This document provides biographical and professional information about Dr. Chrys Ingraham, including her education, areas of specialization, research interests, publications, presentations, and work experience. She has a PhD in Sociology from Syracuse University and is currently a professor and coordinator at Purchase College. Her research focuses on social inequality related to race, class, gender, disability, and sexuality. She has authored several books and many articles on topics like heteronormativity, weddings, and popular culture.

1. Dr. Chrys Ingraham
Professor and Coordinator
Purchase College/SUNY
Sociology/SS1011
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, New York 10577
chrys.ingraham@purchase.edu
914-251-6628
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Sociology, Syracuse University, 1992
M.A. Sociology, Syracuse University, 1986
C.A.S., Women's Studies, Syracuse University, 1987
M.P.A. Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1984
B.A. Policy Studies; Nonviolent Conflict and Change, Syracuse University, 1982
New York State Conflict Mediation Certification, 1996
Institutional Ethnography Certificate, University of Toronto--Dorothy Smith, Ph.D., 2011
SPECIALIZATIONS
Social Inequality/Diversity—Race, Class, Gender; Critical Heterosexual Studies; Critical
Disability Studies; Accessibility Studies; Organizations—Education, Development, Leadership,
Conflict; Social Movements; Management and Social Responsibility—Ethics, Conflict, Social
Entrepreneurship; Cultural Studies; Public Policy and Administration
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
“We Are the Seventh Generation: The Legacy of 19th
Century Social Movements” (in
cooperation with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Syracuse, NY)
“Free Thinkers and Feminists: Matilda Joslyn Gage and the Marriage Debates”
“The Able-bodied Imaginary: Theorizing Dis/ableism,” with Dr. Joan Dacher
“What Turnaround?: Faculty Perceptions of College Turnaround Leadership,” with Dr.
Eileen Brownell
CONSULTANT
Bank Street School and Yorktown BOCES, Future School Leaders Academy
Diversity Curriculum Design and Implementation; Advisory Board
EIRYS Consulting, Organizational Change and Conflict Management Specialist
Hillyer College, Organizational Development/Faculty Leaders, Specialist
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
2016 Despite All Evidence to the Contrary, We Still Believe…, with Dr. Eileen Brownell.
2015 Minding the Gap: Curb Cuts and Stand-points, forthcoming.
2008 White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 2nd edition, Routledge.

2. 2005 Thinking Straight: The Power, the Promise, and the Paradox of Heterosexuality,
Routledge. [Honorable Mention, Gustavus Myers Outstanding Books on Bigotry and
Human Rights]
1999 White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, Routledge.
1997 Materialist Feminism: A Reader in Class, Difference, and Women’s Lives, co-edited with
Rosemary Hennessy, Routledge.
Book Chapters--Invited:
2012 “Unnatural Acts: Regulating Heterosexuality,” in Alterazioni. Introduzione alle
sociologie delle omosessualità, edited by Dr. Cirus Rinaldi, Mimesis Publications.
2011 “One is Not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Sexuality,” in The New Sexuality
Studies: A Reader, 2e, edited by Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and Nancy Fisher,
London: Routledge.
2008 “Straightening Up: The Marriage of Conformity and Resistance in Wedding Art,” in
Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony Peabody Essex Museum,
Salem, MA. Exhibit: April-Sept. 2008.
2006 “One is Not Born a Bride: How Weddings Regulate Sexuality,” in The New Sexuality
Studies: A Reader, edited by Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and Nancy Fisher,
London: Routledge.
2006 “Thinking Straight, Acting Bent: Heteronormativity and Homosexuality,” in Handbook of
Gender and Women’s Studies, edited by Kathy Davis, Mary Evans, and Judith Lorber,
London: Sage.
2003 “Ritualizing Heterosexuality: Weddings as Performance," in Sexual Lives, edited by
Robert Heasley and Betsey Crane, New York: McGraw-Hill.
2002 “Heterosexuality: It’s Just Not Natural!,” in Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies,
edited by Diane Richardson and Steven Seidman, London: Sage.
2000 “Weddings,”in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, edited by Cherie
Kramarae and Dale Spender, London: Sage.
1999 “Metaphors of Silence and Voice in Feminist Thought,” with Marj DeVault, in
Liberating Method: Feminism and Social Research, Temple.
1997 “Reclaiming Anti-Capitalist Feminism, with Rosemary Hennessy, in Materialist
(Marxist) Feminism: A Reader, Routledge.
