Robert Bulman  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph. D. Sociology, UC Berkeley, 1999
• M.A. Sociology, UC Berkeley, 1992
• B.A. Sociology, UC Santa Cruz, 1989

Presentations:

Conference Papers

• Film and American Culture: The Case of the High School Film. Bulman, Robert C.
  Teachers, Teaching, and the Movies
  I am one of two keynote speakers at this conference at the College of Charleston.
  (October 2007)
• The Choreography of Gender: Ballroom Dancing and the Complexity of Gender Identity. Yamanashi, Allison and Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, New York, NY
  (August 2007)
• Having Fun, But Taking it Seriously: Using Teen Films in a Sociology of Education Class. Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, New York, NY
  (August 2007)
• The Progressive Potential of School Vouchers. Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada
  (August 2006)
• Notes Toward a Sociology of Film. Bulman, Robert C.
  Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, CA
  (April 2006)
• What do Sociology, Chemistry, and Religious Studies Have in Common?. Martinelli, Phylis and Bulman, Robert C.
  California Sociological Association, Sacramento, CA
  (November 2005)
• The Cultural Calculus of School Choice. Bulman, Robert C.
  The Napa Colloquium on School Choice
  I was an invited speaker at this conference sponsored by The Christian Brothers.
  (June 2005)
• Cinematic Study Abroad: The High School Film in Comparative Perspective. Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, San Francisco
  (August 2004)
• Challenging the Culture of Privilege: Class Conflict in the Private School Film. Bulman, Robert C.
  Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco
  (April 16, 2004)
• Expressing Yourself in a Culture of Conformity: Contradictions in Adolescent Cinema. Bulman, Robert C.
  Saint Mary's Faculty Research Forum
  (April 2003)
• Fighting the Culture of Popularity: Contradictions in Suburban School Cinema. Bulman, Robert C.
  California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA
  (2003)
• The Social Construction of Natural Disasters: An Interdisciplinary and Cooperative Teaching Method. Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL
  (August 2002)
• Teachers in the 'Hood: Hollywood's Middle-Class Fantasy. Bulman, Robert C.
  American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA
  (August 18, 2001)
• The Charter School Conundrum: A Progressive School Reform or a Conservative Social Policy?. Bulman, Robert C.
  PSA meetings, San Francisco
  I organized this panel for the PSA meetings in San Francisco in April.
  (April 2001)

Public Lectures

• Hollywood Film and American Culture. Bulman, Robert C.
  Sociology Department, College of Charleston
  (October 2007)
• Hollywood Film and American Culture. Bulman, Robert C.
  Kiwanis Club Meeting, Moraga, CA
  (May 2007)
• Hollywood Goes to High School. Bulman, Robert C.
  Socialization class at San Jose State University
  (November 2006)
• Hollywood Goes to High School. Bulman, Robert C.
  Hollywood Goes to High School class, at Portland State University
  This class was inspired by and organized around my book.
  (July 2006)
• Hollywood Goes to High School. Bulman, Robert C.
  Sociology of Film class, Sacramento State University
  (June 2005)
• Hollywood Goes to High School. Bulman, Robert C.
  Saint Mary's College of California
  A public lecture given at Saint Mary's College of California
  (February 2005)

Publications:

• Bulman, Robert. (2010). Class in the Classroom: Hollywood’s Distorted View of Inequality. In Sutherland, Jean-Anne and Feltey, Kathryn(Eds.), Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film. Sage.
• Bulman, Robert C. & McCants, Nicole S. (2008). Enlightened Teenage Masculinity. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Vol. 7, Iss. 3, 68-69.
• Bulman, Robert. (2007). Building Bridges: A Report on the Napa Colloquium on School Choice. In Family Choice in Education and the Lasallian Educational Mission. Napa, California: The Brothers of the Christian Schools, District of San Francisco.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2007). Response to the essay, 'One Nation, Slightly Divisible" by David Brooks. In The Presence of Others: Voices and Images that Call for Response. Bedford/St. Martins.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2007). Can a Living Legend be Inauthentic?. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Vol. 6, Iss. Fall.
• Leib, Allison Yamanashi & Bulman, Robert C. (2007). The Choreography of Gender: Masculinity, Femininity, and the Complex Dance of Identity in the Ballroom. Men and Masculinities, Vol. December.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2006). Shall We DanceSport? The World of Competitive Ballroom Dancing. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Vol. 5, Iss. 1.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2006). Review of Hollywood Films About Schools by Ronald Chennault. Teachers College Record, online, Vol. www.tcr.org.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2005). Hollywood Goes to High School: Cinema, Schools, and American Culture. New York: Worth Publishers
• Bulman, Robert C. (2005). Coach Carter: The Urban Cowboy Rides Again. Contexts: Understanding People in their Social Worlds, Vol. 4, Iss. 3.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2004). School-Choice Stories: The Role of Culture. Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 74, Iss. 4.
• Bulman, Robert C. (2002). Teachers in the 'Hood: Hollywood's Middle-Class Fantasy. The Urban Review, Vol. 34, Iss. 3.
• Bulman, Robert C. & Kirp, David L. (1999). The Shifting Politics of School Choice. In School Choice and Social Controversy: Politics, Policy, and Law. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.