VITA
TERESA LINNEA SCHEID
ADDRESS: Department of Sociology
.
University of North Carolina
at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
Office: 704-547-4297
e-mail: tlcheid@email.uncc.edu
EDUCATION: Ph.D. North Carolina State University,
1986
Major: Sociology
Minor: Political Science
and Public Policy
Dissertation Title: "Ritual
Conformity and Loose-Coupling in the Organization
of Outpatient Patient Commitment."
University of North Carolina
(Fall, 1982)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Graduate program in Sociology
Master of Science. Texas A&M
University, 1982
Major: Sociology
Thesis Title: "The Enlightenment
Faith in Progress and Social Science."
Bachelor of Arts. Heidelberg
College, 1979
Major: Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Associate Professor (1995-present),
Graduate Coordinator (1995-1997;
1998 to present)
Executive Director of the Health
Services Research Academy (2000 to present)
Department of Sociology, Anthropology
& Social Work
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Honorary Senior Lecture in Health and
Social Policy (October 2000-September 2002)
School of Health Studies
University of Wales-Swansea
Visiting Associate Professor (1997-1998)
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Assistant Professor (1990-1994)
Department of Sociology, Anthropology
& Social Work
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Postdoctoral Fellow (1993-1994)
National Institute of Mental Health
Mental Health Research Center
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Assistant Professor (1986-1990),
Director of Sociology (1988-1990)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Saint Vincent College, Latrobe
PA
Senior Research Assistant (1984-1986)
North Carolina State University
National Institute of Mental Health
funded grant,
"Evaluation of Civil Commitment:
Individual Outcomes."
Teaching Assistant (1983-1984)
North Carolina State University
(1983-1984)
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill (1982)
Texas A&M University (1980-1982)
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTEREST
Medical Sociology,
Sociology of Mental Health and Illness
Social Organization (including
Complex Organizations, Work and
Occupations, Professions)
Social Theory, Research Methods,
Social Problems
PUBLICATIONS
T.L. Scheid 2003. “Managed
Care and the Rationalization of Mental Health
Services.” Journal of Health and
Social Behavior. 44 (1):
T.L. Scheid. 2002. “Managed
Care, Managed Dollars, Managed Providers:
Ethical Dilemmas in Mental Healthcare.”
HealthCare Ethics Committee Forum,
14 (2):
T.L. Scheid and M.C. Suchman.
2001. “Ritual Conformity to the Americans With
Disabilities Act: Coercive and Normative
Isomorphism.” Research in Social Problems
and Public Policy, Volume 9: 101-136.
T.L. Scheid. 2001. “Medical Sociology:
Diversity and Integration.” Review Essay.
Contemporary Sociology 30: 110-113.
T.L. Scheid. 2001. “Coercion
in Mental Health Services.” Review Essay. Mental Health
Services 115-118.
T.L. Scheid. 2000. “Rethinking Professional
Prerogative: Managed Mental Health
Care Providers.” Sociology of Health
and Illness 17: 700-19.
A. V. Horwitz and T.L. Scheid.
(editors) 1999. Handbook for the Study of Mental
Health: Social Contexts, Theories
and Systems.Cambridge University Press.
Included within this volume are
three original chapters:
“Approaches to Mental Health and
Illness: Conflicting Definitions and
Emphases” by A.V. Horwitz and T.L.
Scheid, pg. 1-11.
“The Social Context of Mental Health
and Illness” by T.L. Scheid and
A.V. Horwitz, pg. 151-160.
“Mental Health Systems and Policy”
by T.L. Scheid and A.V. Horwitz,
pg. 377-391.
T.L. Scheid 1999. “Employment of
Individuals with Mental Disabilities: Business
Response to the ADA’s Challenge.”
Behavioral Sciences and the Law 17 (1): 73-91.
T.L. Scheid 1999. “Emotional Labor
and Burnout Among Mental Health Professionals”
Perspectives on Social Problems
11: 169-194
T.L. Scheid. 1999 “Compliance with the ADA and Employment of Those with Mental Disabilities.” Chapter in ADA, Employment, and Disability Policy, edited by Peter Blanck. Northwestern University Press.
