ABOUT ME
I am a sociologist curious about the connections between economic development and the worlds of family and work. My research examines the gendered consequences of macro level social changes such as globalization, demographic shifts, immigration, and state policies. I am proud to work and teach at a nontraditional campus in Texas that serves a diverse group of upper-division college students, many of whom bring a lifetime of rich experiences with them into the classroom.
Photo: Bathurst, NSW, Australia
EDUCATION
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Women and Rural Industrialization: Garment Production Reaches Old Land and New Labor in Bangladesh
Women's Studies International Forum (July 2019)
2014 - 2015
Cornell University
Postdoctoral fellow in development sociology
Young Women's Situation and Patriarchal Bargains
In: Women of Asia: Globalization, Development, and Gender Equity edited by Mehrangiz Najafizadeh and Linda Lindsey (2018)
Educated Girls, Absent Grooms, and Runaway Brides: Narrating Social Change in Bangladesh
Development and Daughters: Changing Familial Roles in Rural Bangladesh
Societies Without Borders (2011)
2007 - 2014
University of Missouri
Ph.D. in sociology
2001 - 2005
University of Nebraska - Omaha
M.A. in sociology
1995 - 1999
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
B.A. in anthropology
Shifting the Burden to Daughters: A Qualitative Examination of Population Policy, Labor Migration, and Filial Responsibility in Rural Bangladesh
Qualitative Sociology Review (July 2018)