1996 "The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender,"
in Queer Theory/Sociology, (edited by Steven Seidman), Blackwell Publishers.
Refereed/Invited Articles:
2016 “The Heterosexual Imaginary,” in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by
George Ritzer. Boston: Blackwell.
2015 “Heterosexual Imaginary,” with Casey Saunders, in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia
of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples. Boston: Wiley-Blackwell.
2013 “Hegemony and Heteronormativity: Review Essay,” Contemporary Sociology.
2006 “The Heterosexual Imaginary,” in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by
George Ritzer. Boston: Blackwell.
2004 “Setting the Record Straight,” in American Sexuality Magazine, UCSF, April.
2004 “Review: Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding by Otnes and Pleck”
Journal of Marriage and Family, Summer.
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3. 2003 “Just What Does it Mean to be Ethical in American Business Today?” (with Eileen
Brownell), Capital District Business Review, January 24.
2003 “Review: The Wedding Complex: Forms of Belonging in Modern American Culture,”
American Historical Review, Spring.
2000 “Review: Revolutions of the Heart by Wendy Langford,” Feminist Theory, Spring.
1999 “Women Changing the World: A Course in Community Collaboration,” with Romanoff,
MacLaughlin, and Dinkelaker, in Feminist Collections, volume 20, number 3, Spring.
1996 “Systemic Pedagogy: Activating Sociological Thinking,” International Journal of
Sociology and Social Policy, volume 16, number 11.
1994 "The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender,"
Sociological Theory, July 1994, 203-19.
1992 "Putting the Sexual Order in Crisis" (with Hennessy, R.), Mediations, Vol. 16,
Number 2.
1991 "Situational Shifts in Sex Role Orientation: Correlates of Work Satisfaction and
Burnout Among Women in Special Education" (with Eichinger, J. and Heifetz,
L.J.), Sex Roles, Vol. 25, Nos. 7/8.
Articles:
1996 “You’ve Come a Long Way Baby...or the Revolution Will Not be Televised,”
Perspectives: the Theory Section Newsletter of the ASA, Summer.
1985 "Teaching 'Community Link' to Policy Studies Majors." Proceedings of the 1984
Teaching Policy Studies Conference at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University,
Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1981 “Needs Assessment of Women Inmates at the Public Safety Building Jail and the
Jamesville Penitentiary,” Human Rights Commission of Syracuse
Reprinted Book Chapters:
2008 Excerpt from White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, in Social
Problems Reader, edited by Steven Rutter, New York: Routledge.
2005 Excerpt from White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, in Aims
of Argument edited by Timothy Crusius and Carolyn Channell, New York: McGraw Hill.
2004 Excerpt from White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, in
Reading Women’s Lives, 3E by Pearson Editorial, Boston: Pearson.
2003 Excerpt from White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, in
Marriages & Families 2/E by Constance Shehan, Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
2002 “The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender,” in Gender:
A Reader, edited by Stevi Jackson, London: Routledge.
FILM/VIDEO
2001 Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace by Karen Sosnoski and Fred
Zeytoonjian, documentary film, expert commentator.
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION: PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, CONSULTS
International
2010 “Lessons from a Major,” (with E.V. Brownell), Managing by Values – Beyond Cultures
and Generations Conference, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May
2005-8 Member, Advisory Board, The Border Studies Program, El Paso/Ciudad Juarez, Earlham
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4. College
2004 Delegate for New York State Labor/Religion Coalition to Maquiladoras in Ciudad Juarez
and El Paso
1998 Delegate for New York State Labor/Religion Coalition to Maquiladoras in Matamoros
and Valle Hermosa, Mexico, November
National
2014 “Minding the Gap: Exploring the Textually Mediated Experience of Institutional
Accessibility—An Institutional Ethnography Workshop,” Society for the Study
of Social Problems, San Francisco, August.
2014 “Minding the Gap: Exploring the Textually Mediated Experience of Institutional
Accessibility,” Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, February.
2008 Advisory Board, NWSA Journal Special Issue, Fall 2009.
2008 Guest panelist, Peabody Essex Museum, Wedded Bliss Exhibit, June 26, Salem, MA.
2006 Guest Speaker, Five Colleges Women’s Studies Symposium, Amherst, MA, April.
2006 Visiting Faculty, Sociology of Media, Smith College, Spring.
2005 Advisory Board, Wedding Exhibit, Peabody Textile Museum, Salem, MA, October.
2003 Guest Speaker, Queer Studies Lecture, Smith College, Spring.
2002 Visiting Faculty, Sociological Theory, Smith College, Fall.
2002 Discussant, Weddings in Popular Culture Panel, Berkshire Conference on the History of
Women, University of Connecticut, June.
