Curriculum
Vitae
Mailing
Address:
Department
of Sociology
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA. 02467-3807
Tel: Office: (617) 552-4139
e-mail:
hesse@bc.edu
Educational
Experience:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D. (Sociology)
M.A. (Sociology)
B.A. (Sociology)
Research
and Teaching
Interests:
Women and Work, Feminism and Methodology, Feminist Theory,
Qualitative Methods, Micro-computing and Qualitative
Data Analysis.
Current Position
Professor
Department of Sociology
Director
Women’s Studies Program
Executive Director
National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE)
Highlighted books:
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Reviews
Journalists Anna Myers and Esther D. Rothblum at the University of Chicago press praise Dr. Hesse-Biber's work by saying,
Sharlene Hesse-Biber's book Am I Thin Enough Yet? provides an
excellent beginning for those seeking a cultural analysis of the rise
of eating disorders in Western culture. For a scholarly work, this
book is extraordinarily readable, making the information
accessible even to adolescents.
The following except is taken from Rachel Evans article entiltled "Eradicating the Cult of Thinness."
This book is a worthy successor to The Beauty Myth (1991)
by Naomi Wolf. While Am I Thin Enough Yet? is only half
the size of The Beauty Myth, its breadth, analysis and readability matches, and in some aspects surpasses, Wolf's book.
To read more of this article and gain the Austrailian perspective on Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Commercialization of Identity click here:
Eradicating the Cult of Thinness
In the fall of 2006 the Collegium News reviewed Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Living Experiences, andSocial Justice, a published worked edited by both Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Denis Leckenby, and declaired it
"the outcome of a decade’s collaborations by the National Association
for Women in Higher Education (NAWCHE)"
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The Collegium News
In 1999 Sharlene Hesse-Biber, along with Christina Gilmartin and Robi Lyndenberg, produced and editited Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology: An Interdisciplinary Reader New York: Oxford University Press.
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Feminist Approaches to Theory
Book Awards:
The academic librarians' magazine Academia chose Dr.Hesse-Biber's publication Working Women in America: Split Dream as one of the 1 000 core books that all libraries should have in their collection.
In addition, in the May 19th 2005 Publishing Report from the Library Journal Academic Newswire Dr.Hesse-Biber's book was recognized as one of the top ten best selling books in business and economics in academic and public libraries during the winter of 2004-2005.
To read a review of Working Women click here:
Review Working Women
Approaches to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice, which Professor Hesse-Biber co-authored, was cited as a desired book in qualitative research by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (the National Health) for 2007. The recommendation was compiled by the Academy of Health.
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National Library of Medicine
Every year members of the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) recognize published works that not only provoke interest but contribute to a particular educational field. Dr. Hesse-Biber book, Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, was selected as one of the AESA critic choice award winners for 2006.
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AESA
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Researchware
HyperTranscribe. A software program for transcription of video and audio files.
www.researchware.com
HyperRESEARCH, A computer-assisted software program for analyzing qualitative data. Version 2.7 Released, December 2007.
www.researchware.com
to read about this product in the news see:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/08/hypertranscribe/index.php
Books:
Feminist Research Practice
A Primer. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy, Editors. Sage Publications, 2007.
Handbook of Feminist Research:
Theory and Praxis, Sage Publications, 2007.
Emergent Methods in Social Research. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy, Editors. Sage Publications, 2006.
The Practice of Qualitative Research. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy. Sage Publications, 2006.
SAGE Publications
Handbook of Emergent Methods ( co-edited with P. Leavy) Guilford Publications (2008)
Mixed Methods for Qualitative Researchers Guilford Publications, (2008).
Cult of Thinness. Oxford University Press, 2007
Japanese Version of : Am I Thin Enough Yet: The
Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. forthcoming in 2005.
Hesse-Biber,
S. and
Carter, G. Working Women in America: Split Dreams.
2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2005.
Hesse-Biber,
S. and Yaiser, M. (Editors). Feminist Perspectives in Social
Research.
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Hesse-Biber,
S. and Leavy, P. (Editors).
Approaches
to Qualitative Research: A Reader on Theory and Practice.
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Hesse-Biber,
S. and Leckenby, D. (Editors). The
Status of Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border work,
Living Experience and Social Justice. Lexington Books. 2003.
Hesse-Biber,
S. and Carter, G. Working
Women in America: Split Dreams. N.Y.: Oxford University
Press, 2000, 2005 (second edition).
