Tamara Mose
Professor
Sociology
Location: 3103a James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1772
Fax: 718.951.4639
Email:
Tamara Mose joined the Brooklyn College faculty in 2008 as a professor of sociology. She was Program Director of the dual major Caribbean studies at Brooklyn College from 2012-13 and the Director of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship from 2017-2022. From 2020-21, Dr. Mose was Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the American Sociological Association. Her goals are simple -- to enrich the education of students by allowing them to connect their research to their everyday lives.
Education:
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center - 2008 (Sociology)
M.A., Queens College (CUNY) - 2006 (Sociology)
B.A., California State University, Northridge - 2003 (Psychology)
A.A., College of the Canyons - 2001 (Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
Race and ethnicity, urban communities, qualitative methods, family, Caribbean diaspora.
Books and Publications
Mose, Tamara (2021). Toward a More Equitable Food System: An Introduction. American Sociological Association Footnotes. 49(1): 1
(Books and Publications: Other) 2021
The Playdate: Parents, Children, and The New Expectations of Play. NYU Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
Mose Brown, Tamara and Joanna Dreby. Artificial Divide: Family and Work in the Ethnographic Field. Temple Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2013
"'West Indianness' as an Ethnographic Presentation of Self in the Field: Black Canadians Across the Border." Southern Journal of Canadian Studies, June, 5.1. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
"Who's the Boss? The Political Economy of Unpaid Care Work and Food Sharing." Feminist Economics, Summer. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Mose Brown, Tamara and Erynn Masi de Casanova. "Representing the Language of the Other?: African American Vernacular English in Ethnography." Ethnography. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2012
Raising Brooklyn: Nannies, Childcare and Caribbeans Creating Community. New York: New York University. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2011
Mose Brown, Tamara and Erynn Masi de Casanova. "Mothers in the Field: How Motherhood Shapes Fieldwork and Researcher-Subject Relations." Women's Studies Quarterly 37.3&4. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Kurtz Fellowship: Food and Sex: The Commodification of Physical Capital 2017
(Grants and Fellowships) 2017
Mellon Mays Transfer Undergraduate Research Program: sponsors 3 student R.A.s, 2016
(Grants and Fellowships) 2016
PSC CUNY Grant (Grants and Fellowships) 2015
Dean's Curriculum Initiative: Caribbean Studies course, 2013
(Grants and Fellowships) 2013
Diversity Project Development Fund: Caribbean Studies conference, 2013 (Grants and Fellowships) 2013
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program fellowship. 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Leonard and Claire Tow Faculty Travel Fellowship, for research on aging Jamaicans. 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC CUNY grant. 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
New Faculty Fund, for "Aging Jamaicans in Kingston." (Awards and Honors) 2009
Research Activities
Researching aging Jamaicans in New York and Kingston, Jamaica, as part of the larger research being conducted by the New York Academy of Medicine. 2010
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Social Science Research Council
History Department Chairs Conference/Workshop (AHA)
Moderator for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion panel on hiring and promotion
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2022
St. Thomas Aquinas College, Department of Sociology, Family Course Book Talk: Raising Brooklyn (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
Stonybrook University, Book Talk: Raising Brooklyn (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
University of Connecticut, Caribbean Literature, Symposium Lecture Moderator
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
New York City Seminar, Discussant: Caribbean Carnival Music in New York, The Gotham Center for New York City History
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
Women and Gender Studies, Brooklyn College, Domestic Workers: A Global Perspective, Panel Chairperson (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
The New School, Leaning In/Leaning On/Learning Out, Organized by: Terri Gordon (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
University of Toronto, Sociology Department, Book Talk: The Playdate
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Eastern Sociological Society, Authors Meets Critics: Raising Brooklyn, Critics: Dr. Mary Waters, Dr. Pamela Stone, Dr. Cameron Macdonald
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Old Westbury, SUNY, October 25, 2012, Book talk: Raising Brooklyn
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Penn State University, Lehigh Valley, Teaching International Speakers and Panels series, Book talk: Raising Brooklyn
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
Rutgers University, Newark, The Women's and Gender Studies Annual Symposium: The City
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
The Graduate Center, Gotham Center, Domestic Workers in New York City: Yesterday and Today
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
University of Kentucky, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, Nanny Networks: A Discussion about Raising Brooklyn
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
University of Kentucky, Symposium, Building a Community of Mothers, Under the Watchful Eye
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Going from Deh to They: Translating West Indians in Ethnography." Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, March 20. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Mothers in the Field: How Motherhood Shapes Fieldwork and Researcher-Subject Relations." The Mother Symposium, Women's Studies Quarterly. New York, Feb. 26. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Competing Spaces: How West Indian Childcare Providers Negotiate Public and Private Space." Dreamland Pavilion: Brooklyn and Development Conference. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Professional Leadership
Centering Voices of Caribbean Immigrant Domestic Workers: Advancing a Narrative of Respect, Dignity, and Hope Co-chair 2023 at Brooklyn College
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2023
Rosen Fellowship Program 2011-2013, 2018, 2020, 2023 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2023
Social Science Research Council, Advisory Board Member for SSRC Advance/Progress Program (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2022
American Sociological Association, Minority Fellowship Program Panel Organizer,
Violence, Race, and The Body: The Theorizing Police of Violence, Masculinity, and Pharmaceutical Markets
(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
American Sociological Association, Minority Fellowship Program Panel Organizer, The Social Construction of Identity and Statehood in the U.S. and Dominican Republic
(Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Faculty and Student Disciplinary Panel (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2018
Director of Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Black Male Leadership Initiative/ERIS advisory committee member
(Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2013
Presidential Advisory Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Chairwoman, Paper Awards Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Faculty and Student Disciplinary Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Member, Theory Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Community Activities
Faculty Mentor to Midwood High School Research Lab students
2018
Mommycon, Washington DC, The Playdate-book talk 2016
Domestic Workers Working Group, The Graduate Center, Manhattan, Organized by: Sujatha Fernandes
2015
Brooklyn College, Host and Moderator of Flatbush Film Festival
2012
CaribBEING Flatbush Film Festival, Opening Remarks and Moderator 2012
Other Professional Activities
Faculty mentor, Sociology Club. 2023
Sociological Undergraduate Research Competition Organizer 2009-2014, 2016, 2023 2023
ASA Webinar host: Walking the Walk: Promoting the Inclusion and Empowerment of Sociologists at HBCUs and HSIs 2021
Curriculum Consultant to SEI Studios for online Sociology course
2021
Anne Helen Petersen: Exhausted Millennial Parents, Book Critic: Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
2020
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the American Sociological Association 2020
The Graduate Center, Convocation Address Speaker
2017
Sociological Focus Editorial Board, Member 2014-2016
2016
Chapter representative, Alpha Kappa Delta, the honors society for sociology majors. 2010
Organizer, Sociological Undergraduate Research Competition. 2010
Mentor, Presidential Scholar's Program, Brooklyn College, 2009-10. 2009
