![]() One of my current projects analyzes how the interplay of social-psychological factors and multilevel problems faced by K-12 educators led to the recent unprecedented wave of teacher activism across the United States. B.A. Spanish, Indiana University, Bloomington.Another line of ongoing research focuses on understanding how to combat inequities faced by marginalized groups in STEM. “‘La Crème de la Crème’: How Racial, Gendered, and Intersectional Social Comparisons Reveal Inequities That Affect Sense of Belonging in STEM.” Sociological Inquiry (Online First). “Parental Pressure and Passion: Competing Motivations for Choosing STEM and Non-STEM Majors Among Women Who Double-Major in Both.” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 27(1): 1-29. ![]() McCammon, Holly J., Magdalena Sudibjo, Amanda J. Brockman, Cathryn Beeson-Lynch, and Minyoung Moon*. “Feminist Friends and Foes of the Court: Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court’s Gender Cases.” Sociological Focus (in press). *final three authors contributions equal. ![]() “Invalidated Identities: The Disconfirming Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Black Doctoral Students in STEM” Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Social construction of race and ethnicity, globalization, research methods, applied sociology, visual sociology Current research Faculty Sponsor, Alpha Kappa Delta National Sociology Honors Society.“Feminist Institutional Activists: Venue Shifting, Strategic Adaptation, and Winning the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.” Sociological Forum 34(1). Joan Ferrante is an educator, author, consultant, speaker, filmmaker and founder-director of The Mourning the Creation of Racial Categories (MCRC) Project. MCRC is a highly collaborative and interpretive project that uses dance, music, theater, poetry, and visualization to tell the human stories of separation, abandonment, and neglect behind the creation of racial categories in the U.S. One hallmark of the MCRC Project is that discussions of race are infused with art, which promotes engagement, not defensiveness. While teaching courses about race, Ferrante observed her students wrestling with the weight of their racial classification. After teaching for over 30 years, she became convinced that academic concepts alone, however compelling, were not enough to engage students in deeply meaningful ways. She invited students and faculty to collaborate on a project that would engage audiences creatively and emotionally with race - and The MCRC Project was born. They will soon release their fifth film on race. For more on the films and other projects, go to: Additionally, I am always doing research to update two textbooks, Sociology: A Global Perspective (9 th edition) and Seeing Sociology (3 rd edition).
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