Azdren Coma
Department of Sociology
Washington State University
azdren.coma@wsu.edu
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CV AZDREN COMA – 20241117
Education
Washington State University, Pullman WA
Ph.D., Sociology,
Chair. Dr. Thomas Rotolo
A.B.D.
Washington State University, Pullman WA
M.A., Sociology,
Thesis: “Testing the Relationship Between Political Cueing and Environmental Opinion”
Chair. Dr. Erik Johnson
2021
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick NJ
B.A., Sociology (Magna Cum Laude, High Honors)
Thesis: “Social Influences on Disaster Risk Communication”
Chair. Dr. Lee Clarke
2016
Research & Teaching Interests
Environmental sociology, climate change, research methods (survey design, experimental methods, quantitative analysis), political polarization, gender.
Publications
Coma, Azdren, Erik W. Johnson, and Philip Schwadel. 2024. “Elite Cueing, Gender, and the Partisan Gap in Environmental Support.” The Sociological Quarterly. http://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2024.2347917
Johnson, Erik W., Azdren Coma, and Samantha Castonguay. 2023. “Characteristics of Large Environmental Nonprofits That Identify Climate Change and Social Justice as Focal Concerns.” The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. doi/10.1177/08997640221138264
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
- The Total Survey Design podcast. Creator, co-host. Season 1 – 2024
Teaching Experience
Instructor:
- Introduction to Sociology – SOC 101 (Summer 2024, Winter 2022)
- Juvenile Delinquency – SOC 362 (Spring 2024, Summer 2023)
- Society and Technology – SOC 230 (Fall 2023)
- Sociology of Sport – SOC 245 (Spring 2023)
- Sociology of Deviance – SOC 360 (Summer 2022)
Teaching Assistant:
- Criminology – SOC 361 (Fall 2022)
- Quantitative Techniques in Sociology – SOC 321 (Spring 2022)
- Introduction to Sociology – SOC 101 (Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018)
- Sociology of Food – SOC 336 (Spring 2020)
Guest Lectures
- The Fundamentals of Survey Design (Fall 2024)
- The Fundamentals of Survey Design (Summer 2023)
- Introduction to Criminology (Fall 2022)
- Survey Design (Spring 2022)
- Environmental Sociology (Fall 2021)
- Click here to view an abridged recorded PowerPoint video of this guest lecture.
- Environmental Sociology (Spring 2021)
- Food Insecurity (Spring 2020)
- Experimental Methods (Fall 2019)
- The Sociology of Health (Spring 2019)
Presentations and Public Events
- NPR – Spokane Affiliate station radio interview – June 2024
- WSU Insider – Newspaper interview – June 2024
- WSU Graduate School Meet & Greet presentation – Aug. 2022 (click here to view this presentation)
- Poster presentation, 2022 Academic Showcase Expo – Mar. 2022
- Public Roundtable Discussion of Local Non-Profit Organizations – Sep. 2021
- The Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (NVSQ) symposium on Climate Change and the Voluntary Sector – Aug. 2021
- ASA Presentation – Section on the Environment Roundtable – Aug. 2021
- WSU Annual Academic Showcase – Apr. 2021
- Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Research Exposition poster session – Apr. 2021
- Aresty Research Center Symposium Apr. 2016 (click here to view this poster)
- Departmental Honors Thesis Public Presentation – Apr. 2016
Awards and Honors
- WSU – Nominated for the Excellence in Online Teaching Award – 2024
- NSF ATE conference funding, approximately – 2023
- WSU – Don Dillman Fellowship – 2023
- WSU – Depew, Ann Madsen Memorial Fund – 2023
- WSU – Fred. R. Yoder Graduate Fellowship Endowment – 2023
- WSU – Depew, Ann Madsen Memorial Fund – 2022
- WSU – Fred. R. Yoder Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Sociology – 2021
- WSU – Jeanne Jewett Scholarship – 2021
- WSU – Department of Sociology Graduate Student Excellence Award – 2020
- WSU – The Professional Development Initiative Grammarly Membership – 2020
- WSU – Paul and Bessie Landis Scholarship – 2020
- WSU – Paul and Bessie Landis Scholarship – 2019
- Rutgers – SAS – Henry Rutgers Scholar Award, In recognition of the outstanding thesis for the academic year – 2016
- Rutgers – Sociology Department – Benjamin Zablocki Prize, Awarded for exceptional commitment to exploring the sociological imagination – 2016
- Rutgers University – SAS Paul Robeson Scholar – 2015–2016
Research and Work Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant for the Office of Strategy, Planning, and Analysis, WSU – August 2024 – present
- Survey Design Consultant for the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at WSU – Fall 2021 – Spring 2022, Fall 2024 – present
- Research Assistant for the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at WSU – August 2022 – August 2024
- Program Evaluator for the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at WSU – Summer 2022
- Program Evaluator for WSU Entrepreneurship Skills and Knowledge Accelerator (WESKA) conference – June 2022
- Data Scientist for the Social & Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at WSU – Summer 2021
- Census Field Supervisor (CFS) for the U.S. Census – Spring 2020 – Fall 2020
- Web Designer for Washington Rural Jails Network – Spring 2020
- Research Assistant for Professor Erik Johnson, WSU – Spring 2020
- Program Assistant at the WSU Entrepreneurship Skills and Knowledge Accelerator (WESKA) conference – Spring 2019
Research Skills and Software
- Survey Design: Questionnaire Design, Qualtrics, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey
- Click here to view an extensive gallery of various elements involved in survey design.
- Experimental Methods: Survey Experiments, A/B and hypotheses testing, Prolific
- Quantitative Research Methods: STATA, Excel, SAS, SQL, C++
- See my State Reference Sheet.
- See my Excel Reference Sheet.
- Geographic Information System / Mapping: ArcGIS ESRI
- See my ArcGIS Guide.
- Education Software: peerScholar, mTuner, Canvas, Panopto, Blackboard
- Web Design and UX Design: WordPress, Squarespace, SEO & SEM, HTML
- Computer-Aided Drafting: CATIA, AutoCAD
A small gallery of some of my GIS abilities is provided below:
Service
- The Environmental Resilience Commission, Pullman WA – 2023-2025
- ASA Student Forum Advisory Board – 2023 – 2025
- Citizens Climate Lobby – December 2021 – present
- University Appeals Board, WSU – 2019 – 2021
- WSU The Graduate and Professional Student Association, Research Exposition Judge – 2020, 2021
- Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR) – Student Feedback Committee, WSU – 2019 – 2021
- WSU Sociology Graduate Student Organization, Community Service Committee – 2018 – 2020
- WSU Sociology Graduate Student Organization, Louis Gray Award Committee – 2020 – 2021
- Citizens Climate Lobby, survey data analyst – 2021 – 2022
- Click here to view the report delivered to the Pullman Washington City Council in 2022.
- Struganët për Strugën / Стружани за Струга – 2017 – 2021
- Helios Electron, consultation – 2019
Academic Memberships and Affiliations
- American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) – 2024 – present
- ASA – Environment and Tech Section – 2018 – present
- Climate Change & the Voluntary Sector Virtual Seminar Series – 2021 – present
- Citizens Climate Lobby – 2021 – present
- Environmental Sociology Lab, WSU – 2019 – 2021