D. Zablotsky, T.L. Scheid, and T.
Robertson. 1999 “Preparing for an Uncertain
Future: Assessing the Service Environment
and the Challenges of Providing Long Term
Care.” Research in the Sociology
of Health Care 16: 149-170..
T.L. Scheid. 1998. “The Americans
with Disabilities Act, Mental Disability, and
Employment Practices.” The Journal
of Behavioral Health Services and Research
25: 313-325.
T. L. Scheid. 1998. "Exploring the
Schizophrenic Self: Self Concept, Social Control and Freedom." Current
Perspectives in Social Theory Vol 18: 227-259.
T. L. Scheid, L. Fayram, V. Littlefield.
1998. "Work Experiences of Mental Health Care
Providers: Professional and Organizational
Determinants of Burnout and Satisfaction.”
Research in the Sociology of Health
Care 15: 51-76.
T. L. Scheid and J.R. Greenley.
1997. "Evaluations of Organizational Effectiveness in Mental
Health Programs." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38: 403-426.
T.L. Scheid and C. Anderson.
1995. "Living with Chronic Mental Illness: The Role of Work."
Community Mental Health Journal 31:163-176.
T.L. Scheid and A. Meyer. 1995.
"Holding Onto Success: A Case Study of Mental Health Care Reform."
Journal of Mental Health Administration 22: 29-37.
T.L. Scheid. 1994. "An
Explication of Treatment Ideologies Among Mental Health Care Providers."Sociology
of Health and Illness 16: 668-693.
T.L. Scheid. 1993. "An Investigation
of Work and Unemployment Among Psychiatric Clients." International
Journal of Health Services 23: 763-782.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1993. "Controllers and Controlled: An Analysis of Participant Constructions of Outpatient Commitment." Sociology of Health and Illness 15: 179-193.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1992. "Organizational Enactments and Conformity to Environmental Prescriptions." Human Relations 45:537-554.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1991. "The Validity of Social Control Critiques: Psychiatric Medication, Side Effects, and Outpatient Commitment. Sociological Focus 24:59-77.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1991. "Outpatient Commitment as Both Social Control and Least Restrictive Alternative." Sociological Quarterly 32:43-60.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1991. "Ritual Conformity and Organizational Control: Loose- Coupling or Professionalization?" Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 26:185-202.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1990. "Classic Texts in Freshman Courses: So Far So Good." Innovative Higher Education 15:43-54.
V.A. Hiday and T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1990. "Social Support Following Civil Commitment Experience." North Carolina Journal of Mental Health. XI:3-12.
V.A. Hiday and T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1990. "Outpatient Commitment for "Revolving Doors" Patients: Treatment and Compliance." The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorder 179:83-88.
V.A. Hiday and T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1989. "A Follow-Up of Chronic Patients Committed to Outpatient Treatment."Hospital and Community Psychiatry 40:52-59.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1988. "Mitigating
Organizational Contradictions: The Role of Mediatory Myths."
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 24:161-171.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1987.
"Commitment of the Mentally Ill to Outpatient Treatment." Community
Mental Health Journal 23:173-182.
T.L. Scheid-Cook, V.A. Hiday and K. Wooten. 1987. "Mental Patients Eager and Willing to Help Sociological Research." Sociology and Social Research 72: 57-61.
V.A. Hiday and T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1987. "The North Carolina Experience with Outpatient Commitment: A Critical Appraisal." International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 10:215-232.
V.A. Hiday and T.L. Scheid-Cook.
1987. "An Assessment of Outpatient Commitment in North Carolina."
Education and Self Management of the Psychiatric Patient 1:4-7.
T.L. Scheid-Cook. 1986.
"Scientific Progress in the Socio-cultural Sciences." Sociological
Spectrum 6: 269-287.
WORK IN PROGRESS
T.L. Scheid. Emotional Laborers:
The Social Structure of Mental Health Work.
