Faculty Experts - Sociology
Name: Gail Murphy-Geiss
Title: Assistant professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6868
E-mail: gmurphygeiss@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Westminster College, PA M.Div., Boston University Ph.D., University of Denver & Iliff School of Theology, Joint Program
Came to CC in: 1999
Courses taught: Gender Inequality; Sociology of Family; Sociology of Religion; Law and Society; Sociological Research Methods; Thinking Sociologically
Areas of expertise: Gender, Family, Religion, Law; specifically domestic violence, changing family forms, The United Methodist Church
Major publications: best projects for media comment are current projects in process: "Sexual Harassment in the United Methodist Church," "Women Arrested for Domestic Violence"
Name: C.J. Pascoe
Title: Assistant professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6735
E-mail: c.j.pascoe@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Brandeis University, Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California Berkeley
Came to CC in: 2008
Courses taught: Sociology of Gender: Women, Sociology of Gender: Men, Gender and Education, Sociology of Sexuality, Lesbian History, Sociology of Everyday Life, Deviance and Social Control
Areas of expertise: Youth, Sexuality, Gender, Bullying/Harassment, New Media/Internet, LGBT Issues
Major publications: "Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School," University of California Press 2007. “ 'Dude, You’re a Fag:' Adolescent Masculinity and the Fag Discourse,” Sexualities, v8, 2005 n3, pp 329-246. “Multiple Masculinities? Teenage Boys Talk About Jocks and Gender” American 2003 Behavioral Scientist v46, n10, pp 1423-1438. “Intimacy” in Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media, edited by Mimi Ito, Forthcoming.“Gay Boys” in BoyCulture:An Encyclopedia,edited by Shirley R. Steinberg and Michael Kehler.Westport: Greenwood Publishing Forthcoming.“’What if a Guy Hits on You?’ Intersections of Gender, Sexuality and Age in Fieldworkwith Adolescents” in Representing Youth: Methodological Dilemmas in Critical Youth Studies, edited by Amy Best. New York: New York University Press. 2007.