2002 “Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture,” Marist College, February.
2000 “The Pleasure of Heterosexual Spectacle,” Speaker Series on Power and Pleasure,
Yale University, October.
2000 “White Weddings: Teaching Sociology to High School Students,” Project Advance,
Syracuse University, Syracuse and New York, May.
2000 “Weddings in Popular Culture,” Ithaca College Sociology Department, April.
2000 “Romancing Difference in Wedding Culture,” Bread and Roses Distinguished Lecturer,
University at Albany, May.
2000 “Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture,” Albany Women’s Building
Community Lecture, February.
2000 “Weddings, Difference, and Popular Culture,” Graduate Program Lecture, Sociology,
University at Albany, February.
1999 “The Consequences of Difference and Conflict,” French Culinary Institute, New York,
Diversity Workshop Series, Fall.
1999 National Book Tour, White Weddings, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York,
Syracuse, Albany: August
1999 “Building a Community of Allies,” Babson College, Wellesley, MA, September
1999 “Getting to the Core: Feminist Interactive in General Education,” (with Sharon Robinson,
Bronna Romanoff) NWSA, Albuquerque, June
1999 “Service Learning as Social Action: Guiding Students Toward a Feminist Perspective,”
(with Bronna Romanoff, Jennifer MacLaughlin) NWSA, Albuquerque, June
1999 “Allies Diversity Assessment,” French Culinary Institute, New York, June
1995 “Systemic Pedagogy: Activating Sociological Thinking,” American Sociological
Association Conference, Washington, August 19
1995 “Enacting the Heterosexual Imaginary: Weddings and Popular Culture,” American
Sociological Association Conference, Washington, August 21
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5. 1995 "Materialist Feminist Critique as Mode of Reading for Sociology: A Critique of
Weddings in Popular Culture," Eastern Sociological Society Conference, Philadelphia,
March 30.
1994 "Systemic Pedagogy: Activating Critique in Multiple Sites," invited paper for panel
on Activist Pedagogy, Modern Language Association, San Diego, December.
1994 "Critiquing the Limits of Heteronormative Sociology." Eastern Sociological
Society Conference, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, April
1993 "Sociology of Culture and Aging." Community Psychology Graduate Program,
Russell Sage College, Albany, NY, November
1993 "The War on Women's Bodies." Invited Speaker, Women Direct Film Series, Park
School of Communications, Ithaca College, March
1992 "Marriage and the Reproduction of the Hetero-Moral Order." Marxism in
the New World Order, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, November
1991 "The (Hetero)Sexual Order in Crisis." Invited panel member. Modern Language
Association (MLA), San Francisco, December
1991 "Re-Thinking Prejudice: AIDS, Race, and Sexuality," New York State Department
of Education, "Blueprint for Action: HIV Prevention for High Risk Youth,"
Albany, July
1991 "Silencing and Feminist Theory: Towards a Materialist Feminist Critique," Vassar
College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April
1990 "Out of Print, Out of Mind: An Historical-Sociological Analysis of the Suppression of
Nineteenth Century Feminist Texts of Opposition," Berkshire Conference on the History
of Women, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., June
1990 "The Classroom Closet Effect: How We Oppress, and How We Can Liberate,"
Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., April
1990 "Re-Thinking Discrimination: AIDS and Disability," ARISE Conference "AIDS
and Other Challenges to Independence in the 90's," Syracuse, February
1989 "Metaphors of Silenc(ing) in Feminist Sociology: Insights and Analysis,"
(with Marj DeVault). American Sociological Association (ASA),
San Francisco, August
1987 "The Politics of Feminist Methodology." Invited panel member. "Is There a
Feminist Methodology?" Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse
University, October
1986 "The Importance of Theory to Social Movements: Matilda Joslyn Gage and the
Woman's Rights Movement and June Arnold and the Women in Print
Movement," Women's Studies Friday Seminar Series, Syracuse University, December
1984 "Teaching 'Community Link' to Policy Studies Majors," Teaching Policy Studies
Conference, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, June
Regional
2014 Guest Lecture, Systems Thinking, Sage Management School, Albany, NY
2010
-2014 Advisory Board, Future School Leaders Academy, Bank Street and BOCES.