8 chapter manuscript.
BOOK REVIEWS
Pathology and the Postmodern: Mental
Illness as Discourse and Experience by
Dwight Fee (2000: Sage Publications)
for Contemporary Sociology 30 (6): 653-654,
2001.
Handbook of the Sociology of Mental
Health edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C.
Phelan (1999: Kluwer Academic Press)
for Social Science and Medicine 53: 551-552, 2001.
Understanding Depression: Feminist
Social Constructionist Approaches by Janet M.
Stoppard (2000: Routledge, London)
for Health 5: 495-497, 2001.
The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women and
the Microbe in American Life by Nancy Tomes
(1998: Harvard University Press)
for Contemporary Sociology 28: 110-111, 1999.
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (1966: Oxford University Press) for Teaching Sociology 21: 312-214, 1993.
Max Weber: An Introduction to His Life and Work by Dirk Kasler (1988: University of Chicago Press) for Quarterly Journal of Ideology, 14,1990.
Gender, Ideology, and Action: Historical Perspectives on Women's Public Lives by Janet Sharistanian, editor (1986: Greenwood Press) for Quarterly Journal of Ideology 12:92- 94, 1988.
Social Stress in the United States by Arnold S. Linksy and Murray A. Strauss (1986: Auburn House Publishing) for Contemporary Sociology 16:881-882, 1987.
Ethnic Women and Feminist Values: Toward a "New" Value System by Abraham D. Lavender (1986: University Press of America) for Quarterly Journal of Ideology. 11:108-109, 1987.
The Enclosed Garden: Women and Community in the Evangelical South, 1930-1900 by Jean E. Friedman (1985: Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press) for Quarterly Journal of Ideology 10:59-60,1986.
The Therapeutic State by Thomas Szasz (1984. New York: Prometheus Books) for the Journal of Psychiatry and Law Spring: 145-147, 1987.
The Creation Controversy by Dorothy
Nelkin (1982.Boston: Beacon Press) for Quarterly Journal of Ideology
9:65-66, 1985.
GRANTS FUNDED
Evaluator for the Mecklenburg County
Integrated HIV Service Planning Project for
At-Risk and Ethnic Groups.
Principal Investigator is Anne Dalton, who I assisted in
grant preparation. This is
a one year planning grant, funded by SAMSHA ($124,511);
we will be working on the implementation
grant in the coming year.
“Impact of Managed Care on the Long
Term Care Sector.” UNC-C Research Support
Grant for 2001/02 for $10,000.00
with Diane Zablotsky.
“Analysis of Managed Mental Health
Care” Summer 1998 for 4,900.00. UNC-C
Faculty Research Grant.
“Long Term Care Services: An Evolving System” UNC-C Research Support Grant for 1998/99 for 8,050, with Diane Zablotsky.
"Business Conformity to the American with Disabilities Act: Employment of Those with Mental Disabilities." Summer 1996 for 4,600.00. UNC-C Faculty Research Grant.
“Development of Course work in Medical
Sociology” with Diane Zablotsky. 1996 for
8,000.00. UNC-C Curriculum
and Instructional Grant.
"Mental Illness as Disability: Employment
Opportunities and Obstacles" Summer 1995 for $4,100.00. UNC-C
Faculty Research Grant.
"Changing Models of Community Care
for the Chronically Mentally Ill" Summer 1992 for $3,975.00.
UNC-Charlotte Faculty Research Grant.
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
T.L. Scheid. “Dangerous and Incompetent:
Employers’ Perceptions of Mental Illness.”
Presented at the 2001 International
Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress (Montreal, July).
To be submitted to Law and Human Behavior.
T.L. Scheid. “Emotional Labor, Work
Identity, and Burnout.” Presented at the 2001
Southern Sociological Society Meetings
(Atlanta, April). Submitted to
Human Relations.
