Tag: "Sociology"

Criminal justice professor’s collaborative research on human trafficking lands publication contract

Criminal justice professor Erin Heil's collaborative research with Andrea Nichols, Washington University Sociology and Criminal Justice professor, covers human trafficking locally. It will be published by Carolina Academic Press as a supplemental book to sociology college curriculum textbooks. Photo by Theresa San Luis
Sex trafficking can sometimes be confused with or overlap with prostitution. Labor trafficking […]

Feb 23, 2014 | 0 comments | View Post

Frey-Spurlock lands fellowship to pursue sustainability at SIUE

Professor Connie Frey-Spurlock landed the sustainability fellowship, the first among faculty at SIUE Photo Courtesy of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Marketing and Communications Department

Sociology professor Connie Frey-Spurlock was awarded the first sustainability fellowship at SIUE.

Frey-Spurlock will work across academic disciplines “to increase the awareness of sustainability among the faculty, foster the inclusion of sustainability […]

Oct 20, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

Davis Article Published by Ms. Magazine

Last July SIUE Sociology faculty member Georgiann Davis had an article published in Ms. Magazine’s blog section. The article titled “Olympics’ New Hormone Regulations: Judged by How You Look,” was co-written by intersex activist Hida Viloria and discusses the ethical and scientific limitations to the 2012 Olympics’ sex testing policy.
Changes in sex testing policy were […]

Sep 10, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

New professor presents research on intersex identity in the medical profession

SIUE welcomed Assistant Professor Georgiann Davis into the Sociology Department this fall and students were invited to get a glimpse into her research last Wednesday. She presented her talk on the tender and little-researched subject of intersex persons and their reactions to the medical profession, as well as society as a whole. The Women’s Studies […]

Oct 10, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post