Bio
Dr. Karin De Angelis Performs faculty duties in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Air Force Academy. Develops and teaches undergraduate courses in Behavioral Sciences including: Social Class, Race, and Ethnicity in Society; Introduction to Sociology; Gender and Sexuality in Society; and Senior Capstone. Provides guidance and serves as a role model for officer candidates and junior faculty to include lead faculty for the sociocultural concentration. Initiates, coordinates and conducts research in areas of specialization. Currently serving as assistant Advisor-in-Charge responsible for providing academic support to all faculty and leading the advising of all behavioral science majors.
Education
Ph.D. University of Maryland (Sociology)
M.A. University of Maryland (Sociology)
A.B. University of Chicago (Sociology)
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2016-Present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2011-2016)
Leadership, Education, and Development (LEAD) Program Coordinator, University of Maryland and U.S. Naval Academy (2010-2011)
Research Assistant, Center for Research on Military Organization, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. (2006-2010)
Personnel Officer, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2000-2006)
Honors & Awards
Finalist, Heiser Award, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2019 & 2017)
Fellow, Aspen Institute/Wye Faculty Seminar (2016)
Paper of the Year Award, DFBL, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2016 & 2015)
Outstanding Academy Educator Award, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2015)
Excellence in Teaching, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2012)
Charles H. Coates Graduate Research Award, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. (2009)
C. Wright Mills Fellowship, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. (2006-2008)
Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology Honor Society), University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. (2007)
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. (2000)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Gender, work and family
Race/ethnicity in the U.S. military, with a focus on Hispanic service members
Military Families
Sexual Assault Prevention
Experiences of LGBTQ service members
Qualitative Research Methods
GENZ and Millennial Attitudes toward national defense
Publications
Judith Rosenstein, Karin De Angelis, David McCone and Marjorie Carroll. “Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment at the US Military Academies.” Military Psychology 30(3). (2018)
Karin De Angelis, “Rising Minority: Hispanics in the U.S. Military.” in A Force for Diversity? Inclusion in the American Military, edited by David Rohall, Morten Ender, and Mike Matthews. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. (2017)
David G. Smith and Karin De Angelis. “Lesbian and Gay Service Members and Their Families” in A Force for Diversity?Inclusion in the American Military, edited by David Rohall, Morten Ender, and Mike Matthews. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2017)
Karin De Angelis. “The Organizational Experiences of Mexican American Men and Women in the U.S. Marine Corps.” Res Militaris, Special Issue on Women in the Military (1). (2015)
Karin De Angelis and Mady Wechsler Segal. “Transitions in the Military and the Family as Greedy Institutions: Original Concept and Current Applicability.” in Military Families on Mission, Comparative Perspectives, edited by Rene Moelker, Manon Andres, Gary L. Bowen, and Philippe Manigart. London: Routledge. (2015)
Manon Andres, Karin De Angelis, and David McCone. “Reintegration, Reconciliation and Relationship Quality.” in Military Families on Mission, Comparative Perspectives, edited by Rene Moelker, Manon Andres, Gary L. Bowen, and Philippe Manigart. London: Routledge. (2015)
Karin De Angelis, Michelle Sandhoff, Kimberly Bonner, and David R. Segal. “Sexuality in the Military.” in International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality, edited by Amanda K. Baumle. New York: Springer Press. (2013)
Karin De Angelis and David R. Segal. “Minorities in the Military.” in Oxford Handbook of Military Psychology, edited by Michael D. Matthews and Janice Laurence. New York: Oxford University Press. (2012)
Richard Cooney, Karin De Angelis, and Mady Wechsler Segal. “Moving with the Military: Race, Class, and Gender Differences in the Employment Consequences of Tied Migration.” Race, Gender, and Class 18(1-2). (2011)
Karin De Angelis and David R. Segal. “The U.S. Armed Forces after 9/11.” Pp. 43-60 in The Impact of 9/11 on Politics and War, edited by Matthew J. Morgan. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (2009)
David R. Segal and Karin De Angelis. “Changing Conceptions of the Military Profession.” Pp. 194-212 in American Civil-Military Relations: Fifty Years after the Soldier and the State, edited by Suzanne C. Nielsen and Don M. Snider. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2009)