DISSERTATION TOPICS ON GENDER
1991-2007
2007
Colleen Keaney-Mischel
Bridging the Gap: The Role of Gender Advisers in Implementing United Nations Gender Mainstreaming Policy in Peacekeeping Operations
Phyllis Brashler
Flirting with Feminism: The State and the Battered Women's Movement in Massachusetts
Winifred Breines, Kathrin Zippel, Debra Kaufman, Eileen McDonough
Yndia Lorick-Wilmot
The Role of Social Organizations in Black Ethnic Identity Construction of Post-1965 Caribbean Immigrants in Brooklyn, New York
Winifred Breines, Maureen Kelleher, Gordana Rabrenovic, Paula Aymer
2006
Jennifer Fagen
A Masculinist Discourse of Women's Sexuality: A Feminist Analysis
Debra Kaufman, Kathrin Zippel, Jack Levin, Third Reader, and Peter Anderson
Assistant Professor, Lamar University, Department of Sociology, Beaumont, Texas
2005
Ingrid Castro
Of Color Bright: Interracial Friendships in the Lives of Young College Women
Maureen Kelleher, Gordana Rabrenovic, Winifred Breines, and Carla Rodriguez
Assistant Professor, SUNY Potsdam, Department of Sociology, Potsdam, New York
2004
Jodi Cohen
The Successes and Limitations of Single-Sex Math Classrooms in American Public Schools
Judith Perrolle, Thomas Koenig, Gordana Rabrenovic, Bonnie Wood
Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State College, Department of Sociology, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
2003
Shoba Gurung
Women in Factory-Based and Home-Based Carpet Production in Napel: Beyond the Formal and Informal Economy
Daniel Faber, Gordana Rabrenovic, Luis Falcón, and Terry Haywoode
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Women's Studies, University of Connecticut
Sheila Mehta-Green
An Analysis of the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Banners that Affect the Advancement of Women Managers in the High Tech Industry
Debra Kaufman, Daniel Faber, Gordana Rabrenovic
Senior Account Executive, WebCT, A Blackboard Company, Lynnfield, Massachusetts and Adjunct Faculty, Nichols College and Middlesex Community College
2002
Claudia Mora
The Meaning of Womanhood in Chile: Virgin, Mother, Worker?
Luis Falcón, Debra Kaufman, Gordana Rabrenovic, and Margorie Agosin
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL
Christine Griffin
Women and Politics: When the Gender Gap in Public Opinion Changes
Maureen Kelleher, Gordana Rabrenovic, Winifred Breines, and Eileen McDonagh
Research Analyst, Kiley and Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Dena Wittman
All that Glitters is Sure to Fade: A Gendered Analysis of Work and Culture in the Dockside Gaming Industry
Winifred Breines, Gordana Rabrenovic, Debra Kaufman McDonagh
Consultant, National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness, Southern Regional Office, New Orleans, Louisiana
2000
Lisa Steriti DiGianni
Factors Associated with Smoking Status and Birth Outcomes Among Low-Income Pregnant Women: A Social Policy Perspective
Maureen Kelleher, Thomas Shapiro, Wilfred Holton, and Karen Emmons
Research Analyst, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Lorna Rivera
Learning Community: An Ethnographic Study of Popular Education and Homeless Women in a Shelter-Based Adult Literacy Program
Gordana Rabrenovic, Wilfred Holton, Terry Haywoode, and Ann Withorn
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Department of Sociology, Boston, Massachusetts
Karen Lischinsky
Men at Work, at Home and in the World: A Case Study of Grocery Night Crew Workers
Michael Brown, Jack Levin, Gordana Rabrenovic, and Randy Martin
Adjunct Faculty, University College, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts