Gender & Family

Gender plays a crucial role in a wide range of social phenomena. Sociologists of gender explore the construction of gender roles, the intersectional links between gender, status, and inequality. Scholars focusing on family, research it as a social institution with gendered structures and outcomes for health and social functioning.

Faculty members whose primary area of specialization is the study of Gender and Family are: Bonnie Fox, Adam Green, Charles Jones, Anna Korteweg, Judith Taylor and Weiguo Zhang.

Faculty members whose research overlaps with this area include: Shyon Baumann, Monica Boyd, Cynthia Cranford, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Ping Hsiung, John Kervin, Kathy Liddle, Ann Mullen, Ito Peng, Ann Sorenson, Lorne Tepperman and Sandy Welsh.