Faculty
Interests: gender studies, race relations, social psychology, visual sociology
Achievements:
“Engaging Advocacy: Academic Freedom and Student Learning,” with
Sheila Radford Hill, The New Minnesota Review, 75-76, Spring 2011
“Women’s Centers,” Gender and Higher Education, (ed.) by Barbara Bank,
The Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP), 2011: 305-310.
Recently elected Director, State of Iowa - Midwest Sociological Society for 2011-2014.
Board of Directors, Diversity Council, Rochester, Minnesota (see
diversitycouncil.org) 2010-2012.
Lessons from "Crash," Paper presented at Midwest Sociological Society,
Chicago, Illinois. April 2010.
“L'heteronormativite' genree: exemples de la vie quotidienne,” with
Joyce McCarl Nielsen and Glenda Walden. Nouvelles Questions
Féministes, 28/3 Autumn 2009: 90-108.
Interests: Political and interpersonal violence, crime and deviant behavior, human rights, comparative (international) methods and analysis.
Achievements:
Secretary/Treasurer of the Iowa Sociological Association. 2007-10.
“Transforming Papers to Projects: Experiments in Inclusive Pedagogy Ideas.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, Missouri. 2008.
“Documenting Collective Rape: The Hazards and Rewards of Using News Stories for Data.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois. 2007.
Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes and Jennifer L. Green. “The International Women’s Movement and Women’s Political Representation, 1893-2003.” American Sociological Review. 71(6): 898-920. 2006.
“Uncovering Collective Rape: A Comparative Study of Political Sexual Violence.” International Journal of Sociology. 34(1): 97-116. 2004.
Interests: social movements, environment, social problems, peace and conflict studies, political economy.
Link to Prof. Brett Johnson's web page.
Achievements:
Co-author of The Better World Handbook (New Society Publishers 2007) (www.betterworldhandbook.com).
Leader of the "Lutherology Project" -- a survey research project to study Luther students (https://sites.google.com/a/luther.edu/brett-johnson/Home/lutherology/lutherology-articles).
Co-facilitator of the "Summit on Justice and Sustainability" at William Jewell College (Liberty, MO) January 2010.
"Sociology and Social Change: Creating a Just and Sustainable World" Brett Johnson, Ross Haenfler, and Ellis Jones. In Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler (eds.). 2010. Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Introductory Sociology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage.
