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Janice M. McCabe
Contact Information:
| Office: | Bellamy 431 |
| Phone: | 850-644-4757 |
| Fax: | 850 644-6208 |
| Email: | jmccabe@fsu.edu |
Areas of Specialization:
Research:
- Social Inequalities - Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
- Sociology of Education
- Social Psychology
- Sociology of Sexuality
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Teaching:
- Sociology of Gender
- Sociology of Childhood
- Contemporary Social Theory
Education and Recent Professional Experience:
- Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University
- M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University
- B.A. in Women’s Studies and Sociology, Tulane University
Selected Papers and Publications:
- Jeffrey C. Dixon and Janice McCabe. 2006. “Competing Perspectives in the Classroom: The Effect of Sociology Students’ Perceptions of ‘Balance’ on Evaluations.” Teaching Sociology 34: 111-125.
- Janice McCabe. 2005. “Who are the Experts? Medicalization in Teen Magazine Advice Columns.” Pp. 153-191 in Sociological Studies in Children and Youth: Volume 11, edited by David A. Kinney and Katherine Brown Rosier. Oxford, England: JAI Press an Official Imprint of Elsevier Science.
- Janice McCabe. 2005. “What’s in a Label? The Relationship between Feminist Self-Identification and ‘Feminist’ Attitudes among U.S. Women and Men.” Gender & Society 19 (4): 480-505.
- Donna Eder and Janice McCabe. 2004. “Bridging Social and Academic Identities: Peer Relations, Friendship, and Educational Experiences.” Pp. 207-236 in Educating Adolescents: Challenges and Strategies, edited by Tim Urdan and Frank Pajares. Adolescence and Education Volume IV. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
- Janice McCabe and Brian Powell. 2004. “‘In My Class? No’: Professors’ Accounts of Grade Inflation.” Pp. 193-220 in The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: The Contribution of Research Universities, edited by William Becker and Moya Andrews. Bloomington: IU Press.
Manuscripts in Progress:
- “‘Feeling Like I’m at Home’: Race and Ethnicity, Social Networks, and Campus Organizational Characteristics.”
- “Sexual Well-Being: A Comparison of Black and White Women in Heterosexual Relationships.” With John Bancroft, J. Scott Long, and Jeni Loftus.
- “The Changing Image of Gender in American Children's Literature: Rethinking the Classic Findings.” With Bernice A. Pescosolido, Emily Fairchild, Elizabeth Grauerholz, and Melissa Milkie.
- “‘When Someone Comes into College Worry Free, They’re Doing Pretty Good’: Black, Latina/o, and White Students’ Reflections on College Cost and Financial Aid.”
Honors
- Alfred Lindesmith-Elizabeth Ione Mullins Fellowship for Outstanding Research, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 2005-2006.
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, 2004-2005.
- Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)/Lumina Foundation for Education Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005.
- Edward H. Sutherland Award for Excellence in Teaching, Sociology Department, Indiana University, 2004.
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