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Recently Published Articles:
“Becoming a Certain Body.” In
Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings. David M. Newman and Jodi O’Brien, Editors. Sixth Edition. Thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press, 2006.
“The Mass Marketing of Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders: The Social Psychology of Women, Thinness and Culture.” (with Patricia Leavy, Courtney Quinn and Julie Zonio
Women’s Studies InternationalForum, Vol. 29, no. 2.2006.
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Top 25 Hottest Articles
" A Brief History of Working Women in America." Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Gregg Lee Carter. In Susan M. Shaw and Janet Lee, Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions, second edition (2004). pp. 317-331.
" Analysis, Interpretation, and the Writing of QualitativeData." (with Patricia Leavy). In Approaches to Qualitative Research. Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biberand Patricia Leavy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004 , pp. 409-425.
"Difference Matters: Studying Across Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality." (with Michelle L. Yaiser). In Feminist Perspectives on Social Research. edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-bBber and Michelle L. Yaiser. New York: Oxford University Press.2004, Pp. l01-l21
"Distinguishing Qualitative Research."(with Patricia Leavy) . In Approaches to Qualitative Research. Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biberand Patricia Leavy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) pp.1-15.
"Feminist Approaches to Research as a Process"Reconceptualiziing Epistemology, Methodology and Method." (with Patricia Leavy and Michelle L.Yaiser. pp. 3-26 . In Feminist Perspectives on Social Research. edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Michelle L. Yaiser. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
" How Feminists Practice Social Research." (with Denise Leckenby ) In Feminist Perspectives on Social Research. edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Bober and Michelle L. Yaiser. New York: Oxford University Press.2004 pp. 209-226.
" Linking Qualitative
and Quantitative Analysis: The Example of Family Socialization
and Eating Disorders " In Empirical Approaches to Sociology:
A Collection of Classic and Contemporary Readings. Hesse-Biber, S. and Carter, G. L. : Allyn
and Bacon, 2004.
"Racial Identity and the Development of Body Image Issues Among African American Adolescent Girls." Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, Stephanie Howling, Patricia Leavy and Meg Lovejoy. The Qualitative Report, Volume 9 Number 1, March 2004, pp. 49-79.
“ Racial Identity and the Development of Body Image Issues in Black Females.” (co-authored)
Qualitative Report 2004. Volume 9, no.1:49-78.
Socialization and the Production of Gender Inequality: The Influences of Family, School, Peers, and the Media : In. Gregg Lee Carter (ed.). Empirical Approaches to Sociology: A Collection of Classic and Contemporary Readings. Carter, G. L. and Hesse-Biber, S. 2004: Allyn and Bacon, 2004.
" Unobtrusive Methods, Visual Research, and Cultural (with Patricia Leavy) In Approaches to Qualitative Research. Edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biberand Patricia Leavy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004 , pp.303-315
" Conclusion: Strife and Synthesis: Women and Women's Studies in Catholic Higher Education" (with Denise Leckenby) in, Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Living Experiences and Social Justice edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Denise Leckenby . New York: Lexington Books, 2003. pp. 161-180.
"Gender Inequality in the Workplace: the Example of Women in Management." Robert E. Ribertson, Gregg Lee Carter and Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber in Gregg Lee Carter (editor) Empirical Approaches to Sociology 4th Edition.Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2003.
"Introduction: Border Work, Living Experience, ad SocialJustice." (with Denise Leckenby) in,Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Living Experiencesand Social Justice edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Denise Leckenby. New York: Lexington Books, 2003 pp. 1- 13.
"Living the Experiences of a Feminist Faculty Member at aCatholic Institution." in, Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Lived Experience, and Social Justice.edited by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Denise Leckenby . New York: Lexington Books, 2003 pp. 89-100.
“ Feminism and Interdisciplinarity.” In Women in Higher Educaton: Empowering Change. Edited by Melanie McCoy and JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz. Greenwood Press, 2002.
“ Family Socialization and Eating Disorders in College-Age Women (with G. Carter) .” In Empirical Approaches to Sociology edited by Gregg L. Carter Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 3rd Edition , 2001.
“ Gender Inequality and Socialization: The Influences of Family, School, Peers, and the Media. ( with G. Carter)” In Empirical Approaches to Sociology, edited by Gregg L. Carter. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 3rd Edition, 200l.
“ Testing Hypotheses on Qualitative Data: The Use of HyperRESEARCH Computer-Assisted Software.” (with Paul Dupuis). Social Science Computer Review, Vol. 18, No.3, Fall, 2000: 302-328.
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