2009 Latin American Studies Faculty Symposium, Convener, Purchase College, November.
2009 Ernst and Young Distinguished Lectureship, State University of New York at Oswego,
“Anita Roddick: A Leadership Model for the 21st
Century,” (w/E.V. Brownell),
September 30.
2009 “The F-Word: Feminism 101,” The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY, September.
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6. 2005 Visiting Faculty, Sexuality Studies, Skidmore College, Spring.
2005 “White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture,” Graduate
Symposium, Sociology, University at Albany, February.
2004 Visiting Faculty, Gender and Sexuality, Skidmore College, Fall.
2004 Guest Lecturer, Panel, “The Wedding as Metaphor,” The Tang Museum, Summer
Master’s Program, Skidmore, July 13.
2004 Visiting Faculty, Sociological Theory, University at Albany, Spring.
2003 Visiting Faculty, Sociology of Women in the Political Economy, University at Albany,
Fall.
2000 “Non-Violent Approaches to Work and Labor,” with James Brennan, Symposium on
Peace and Non-Violence, Russell Sage College, October.
1999 “Struggling for Survival in the Maquiladoras,” YWCA, Troy, March
1999 “Allies against Racism,” Allies Center, Russell Sage College, February
1999 “Women in the Maquiladoras,” Upton Center, Russell Sage College, February
1999 “Romancing Heterosexuality: Weddings in American Popular Culture,” Women
In/Changing the World Program, Russell Sage College, February
1998 “Building Allies against Racism,” Union College, Schenectady, NY, February
1998 “Romancing the Clone: Weddings in Popular Culture,” Union College, Schenectady, NY,
March
1996 “Allies Against Racism: An All-Day Workshop,” AIDS Council of Northeastern NY,
Henry Johnson Community Center, Albany, NY, June 21.
1996 “Against All Odds: Imagining Success,” Keynote, Athenians Honor Society,
May 4.
1996 “Building a Community of Allies,” Keynote, Russell Sage Class Day, April 30.
1996 “Building Allies Against Racism, Homophobia, and Ableism,” Policy Research
Associates, Albany, NY, March 27.
1996 “Women and Leadership: Sociology Sample Class for Parents,” Russell Sage
College, March 24.
1996 “Women and Leadership,” Admissions Open House, Russell Sage College,
February 7
1995 “Dismantling Racism/White Supremacy: Allies Against Racism,” Community
Forum, Albany Community Center, November 16
1995 “Women and Leadership for the 21st Century,” Student Sage Forum, Russell
Sage College, Troy, November 10
1995 “Addressing Issues of Difference,” Hudson Mohawk Association, Sage Colleges,
August 10
1995 “Family Ideology and American Culture,” Russell Sage College, Parents Orientation,
Sage Colleges, July.
1995 “How to Run an Allies Center,” Hudson Mohawk Association, Sage Colleges, June
1994 "Passionate Assumptions," Founder's Seminar, Russell Sage College, Fall.
1994 "Romancing the Clone: Weddings, Difference, and Popular Culture," Upton
Center Occasional Forum, October 11.
1994 "The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender."
Northeast Regional Theory and Culture Network, co-sponsored by Russell Sage
College and the University at Albany, February
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7. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY: Professor and Chair of Sociology
2007- Introduction to Sociology; Race and Ethnicity; Class, Power, and Privilege;
Introduction to Women’s Studies; Social Entrepreneurship; Sociology of
Education; Conflict Management; Social Movements; Social Organizations;
Theory; Gender; Sex Radicals in the 19th
Century; Critical Disability Studies
International: Culture and Commerce/Italy: 2008; 2010
Russell Sage College, Troy, NY: Professor, Sociology and Women’s Studies
1993-2007 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality; Race and Ethnicity; Deviance; Sociological
Theory; Social Problems; Class, Power and Privilege; Social Movements;
Introductory Sociology; Women: A Global Perspective; Ethics and Social
Responsibility; Management and Social Responsibility; Marriage and Family;
Introduction to Women’s Studies; Sociology of Media; Popular Culture; Women
in the World; Women Changing the World; Sociology of Education; Conflict
Mediation and Management; Social Audit; Corporate Social Responsibility;
Sociology of Religion; Innovation, Change, and Society.
