Sociology of Gender

Several of our faculty focus on gender studies.  Boston College is also part of a Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies with six other local colleges. 

Faculty (Qualitative)

Related Publications

Hesse-Biber, S. and Carter, G. Working Women in America: Split Dreams. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2004.

McGuffey, C. Shawn.  2005.  �Engendering Trauma:  Race, Class, and Gender Reaffirmation after Child Sexual Abuse.�  Gender & Society 19 (5): 621-643.

Salzinger, Leslie.  Genders in Production: Making Workers in Mexico�s Global Factories. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003).
Sarkisian, Natalia, and Naomi Gerstel. 2004. �Explaining the Gender Gap in Help to Parents: The Importance of Employment.� Journal of Marriage and Family, 66, May: 431-451.