T.L. Scheid. “Commodification and
Contradiction: The Rationalization of Mental Health
Care.” Presented at the 2000 American
Sociological Association Meetings (Washington
DC, August), and at the Health in
Transition: European Perspectives Conference (University of York,
September, 2000). (Revised version published in Journal of Health
and Social Behavior, 2003.)
T.L. Scheid. “Managed Care, Managed
Dollars, Managed Providers: Ethical Dilemmas in
Mental Health Care.” Presented at
the 2000 Southern Sociological Society Meetings (New Orleans, April).
(Published in Healthcare Ethics Committee Forum, 2002.)
T.L. Scheid. “Managed Mental
Health Providers: Consequences of the Rationalization
of Care.” Presented at the 1999
American Sociological Association Meetings (Chicago).
T.L. Scheid. “Stigma and the Law:
An Examination of the Role Played by Stigma in
Business Compliance with the ADA.”
Presented at the 1999 International Congress
on Law and Psychiatry. June 1999,
Toronto.
“Preparing for an Uncertain Future:
Assessing the Service Environment and the
Challenges of Providing Long Term
Care.” Presented with Diane Zablotsky at
the American Sociological Association
Meetings. San Francisco, August 21-25, 1998.
(Published in Research in the Sociology
of Health Care, 1999).
"Ritual Conformity to the American
with Disabilities Act: Coercive and Normative Isomorphism."
Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. Toronto,
August 9-12 1997. (Published in
The Organizational Response to Social Problems, 2001).
"Burned-Out Emotional Laborers: An
Analysis of Emotional Labor, Work Identity and Burnout." Presented
at the American Sociological Association Meetings. New York,
August 16-21 1996.
"Employment of the Mentally Ill:
Ritual Conformity to the ADA by the Business Community" with
Mark C. Suchman. Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of
Social Problems, New York (August
15-17, 1996) and the SCOR Organizations Conference, Asilomar
California, April 1996.
"Working Conditions in Mental Health
Organizations: An Analysis of Professional and Occupational
Segments." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings.
Washington, DC, August 19-23, 1995. (Published in Research in the Sociology
of Health Care).
"Autonomy, Control and Professionalism
Among Mental Health Care Providers." Washington, DC, August 18-20,
1995. An earlier version was presented at the 1995
Organizations Conference at Asilomar,
April 26-28.
"Institutional Turbulence, Goal
Incongruence, and Evaluations of Effectiveness in Mental Health Organizations."
Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings.
Los Angeles, CA, August 5-9, 1994. (Published in Journal of Health and
Social Behavior).
"An Explication of Treatment Ideology Among Mental Health Care Providers." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. Miami, FL, August 13-17, 1993, (Published in Sociology of Health and Illness).
"Living with Chronic Mental Illness: Understanding the Role of Work." Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Social Problems Meetings. Miami, FL, August 11-13, 1993. (Published in Community Mental Health Journal).
"The Sociological Rationalization of Irrationality: Legitimation of Normalization Discourses." Presented at the Midwest Sociological Association Meetings. Chicago, IL, April 7-10, 1993. (Revised version published in Current Perspectives in Social Theory).
"The Burned-Out Clinician: Sources
of Stress in a Mental Health Center." Presented at the Southern Sociological
Association Meetings. Chattanooga, TN, April 1-4, 1993.
"Community Adjustment of Psychiatric
Clients: The Neglected Role of Work." Presented at the American Sociological
Association Meetings. Pittsburgh, PA, August 20-24, 1992. (Revised
version published in International Journal of Health Services).
"Changing Models of Community Care for the Chronically Mentally Ill." Presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Social Problems Meetings. Pittsburgh, PA, August 18- 20, 1992. Also presented at the 1993 NIMH Research Seminar at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
"Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries: Integrating Introductory Sociology into the Core Curriculum." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. Cincinnati, Ohio, August 23-27, 1991.
"Side Effects of Psychotropic Medication:
The Patient's Experience." Presented a t the NCSA/SSS Meetings. Louisville,
KY, March, 1990, (Published in Socio. Focus).