International: Culture and Commerce/Italy: 2006
Culture and Commerce/Western Europe: 2007
2007-2009 Visiting Professor, Business and Organizational Management
Conflict Management and Mediation; Ethics and Social Responsibility
2011, 2012 Visiting Professor, Doctoral Nursing Program
2014 Philosophy of Education
2014 Visiting Professor, Graduate MBA Program
Critical Thinking
2015 Visiting Professor, Graduate MBA Program
Sociology of Organizations
Critical Thinking
Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY: Visiting Professor, Sociology and Women’s Studies
2004-2005 Gender and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies
University at Albany, Albany, NY: Visiting Professor, Sociology
2003-2007 Sociology of Women in the Political Economy; Social Theory, Introduction to
Feminist Theory; Global Perspectives on Women; Racism, Sexism,
Classism, Research Methods
Smith College, Northampton, MA: Visiting Professor, Sociology
2006 Sociology of Mass Media and Popular Culture
2002 Theories of Society
Syracuse University, Ithaca College, LeMoyne College, SUNY Cortland, University at
Albany, and College of St. Rose: Instructor, Sociology
1983-1993 Research Methods; Criminology; Deviance; Gender; Introduction to Women’s
Studies; Sociology of Health; Sexuality; Social Movements; Sociological
Theory
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8. ADMINISTRATIVE:
Purchase College
2013-2014 Chair, Accessibility Committee, Faculty Senate
2010-2014 Coordinator, Sociology and Latin American Boards of Study
2010-2014 Coordinator, International Initiatives
2009-2010 Coordinator, Sociology and Anthropology Boards of Study
2009-2010 Chair, Latin American Studies Major Committee
2007-2017 Coordinator, Sociology Board of Study
2011-2014 Coordinator, Latin American Studies
2008-2009 Chair, Internationalization Task Force
Russell Sage College
2006-2007 Chair, Faculty Development Committee, The Sage Colleges.
2006-2007 Coordinator, Women Changing the World Program, Russell Sage College
2005-2006 Faculty Development Committee, The Sage Colleges.
1996-2006 Director, Helen M. Upton Center for Women’s Studies. Russell Sage College
2004 Co -Director, Building Business, Building Community: Doing Well While Doing
Good Conference, SRN, Russell Sage College, May 17.
2004 Coordinator, Upton/Troy Community “Boundaries and Bridges Project,” Spring.
2002-2003 Co-Founder, Management and Social Responsibility Program, Russell Sage
College
2000.2001 Director, Allies Center for the Study of Difference and Conflict, Russell Sage
College
2000-2001 Faculty advisor, Black and Latin Student Alliance, Russell Sage College
1996-1997 Coordinator, Women in/Changing the World Program, Russell Sage College
1996-97 Co-Director, Allies Mediation Program, Russell Sage College
1996-97 Co-Coordinator of Speaker Series: Allies Against Racism: Women Changing the
World
1995-96 Coordinator, General Education Planning Committee, The Sage Colleges
1995-96 Co-Coordinator of Speaker Series: Critical Citizenship: Allies Working
for Freedom and Democracy, Russell Sage College
1994-98 Founder and Co-Coordinator of The Allies Center for the Study of Difference
and Conflict, Russell Sage College
1994-95 Organizer, Sociology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Research Conference,
Russell Sage College, December and April.
1994-95 Co-Coordinator of Speaker Series: Women and Their Allies: Leadership for the
21st Century, Russell Sage College.
1994 Organizer, Sociology and Multicultural Affairs Social Issues Forum,
Russell Sage College: Building a Community of Allies, Spring
1993-94 Organizer, Sociology and Criminal Justice Undergraduate Research Conference,
Russell Sage College, December and April.
ADMINISTRATIVE: General
2003-2004 Co-Director, Northeastern Social Responsibility Network (SRN).
2003-2004 Founding member, Northeastern Social Responsibility Network.
2000-2001 Board of Directors, Troy YWCA, Troy, NY.
