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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
  • Sociology of Childhood and Youth
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology of Sexuality
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Teaching:

  • Graduate:
    • Contemporary Sociological Theory
    • Contemporary Theories of Gender
  • Undergraduate:
    • Sociology of Sex and Gender
    • Childhood in Society
    • Social Problems
  • The Gender Attitude and Belief Inventory (GABI): A tool to better understand theoretical perspectives on gender, including types of feminism. VIEW

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:

  • Janice McCabe. 2009. “Racial and Gender Microaggressions on a Predominantly-White Campus: Experiences of Black, Latina/o and White Undergraduates.” Race, Gender and Class. 16(1):133-151. READ
  • 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. READ
  • 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. READ
  • 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. READ
  • 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:

  • “Multiculturalism in Action: The Case of a Multicultural Sorority at a Predominantly-White University”
  • “The Significance of Race and Ethnicity for Students’ Friendship Network Density at a Predominantly-White University”
  • “The Financial Aid Grapevine: How People and Organizations Impact Students’ Experiences with Financing College,” with Brandon Jackson
  • “The Impact of Gender Expectations on Meanings of Sex and Sexuality: Results from Cognitive Interviews,” with Amanda E. Tanner, and Julia Heiman
  • “Gender in Children's Literature: 20th Century Trends and Current Disparities,” with Elizabeth Grauerholz, Emily Fairchild, and Bernice Pescosolido.

Honors

  • Committee on Faculty Research Support Grant, Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, 2008.
  • First Year Assistant Professor Grant, Council on Research and Creativity, Florida State University, 2007.
  • 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.

Vitae

Curriculum Vitae