Graduate study in gender in the Sociology Department has been a vital and multifaceted endeavor since the 1980s. Rutgers University has long been known for its strengths in the area of gender and women's studies. The Department of Sociology builds upon those strengths, and today includes ten core faculty members who regularly offer graduate seminars in Race, Class and Gender; Sociology of Gender; Feminist Theory; Inequalities; and Gender and the Self. Our students work on a wide range of projects in their papers and dissertations including transgender issues, transnational identities, gender theory, the body, and emotions, among others. Our work in the Department is enhanced by ongoing interdisciplinary efforts in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, the Institute for Research on Women, the Center for Women and Work, the Center for Women's Global Leadership, and others programs at the university.
Our approach to the sociology of gender focuses upon issues of difference and inequality. We look at gender across racial, ethnic, national, sexual, and religious differences, drawing linkages to cultural studies, post-structuralism, race studies, and post-colonial studies, and to theories of identities, boundaries, performance, and symbolic representation. We are also centrally interested in issues relating to the distribution of resources, comparing the situations of women and men, looking at inequality among women, among men, and at different local, state, and global structural locations.
Affiliated Faculty
Ethel Brooks : gender,labor & globalization, gender and social movements;feminist theory; South Asia and Central America
Deborah Carr : gender, work & family; gender and health; cohort differences in the gendered life course
Judith Gerson : gender theory; trauma; diaspora
Catherine Lee : gender and immigration; sexuality and politics of reproduction; gender and health policy
Robyn Rodriguez : gender and globalization; gender, sexuality, nationalism and citizenship; gender and labor
Patricia Roos : work & family; gender Inequality; gender stratification; gender and work
Sarah Rosenfield : gender and mental health; social psychology of gender; race, class & gender
Kristen W. Springer : work & family; gender relations in marriage; health effects of gender inequality
Arlene Stein : gender and sexuality; LGBT studies; religion and gender; gender & social movements; gender, culture, identity
Sample Graduate Courses in Gender, Difference, Inequality
Social Structure and Personality
Sociology of Gender
Social Psychology of Gender
Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements
Sociology of Sexuality and Gender
Trauma, Memory, and Identity
Inequalities
Sociology of Work
Sociology of the Family
Recent Dissertations in Gender, Difference, Inequality
Roksana Badruddoja. The ABCD Conundrum: What Does It Mean To Be a South Asian-American Woman? (Ethel Brooks, Richard Williams, Eviatar Zerubavel)
C. Lynn Carr, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality: Women's Practices, Consciousness, and Identifications
Ping-Hsin Chen, The Role of Alcohol Use In The Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women
Candice C. Crawford, Reciprocal Violence: The Incidence and Severity of Dating Violence and Injuries Sustained
William Curcio, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Trauma and Welfare Receipt: Prevalence, Effects and Implications for Poverty Theory
Lorraine E. Davies, The Relationship Between Gender and Mental Health: Comparing Never Married and Married Persons
Susan L. Dougherty Rovi, Employing Gender: Industrial Home Work in New Jersey
Johanna Foster, Feminist Theory and the Politics of Ambiguity: A Comparative Analysis of the Multiracial Movement, the Intersex Movement and the Disability Rights Movement as Contemporary Struggles Over Social Classification in the United States
Mary L. Gatta, Juggling Food and Feelings: Emotional Balance in the Workplace
Farideh Gueramy, Capitalist Development and Religious Orthodoxy: The Impact of the Islamic Ideology on the Role of Women in Iranian Society
Lauren Heberle, Gender and Social Status in Extremist Social Movements: The NSDAP in Munich,1925-1929
Shawna Hudson, Watching Sex on TV: Reinterpreting Content Using A Sociological Gaze
Tara Jethwani, Revisioning Boundaries: A Study of Interracial Marriage Among Second- Generation Asian Indian Women In The U.S.
Katharine Jones, Accent on Privilege: Negotiating English Identities in an American Context
Eleanor Ann LaPointe, Still Waiting: Gender and Job Power Among Waitresses
Patricia McDaniel, Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts: Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the U.A., 1950-1995
Keumjae Park , In our Different Names: Korean Immigrant Women and the Challenges of Post-Migration Identity Renegotiation, 2005
Sherril Schuster, Princess for a Day: Perpetuating the "White Wedding" as a Traditional Ritual
Hei Soh Shin, Women's Sexual Services and Economic Development: The Political Economy of the Entertainment Industry in South Korean Dependent Development
Jo Sotheran, Domestic Organization, Gender, and Drug Use Career: Determinants of Risky Injection Among New York City Injection Drug Users
Amy Tiedemann, Maternal Subjectivity: Diversity in the Mothering Experience
Nancy L. Whelchel, Feminist Consciousness and Sympathetic Feminist Consciousness: Sex Differences in Origins and Effects
Kimberly Wittenstrom, From Stay-At-Home Mothers to Professional Family Day Care Providers: Explaining Women's Transformations Using a Multi-Analytic Approach
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