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• M.A. and Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
• B.A. Centenary College of Louisiana

• 2009-Present; University of Northern 黑料社区 (UNC); Department Chair (2025-Present); Professor (2023-Present); Associate Professor (2018-2023) Assistant Professor (2013-2017)

Gender, STEM Equity, Education

2023 “The Magic Eye of Sociology: Pulling Blurred Social Forces into Clear Focus.” Great River Learning. (With Dr. Kyle Anne Nelson and Diana Schott) https://www.greatriverlearning.com/product-details/2366

2023 “A Qualitative Study of Marginalized Students’ Academic, Physical, and Social Self-Efficacy in a Multiweek Geoscience Field Program.”聽Journal of Geoscience Education.聽(With Drs. Ennea Fairchild, Julie Sexton, and Eric Riggs) https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2023.2215673

2021 “University Title IX Requirements have Chilling Effects on Gender Discrimination Research: A Call for a More Nuanced Approach.”聽Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (with Dr. Julie Sexton, Ennea Fairchild, Eric Riggs, and Krystal Hinerman) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211028283

2021 “Not to be Stereotypical, but…’ Exclusive and Inclusive Gendered Discourses about Geology Field Experiences.”聽Journal of Gender Studies.聽(with Drs. Ennea Fairchild, Julie Sexton, Kevin Pugh, and Eric Riggs) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2021.1924644

2021 “Mother needs a bigger ‘helper’: A critique of “wine mom” discourse, hegemonic intensive motherhood, and false resistance.”聽Sociology Compass, 15(4). (With Dr. Kyle Anne Nelson) DOI: https://doi-org.unco.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/soc4.12868

2020 “Multisite Investigation of Sexist Experiences Encountered by Undergraduate Female Geology Students.”聽International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology, 12(3), 354-376. (with Dr. Julie Sexton, Cassie Bergstrom, Kevin Pugh, Eric Riggs) DOI: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/view/669

2020 “Multi-tiered Mentorship Models: Increasing the Learning Outcomes of Underserved Populations.”聽Journal of Applied Social Science,聽14(1), 23-29. (with graduate student Adrianna Smell) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1936724419898869

2016 聽 鈥淭he Price Mothers Pay, Even When They Aren’t Buying It:聽 Mental Health Consequences of Idealized Motherhood.鈥澛� Sex Roles: A Journal of Research聽74(11): 512-526 (with Dr. Angela Henderson and Sandra Harmon).

2014 聽 鈥淭he Modern Mystique: Organizational Enforcement of Hegemonic Motherhood.鈥澛�Sociological Inquiry聽84(3): 472-491 (with Dr. Angela Henderson).

2014 聽 鈥淓mbodied Activism without Bodies? Analysis of Embodiment in the Breastfeeding and Male Circumcision Movements.鈥澛�Sociology of Health and Illness聽36(5): 639-654 (with Dr. Laura Carpenter).

2014 聽 Review of聽Militant Lactivism?: Attachment Parenting and Intensive Motherhood in the UK and France, by Charlotte Faircloth, 2013.聽 In聽Gender & Society聽28(2): 328-329.

2011 聽 Review of聽Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home, by Pamela Stone.聽 University of California Press, 2007.聽 In聽Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal聽38(4): 514-516.

• 2025 EAB Rising Leader Fellowship
• 2024 White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence, STEMM Opportunity Alliance. (May 2024).
• 2024 Sears Helgoth Distinguished Teaching Award
• 2019 Nominated for Diversity in the Classroom Award
• 2018 HSS Teaching Excellence
• 2016 Diversity in the Classroom Award, University of Northern 黑料社区
• 2015 New Project Proposal, University of Northern 黑料社区, $5000 (with Dr. Angela Henderson and Sandra Harmon)
• 2015 Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern 黑料社区
• 2015 Finalist, Diversity in the Classroom Award, University of Northern 黑料社区
• 2014 Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern 黑料社区
• 2014 Faculty Reassignment Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Works, University of Northern 黑料社区
• 2012 ASA/SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award, $500