Expertise

Research Areas

  • sociology of gender
  • body and embodiment
  • fat studies
  • race/class/gender inequality
  • gender and crime

Her research mainly focuses on the sociology of gender and bodies, fat studies, and social inequality after disasters.  Her most current work investigates at the influence of neoliberalism and postfeminism on beauty practices, including weight loss and pageantry.  

Communities
Women's Studies, African American Studies, Gender Studies, Criminology, Criminology
Degrees
PhD, University of Akron, Sociology, 2006
MA, University of Akron, Sociology, 2001
BA, Baldwin-Wallace College, Sociology, 1999
Keywords
bodies critical public health disaster studies sociology of sex and gender social justice