Catherine Connell
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Texas at Austin (2010)
Sociology 245 | 617.358.0647 |cati@bu.edu
Catherine Connell
BIO AND RESEARCH
I am a qualitative researcher interested in the intersections of gender, sexuality, and work. I received a B.A. in sociology from New York University in 2002, an M.A. in sociology from UT Austin in 2006 and a Ph.D. in sociology from UT Austin in 2010.
My current research project focuses on gay and lesbian identified teachers in California and Texas. This work highlights the importance of social, political, and cultural context in individual decision-making about sexual disclosure, explores the consequences of “normalization” of LGBT experiences in the classroom, and addresses the role of identity politics in social change.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
Forthcoming. Catherine Connell. Dangerous Disclosures. Sexuality Research and Social Policy
2011. Catherine Connell. “The Politics of the Stall: Transgender and Genderqueer Workers Negotiating ‘The Bathroom Question’.” In Embodied Resistance: Breaking Rules in Public Spaces (Christina Bobel & Samantha Kwan, Eds.), p 175-185. Nashville: Vanderbilt Press.
2010. Christine Williams and Catherine Connell. “‘Looking Good and Sounding Right’: Aesthetic Labor and Social Inequality in the Retail Industry”. Work & Occupations, 37(3), 349-377.
2010. Catherine Connell. “Doing, Undoing, or Redoing Gender? Learning From the Workplace Experiences of Transpeople.” Gender & Society, 24(1), 31-35.
2007. Kristin Schilt and Catherine Connell. “Do Workplace Gender Transitions Make Gender Trouble?” in Gender, Work, & Organization 14(6), 596-618.