maier, Mark, Katherine R. Rowell and R. Heather Macdonald (Co-editors).2021. Community College Faculty Engagement with Disciplinary Societies. New Directions for Community Colleges. Summer (194).
Katherine R Rowell, Margaret Weigers Vitullo, Michelle A. Smith, and David L. Levinson. "Integrating Community College Faculty into Disciplinary Associations: Lessons from Sociology." New Directions for Community Colleges 2021(194):139-149.
Sal Meyers, Katherine Rowell, Mary Wells & Brian C. Smith (2019) Teacher Empathy: A Model of Empathy for Teaching for Student Success, College Teaching, DOI Hyperlink: 10.1080/87567555.2019.1579699
Kapitulik, Brian P., Katherine R. Rowell, Michelle A. Smith, and Nicole V. Amaya.
2016. “Examining the Professional Status of Full-time Sociology Faculty in Community Colleges.” Teaching Sociology 44(4): 256-69.
Bodary, David, Petrey, Derek and Rowell, Katherine. "Engaging Students Civically and Politically at Sinclair Community College." Diversity and Democracy. Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 2015.
Wells, M, Gilbert, E., Mahle-Grisez, L., Newman, R,& Rowell, K. (2014). “High Hopes: Fostering a Culture of Hope at a Community College.” Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 26(1), 60-66.
Rowell, Katherine R. and Craig This. 2013. “Exploring the Sociology Curriculum at Community Colleges in the United States.” American Sociologist. Springer Publishing: Volume 44, No. 4.
Levinson, David and Katherine R. Rowell, co-edited a special edition of the American Sociologist. “Examining Sociology at Community College”. Springer Publishing: Volume 44, No. 4, December 2013.
Rowell, Katherine (along with Edward L. Kain, Kathleen Piker-King, Keith A. Roberts, Mary Scheuer Senter, and Gregory L. Weiss). 2013. Applying for a Faculty Position in a Teaching-Oriented Institution. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.
Khani, Mohsen and Katherine R. Rowell. October 2010. “Reflections of Six Years of Traveling with Students to the U.S. Mexican Border: The Importance of Experiential Learning.” National Social Science Association Conference Proceedings. Long Beach, California.
Rowell, Katherine. August 2010. “The Community College Conundrum: Pitfalls and Possibilities of Professional Sociological Association. Sociological Focus.
Editor of the Teaching Activities published in the textbook Sociology Now by Michael Kimmel and Amy Aroson. Allyn and Bacon, 2008.
Rowell, Katherine. August 2006. “A Year of Reflecting on Teaching: What We Know About the Classroom and What We Don’t Know About the Hallways.” Sociological Focus: Volume 39.
Study guide materials to accompany the James Henslin 7th edition Introductory Sociology textbook, Allyn and Bacon, 2004.
Careers in Sociology. 1998. Allyn and Bacon. (I am one of the contributing authors).
Mobley, Catherine; Steele, Stephen, and Katherine R. Rowell. 1997. Getting a Headstart on Your Career as an Applied Sociologist: A Workbook for Job Seekers. Society for Applied Sociology Publication.
Sommers, David and Katherine Rowell, 1992 “Factors Differentiating Elderly Residential Movers and Non-movers: A Longitudinal Analysis” Population Research and Policy Review 11: 249-262
Rowell, Katherine, Mark Maier, and R. Heather McDonald. “Disciplinary Society Engagement with Community College Faculty: A Key Element for Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Teachers College Record, Date Published: March 07, 2022
Hyperlink: https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 23997, Date Accessed: 3/10/2022 10:49:37 AM
Maier, Mark, Katherine R. Rowell and R. Heather Macdonald (Co-editors).2021. Community College Faculty Engagement with Disciplinary Societies. New Directions for Community Colleges. Summer (194).
Katherine R Rowell, Margaret Weigers Vitullo, Michelle A. Smith, and David L. Levinson. "Integrating Community College Faculty into Disciplinary Associations: Lessons from Sociology." New Directions for Community Colleges 2021(194):139-149.
Sal Meyers, Katherine Rowell, Mary Wells & Brian C. Smith (2019) Teacher Empathy: A Model of Empathy for Teaching for Student Success, College Teaching, DOI Hyperlink: 10.1080/87567555.2019.1579699
Kapitulik, Brian P., Katherine R. Rowell, Michelle A. Smith, and Nicole V. Amaya.
2016. “Examining the Professional Status of Full-time Sociology Faculty in Community Colleges.” Teaching Sociology 44(4): 256-69.
Bodary, David, Petrey, Derek and Rowell, Katherine. "Engaging Students Civically and Politically at Sinclair Community College." Diversity and Democracy. Vol. 18, No. 4, Fall 2015.
Wells, M, Gilbert, E., Mahle-Grisez, L., Newman, R,& Rowell, K. (2014). “High Hopes: Fostering a Culture of Hope at a Community College.” Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 26(1), 60-66.
Rowell, Katherine R. and Craig This. 2013. “Exploring the Sociology Curriculum at Community Colleges in the United States.” American Sociologist. Springer Publishing: Volume 44, No. 4.
Levinson, David and Katherine R. Rowell, co-edited a special edition of the American Sociologist. “Examining Sociology at Community College”. Springer Publishing: Volume 44, No. 4, December 2013.
Rowell, Katherine (along with Edward L. Kain, Kathleen Piker-King, Keith A. Roberts, Mary Scheuer Senter, and Gregory L. Weiss). 2013. Applying for a Faculty Position in a Teaching-Oriented Institution. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.
Khani, Mohsen and Katherine R. Rowell. October 2010. “Reflections of Six Years of Traveling with Students to the U.S. Mexican Border: The Importance of Experiential Learning.” National Social Science Association Conference Proceedings. Long Beach, California.
Rowell, Katherine. August 2010. “The Community College Conundrum: Pitfalls and Possibilities of Professional Sociological Association. Sociological Focus.
Editor of the Teaching Activities published in the textbook Sociology Now by Michael Kimmel and Amy Aroson. Allyn and Bacon, 2008.
Rowell, Katherine. August 2006. “A Year of Reflecting on Teaching: What We Know About the Classroom and What We Don’t Know About the Hallways.” Sociological Focus: Volume 39.
Study guide materials to accompany the James Henslin 7th edition Introductory Sociology textbook, Allyn and Bacon, 2004.
Careers in Sociology. 1998. Allyn and Bacon. (I am one of the contributing authors).
Mobley, Catherine; Steele, Stephen, and Katherine R. Rowell. 1997. Getting a Headstart on Your Career as an Applied Sociologist: A Workbook for Job Seekers. Society for Applied Sociology Publication.
Sommers, David and Katherine Rowell, 1992 “Factors Differentiating Elderly Residential Movers and Non-movers: A Longitudinal Analysis” Population Research and Policy Review 11: 249-262