"The Dangerousness of the Mentally
Ill: Is it a Factor in Commitment and Subsequent Patient Outcomes?"
with L.N.Smith. Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meetings.Baltimore,
MD, March 17-19, 1989.
"Outpatient Commitment: Social Control
and Least Restrictive Alternative." Presented at the North
Central Sociological association Meetings. Pittsburgh, PA, April
15-17, 1988,
(Revised version published in Sociological
Quarterly).
"Ritual Conformity and Organizational Control: Evidence of Loose-Coupling." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL, August 17- 21, 1987, (Revised version published in J Applied Behavioral Science).
"Social Support of Civil Commitment Respondents" with V.A.Hiday. Presented by V.A. Hiday at the American Sociological Association Meetings. New York, August 30- September 3, 1986.
"Max Weber and the Rejection of Progress." Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Meetings. New Orleans, LA, April 10-12, 1986.
"Informed Consent: A Methodological
Problem" senior author with Keith Wooten. Presented at the
Society for the Study of Social Problems. Washington, D.C., August 23-
26, 1985,(Revised version published in Sociology and Social Research).
"Educational Equality: A Comparison
of Brazil and Cuba." Presented at the Southern Sociological Society
Meetings. Charlotte, N.C, April 10-13, 1985.
"Male Monopolization of Theory and Methods in Sociology"senior author with Donna Hughes. Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Knoxville, TN, April 11-14, 1984.
"The Bifurcation of the Enlightenment Faith in Social Science" senior author with J.S. Picou and E.B. Portis. Presented by J.S. Picou at the Southwestern Sociological Society Meetings. Ft. Worth, TX, March 22-25, 1984.
"Organizational Goals of a Student
Union: In Search of a Model." Presented at the Alpha Kappa
Delta Research Symposium. Richmond, VA, February 23-25, 1984, (Paper
won the N.C. Association Student
Paper Award).
"Scientific Progress in the Sociocultural
Sciences: A Preliminary Comparison of Weber and Kuhn" senior author
with J.S. Picou. Presented at the Southwestern Sociological
Society Meetings. San Antonio, TX,
March 1982, (Revised version published in
Sociological Spectrum).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Society for the Scientific Study
of Social Problems
Southern Sociological Society
HONORS AND AWARDS
1997 Obermann Fellow (ADA, Work
and Disability Policy)
Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Kappa Delta
Magna Cum Laude, Heidelberg College
COURSES TAUGHT
GRADUATE:
Social Organization of Health Care
Social Context of Mental Health
Health and Health Care Research
Research Methods for Health Administration
Dilemmas in Organizations
Social Theory
UPPER-LEVEL:
Complex Organizations, Sociology
of Work and Industry
Medical Sociology, Sociology of
Mental Health and Disorder,
Research Methods, Data Management
in the Social Sciences
The Evolution of Social Thought,
Social Theory, Classical Theory,
Honors Course for College Scholars:
Sociological Perspectives on Dehumanization
LOWER-LEVEL:
Introductory Sociology, Social
Problems,
Social Perspectives (advanced introductory
course for majors only),
Social Inequality and Stratification
REFERENCES
Dr. William Brandon
Distinquished Professor of
Health Policy
Department of Political Science
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
(704) 687-3886/ wilbrand@email.uncc.edu
Dr. Allan Horwitz, Professor
Department of Sociology
Institute for Health, Health
Care Policy, and Aging Research
Rutgers University
30 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NY 08903
(908) 238-8931/ awhorw@email.rci.rutgers.edu
Dr. Bonnie Svarstad, Professor
Department of Social and
Behavioral Pharmacy
425 N. Charter Street
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2128/ blsvarstad.sas.sop@sop.pharmacy.wisc.edu
Dr. Virginia Hiday, Professor
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8107
(919) 515-3114/ginny@server.sasw.ncsu.edu
Dr. Judy Aulette, Associate
Professor
Department of Sociology,
Anthropology, Social Work
University of North Carolina
- Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
(704) 687-4298/ jraulett@email.uncc.edu