"I believe in the power of knowledge to transform our lives and our social worlds. Transformation begins in the classroom"
Janet Hinson Shope
Associate Vice President for Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Professor Sociology and Anthropology
Janet Shope is professor of sociology and the associate vice president of institutional research and effectiveness. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from The George Washington University and her B.S. in sociology from Birmingham Southern College. Her scholarship on gender issues includes two books: Campus Whisper Networks: Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors (with Rick Pringle, Rutgers University Press, forthcoming) and Paid to Party: Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales (with Jamie L. Mullaney, Rutgers University Press, 2012).
Publications
Books
Campus Whisper Networks: Knowing with Sexual Assault Survivors (with L. Richard Pringle). Forthcoming. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Paid to Party: Working Time and Emotion in Direct Home Sales (with Jamie L. Mullaney). 2012. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Journal Articles
“Feeling the Hands of Time: Intersections of Time and Emotion.” (with Jamie L. Mullaney). 2015. Sociology Compass 9(10): 853–863.
“Difficult Conversations We’re NOT Having: Mixed Group Perspective-Taking and Diversity Education at a Small College.” (with Janine L. Bowen). 2014. Journal on Centers for Teaching and Learning 6: 13–25.
“‘Lobolo is here to stay:’ Rural Women and the Contradictory Meanings of Lobola in Post-Apartheid South Africa.” 2006. Agenda 20: 64–72.
“You Can’t Cross a River Without Getting Wet: A Feminist Standpoint on the Dilemmas of Cross-Cultural Research.” 2006. Qualitative Inquiry 12: 163–184.
“When Words Are Not Enough: The Search for the Effects of Pornography on Abused Women.” 2004. Violence Against Women 10: 56–72.
“‘Woman, Speak with a Loud Voice!’ Rural Development in South Africa.” (with Eric Singer). 2000. International Feminist Journal of Politics 2: 82–101.
Recent Presentations
“Beyond Food, Festivals, and Fun: Engaging Oppression, Inequality, and Hierarchy in General Education.” Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, “Raising Our Voices: Reclaiming the Narrative of Higher Education,” Atlanta, GA. January 2019.
“Confronting Ourselves.” Pre-meeting symposium, “Student Activism and Liberal Education: Faculty Engagement in Turbulent Times.” Annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, “Building Public Trust in the Promise of Liberal Education and Inclusive Excellence,” San Francisco, CA. January 2017.