{"id":10115,"date":"2020-07-21T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=10115"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:21:28","slug":"cati-connell","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/profile\/cati-connell\/","title":{"rendered":"Cati Connell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Professor Cati Connell is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Boston University and former Director of the BU Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her first book, <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520278233\/schools-out\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520278233\/schools-out\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520278233\/schools-out&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1633546700632000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHsb3OsrhoIDyUjMWha8HDwP04jHw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School\u2019s Out: Gay and Lesbian Teachers in the Classroom<\/a><\/em><span>, was published in 2015 by University of California Press. <\/span><span>Her <\/span>most recent book,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520382695\/a-few-good-gays\" data-loopstyle=\"link\">A Few Good Gays<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<span>explores the causes and consequences of the repeal of Don\u2019t Ask Don\u2019t Tell, the gender integration of combat, and the ongoing question of transgender inclusion. <\/span><span>Her current research explores the evolving meanings and uses of lesbian as a self-descriptor in the 21st century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1FCLemk_EZ_c8pKHaX8s4nU2lGuZmPn9t6thtNQA2MbA\/edit\"><strong>Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14468,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10115"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14468"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12873,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/10115\/revisions\/12873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}