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9. 1988-1990 Assistant Director, Women's Studies, Syracuse University; Creator and
Coordinator Speaker Series: Power, Privilege, and Exclusion in Feminist
Thought
1987 Coordinator, Women's Studies Program, Syracuse University: May through
October
Prior Management, US Airways
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Purchase College
2016 Coordinated development of applied sociology curriculum and integration of the
arts into Sociology curriculum
2014 Coordinated Sociology 2.0 for updating of Sociology major
2013-2014 Coordinated design and development of Accessibility Studies minor
2013-2014 Collaborated on Contemplative Practice and Conflict Management minor
2011-2013 Revised Sociology curriculum; developed Latin American Studies
curriculum/cross-listings; proposals for 3 new courses; developed new
History/Sociology course for 2013
2010-2011 Revised Sociology curriculum; proposals for 4 new courses.
2009-2010 Collaborated on redesign of Anthropology curriculum
2009-2010 Coordinated design and development of Latin American Studies major
2007-2008 Redesigned Sociology major and curriculum
Russell Sage College
2002 Collaborated on design and implementation of Management and Social
Responsibility interdisciplinary major
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
Purchase College
2014-2015 Joseph and Juanita Leff Senior Faculty Award
2015 Topol Curriculum Grant, Sociology
2013 Provost’s Research Support Award—Accessibility Studies
2011-2014 Faculty Support Award, JCL Support Award
2010-2012 Doris and Carl Kempner Distinguished Faculty Award
2010 Purchase College Student Engagement Award
2009 Topol Research Grant, Latin American Studies
Russell Sage College
2007 Distinguished Faculty Service Award, The Sage Colleges
2003 Honored Faculty Recipient Junior Class Ring, Russell Sage College
2003 Learning Outcomes Grant, “Learning-in-Action” Courses, Russell Sage College
2002 President’s Vision Grant Recipient, The Sage Colleges
2000 Honored Faculty Member, Senior Dinner, Russell Sage College
2000 Puffin Foundation Grant, Artists for Social Justice Project, Russell Sage College
1999 Honored Faculty Member, Black and Latin Student Alliance, Russell Sage
College
1999 Honored Faculty Member, Returning Women’s Program, Russell Sage College
1996 Honorary Faculty Member, Athenians Honor Society, Russell Sage College
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10. 1995 Summer Research Grant, Russell Sage College
1995 Russell Sage Dean’s Award for Institutional Leadership
1994 Summer Research Grant, Russell Sage College
1994 Russell Sage Dean's Award for Institutional Leadership
General
2005 Honorable Mention, Gustavus Myers Outstanding Books on Bigotry and Human
Rights, for Thinking Straight: The Power, the Promise, and the Paradox
of Heterosexuality, Routledge (2005).
1996 Nominee, American Association of University Women, Emerging Scholar
1995 Nominee, Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year
1990 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, Alternate
1989-90 Syracuse University Dissertation Research Grant
1986-90 Syracuse University Graduate School Scholar
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), International Sociology Honor Society
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Society for Disability Studies (SDS)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
Union of University Professionals (UUP)
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
New York Times, May 21, 2011
Slate.com, May 21, 2011
Kindle Singles, January 19, 2011
Newsweek, June 4, 2009
Baywindows, July 2008
WAER Radio, Syracuse, NY, July 2006
KPFA Radio, Berkeley, CA, June 2006
Details Magazine, September 2005
Times Union, March 2005
WRGB 6 Albany, May 17, 2004
Money Magazine, May 2004
Christian Science Monitor, April 2004
WOR Talk Radio, July 2003
Wedding Day Magazine (UK), July 2003
WRGB evening news, July 2003
Sunday New York Times, July 13, 2003
WNYT evening news, August 2002
Capital District Business Review, August 23-29, 2002
Investors’ Business Daily, August 27, 2002
Troy Record, August 30, 2002
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11. Times Union, August 10, 2002 and February 2002
Associated Press, October 7, 2002
NBC Nightly News, 2002
Chicago Tribune, December 15, 1999
Wisconsin NPR, October 1999
Los Angeles NPR, August 1999
National Book Tour, August 1999
JOURNAL REVIEWER:
American Sociological Review
British Journal of Sociology
Contemporary Ethnography
Feminist Media Studies
Feminist Theory UK
Frontiers
Gender & Society
Journal of Marriage and Family
Journal of Media and Culture
Journal of Family Issues
Journal of Women’s History
Sexualities
Social Problems
Social Psychology Quarterly
Sociological Quarterly
REVIEWER:
Indiana University Press
New York University Press
Manchester Publications, UK
Sage Publications
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
The Sage Colleges, Doctoral Nursing Educator Program
Indiana University, Sociology
Syracuse University, Sociology
University of Maine, Arts and Sociology
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