Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology

Ruth Chananie-Hill Office: Baker 324 Phone: 319-273-7242 Fax: 319-273-7104 rchill@uni.edu http://www.uni.edu/chananir

Area:
Sociology

Degrees:
PhD, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2007
MA, Middle Tennessee State University, 2002

Research Interests:
Theory, social movements, race, gender & sexuality, social psychology, qualitative methods, sociology of sport

I am currently researching female bodybuilders' extreme dieting practices with Shelly McGrath and Justin Stoll, and women's flat track roller derby through the lens of third wave feminism with Jen Waldron and Natalie Turner.

Selected Publications:
McGrath, Shelly A. and Ruth A. Chananie-Hill. 2009. “‘Big Freaky Looking Women’: Normalizing Gender Transgression through Bodybuilding.” Sociology of Sport Journal 26:235-254.

Chananie-Hill, Ruth A. 2008. Book Review. The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing American Family, by Michael J. Rosenfeld (2007). Journal of Marriage & Family 70(3):832-833.

Chananie, Ruth A. 2005. “Psychopharmaceutical Advertising Strategies: Empowerment in a Pill?” Sociological Spectrum 25(5):487-518.

Chananie, Ruth A. 2005. “Janet Saltzman Chafetz: An Accidental Sociologist,” Pp. 245-268 in Portraits of Women Sociologists, edited by Pat Nation, Calvin Easterling, and Brenda D. Phillips. Island Park, NY: Whittier Publications.

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