Faculty/Staff Profile
Steven J. Seiler, PhD
Daniel (DANL) 231 
(931) 372-3171
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Education
PhD, Sociology, 2010, University of Tennessee.
MS, Sociology/ Grad. Cert., International Research, 2006, Virginia Tech.
BA, Sociology/ BA, Political Science, 2003, University of Georgia.
AA, General Studies, 2001, Truett-McConnell College.
Research Interests
Areas of Specialization
Courses Taught
Committees
Reviewer
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships; Pearson Education
Dissertation
“Interstitial Copresence: Experiencing Self With and Within Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication.” Committee: Suzanne Kurth (chair), Robert Jones, Thomas Hood, David Houston
Publications
Book Chapters
“Stephenson’s Historical Ages of Death in the U.S.” (with Jason Milne) in The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, edited by Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2009.
“The Contemporary Wax Museum” (with Jason Milne) in The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, edited by Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2009.
“Death Notification” (with Jason Milne) in The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, edited by Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck, Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2009.
Editorship
Assistant Editor. 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, 2 vols., Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck, Co-Editors. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2007.
Manuscripts under Review
"It’s the Thought That Counts: Negotiating Personal Relationships within Interstitial Copresence."The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Under Review
“Interstitial Selves and Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication: Negotiating Close Relationships within Liminal Space.” The Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Revise and Resubmit.
“Doing Accounts: Toward a Dynamic Model of the Accounting Process.” (First Author with Suzanne Kurth) Sociological Spectrum. Revise and Resubmit.
Selected Panel, Presentations, & Roundtables
"It’s the Thought That Counts: Negotiating Personal Relationships within Interstitial Copresence." Roundtable. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV, August 2011.
“Negotiating the Self in Interstitial Space: A Study of Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication among College Students.” Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA, April 2009.
“Doing Accounts: Toward a Dynamic Model of the Accounting Process.” (with Suzanne Kurth) Roundtable. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Boston, MA. August 2008.
“When the Backstage Disappears: The Self and Electronically Mediated Interaction.” Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Boston, MA, August 2008.
“Posthumous Impression Management.” Paper Presentation. Couch-Stone Symposium. Urbana- Champaign, IL, May 2007.
“The Future Context of the Professorate.” Invited Panelist. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA, April 2007.
Organizer, Presider, & Discussant
Paper Session: Mediated Communication and Social Change. Co-Organizer (with Julie Wiest) Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Boston, MA. August 2008.
Paper Session: Presidential Elections: Explaining Success and Failure, 1984-2004. Presider. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA, April 2007.
Panel Session: Bringing Sociology Back In II. Invited Presider. Annual Mid-South Sociological Association. Lafayette, LA, October 2006.
Paper Session: Globalization, Class, and the State. Presider/ Discussant. Annual Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, NC, April 2005.
Paper Session: Impact and Theory behind Affects of Socio-Economic Status. Presider/Discussant. Annual Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, NC, April 2005.
Paper Session: Collective Identity and Social Movements in the Middle East and Asia. Organizer/Presider/Discussant. Annual Eastern Sociological Society Meeting. Washington, DC, March 2005.
Media Appearance
“Resisting the Norm: Some Buck Social Networking Trends.” Chattanooga Free Press, November 5, 2009.
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
Mid-South Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Southern Sociological Society
