Department of Sociology

Publications

Peer Reviewed and Published Conference Proceedings

2010. Virnoche, M.E. & Eschenbach, E.A. "Race, Gender and First Generation Status in Computing Science, Engineering and Math Persistence." American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE)/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 40th Frontiers in Education Conference. Washington, D.C.

2010. Virnoche, M.E., Cashman, E., Eschenbach, E.A. and Hughes, R. "Work in Progress - Retention and FIGS: Institutional versus Engineering Major Efficacy." American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE)/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 40th Frontiers in Education Conference. Washington, D.C.

2009. Eschenbach, E., Virnoche, M., Grafman, L., Stamper, F., Atkins, L., Raymond, R., Mills, K."Improving Early Interest and Confidence in Engineering: Creating Partnerships between Universities, K-12 Teachers, their Students and Engineers." American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE) Conference. Austin, Texas.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters and Articles

2009. "Domestic Technology" in Encyclopedia of Gender and Society edited by Jodi O’Brien. Los Angeles: Sage.

2009. "Scientific Motherhood" in Encyclopedia of Gender and Society edited by Jodi O’Brien. Los Angeles: Sage

2008. "Expanding Girls’ Horizons: Strengthening Persistence in the Early Math and Science Education Pipeline." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering. 14(1): 29-48.

2006. “The ABC's of Internet Negotiation: U.S. Teachers on the Fringes Getting Wired” with Matt Lessem in Ideologies of the Internet edited by Katharine Sarikakis and Daya K Thussu. Cresskill: Hampton Press.

2005. "Science and the Family" in Oxford Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society edited by Sal Restivo. New York: Oxford University Press.

2002. "When a Stranger Calls: Strange Making Technologies and the Transformation of the Stranger." Social Thought and Research, 24:343-367.

2001. "Pink Collars on the Internet: Roadblocks to the Information Superhighway." Women Studies Quarterly, Special Issue "Women Confronting the New Technologies," 29(3,4):80-102.

1998. "The Seamless "Web" and Communications Equity: The Social Shaping of a Community Network." Science, Technology and Human Values 23(2):199-220.

1997. "Only Connect: E.M. Forster in an Age of Electronic Communication: Computer-Mediated Association and Community Networks" with Gary T. Marx. Sociological Inquiry 67:635-650.

1995. "What's Wrong is Right: A Response to the State of the Discipline" with Feminist Scholars Writing Group. Sociological Forum 10:493-498.

Peer Reviewed and Published Teaching Resources

2007. "Gender Transgression" in the American Sociological Association Sociology of Gender Teaching Collection edited by Betsy Lucal and Amy Blackstone.

2007. "Gender Autobiography" in the American Sociological Association Sociology of Gender Teaching Collection edited by Betsy Lucal and Amy Blackstone.

Book Reviews

2007. Review of Bury, Rhiannon. 2005. "Cyberspaces of Their Own: Female Fandoms Online." The Information Society 23(5):421-422.

2002. Review of Stefik, Mark. 2000. "The Internet Edge: Social, Technical, and Legal Challenges for a Networked World." Social Science Computer Review 20(4):504-506.

1998. Review of Couch, Carl. 1996. "Information Technology and Social Orders." The Information Society 14(4):313-314.