Jocelyn Hollander

Associate Professor

Address: 616 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5510
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	jocelynh@uoregon.edu

Professor Hollander received her B.A. in Linguistics from Stanford in 1987. She received an M.A. in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of Washington. She joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1997. Professor Hollander is currently engaged in research on self-defense training and the prevention of violence against women.

Research Interests

gender
violence against women
the social construction of race, class, gender, and sexuality
language and discourse

Teaching Areas

sociology of women
sociology of gender
social psychology
violence against women
microsociology
pedagogy
sociology of food

Courses Taught

SOC 204	Introduction to Sociology
SOC 328	Introduction to Social Psychology
SOC 355	Sociology of Women
SOC 455	Issues in Sociology of Gender: Violence Against Women
SOC 607	Teaching Sociology
SOC 615	Microsociological Theory
SOC 656	Issues in Sociology of Gender: Gender Theory and Research

Selected Books

Gendered Situations, Gendered Selves: A Gender Lens on Social Psychology. (with Judith A. Howard) Newbury Park, CA: Sage. 1997.

Selected Articles

2006 The Processes of Social Construction in Talk (with Hava R. Gordon). Forthcoming in Symbolic Interaction.

2005 Challenging Despair: Teaching About Womens Resistance to Violence. Violence Against Women 11:776-791.

2004 Conceptualizing Resistance (with Rachel L. Einwohner).
Sociological Forum 19(4):533-554.

2004 "'I Can Take Care of Myself': The Impact of Self-Defense Training on Womens Lives." Violence Against Women 10: 205235.

2003 "Resisting Vulnerability: The Social Reconstruction of Gender in Interaction." Social Problems 49:474-496.

2002 "Learning to Discuss: Strategies for Improving the Quality of Class Discussion." Teaching Sociology 30:317327.

2001 "Vulnerability and Dangerousness: The Construction of Gender Through Conversation About Violence." Gender & Society 15:83109.

2000 "Social Psychological Theories on Social Inequality" (with Judith A. Howard). Social Psychology Quarterly 63:338-351.

2000 "Engendering Social Movements: Cultural Images and Movement Dynamics" (with Rachel L. Einwohner and Toska Olson). Gender & Society 14:679-699.

2000 "Fear Journals: A Strategy for Teaching About the Social Consequences of Violence." Teaching Sociology 28:192205.

1998 "Doing Studs: The Performance of Gender and Sexuality on Late-Night Television." Pp. 43-71 in Everyday Inequalities: Critical Inquiries, edited by Jodi O'Brien and Judith A. Howard. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell.

1995 "The Success of Political Movements: A Bargaining Perspective" (with Paul Burstein and Rachel L. Einwohner) Pp. 275-295 in The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Studies of States and Social Movements, ed. J. Craig Jenkins & Bert Klandermans. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Education

Ph.D. -- University of Washington