Book
Intimate Inequalities: Millennials’ Romantic Relationships in Contemporary Times. Rutgers University Press.*
*WINNER: 2021 National Indie Excellence Awards (“Current Events” category)
*HONORABLE MENTION: 2021 Foreword INDIES Awards (“Political and Social Sciences” category)
2022 Research papers
“Race, Marginalization, and Perceptions of Stress Among Workers Worldwide Post-2020.” Sociological Inquiry
“‘I Just Don’t Think I Can Deal’: Contraceptive Method Acceptability, Dealbreakers, and Women’s Embodied Sense of Self.” Sexuality Research and Social Policy
“Reproductive Autonomy and Feelings of Control over Pregnancy among Emerging Adult Clients in a Utah (USA) Contraceptive Initiative Study.” Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
“‘For me, it’s having something meaningful’: Women’s Emotional Understandings of Sex and The Sexual Acceptability of Contraception.” The Journal of Sex Research
2021 Research Papers
“‘I Talked to a couple of friends that had it’: Informal Feminized Health Networks and Contraceptive Method Choices.” Social Science & Medicine
“Jail as a Point of Contraceptive Care Access: Needs and Preferences Among Women at an Urban Jail.” Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health
“The HER Salt Lake Media Campaign: Comparing Characteristics and Outcomes of Clients Who Make Appointments Online versus Standard Scheduling.” BMC Women’s Health
“Contraceptive Method Uptake at Title X Health Centers in Utah.” Women’s Health Issues
“‘My family and friends thought it was a horrible idea’: The classed, gendered project of young adult women’s intimacy choices.” Journal of Youth Studies
2020 Research Papers
“Dangerous Sex: Gendered Sexual Bodies and Perceptions of STI Risk.” Sexuality Research and Social Policy
2020 Book Review
Book Review: Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It. Teaching Sociology
2019 Research Papers
“It’s a Lifestyle”: Social Class, Flexibility, and Young Adults’ Stories about Defining Adulthood.” Sociological Spectrum
“Strategic Silence: College Men and Hegemonic Masculinity in Contraceptive Decision Making” Gender & Society
“Conflicting Contraceptive Norms for Men: Equal Responsibility versus Women’s Bodily Autonomy.”Culture, Health & Sexuality
“Manifesting Maturity: Gendered Sexual Intimacy and Becoming an Adult.” Sexualities
2019 Book Reviews
Book Review: Yasemin Besen-Cassino, The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and The Origins of the Gender Wage Gap. Teaching Sociology
Book Review: Alicia M. Walker, The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women’s Infidelity. Sexualities
Book Review: Japonica Brown- Saracino, How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities. Sexualities
2018 Research Papers
“‘Sister’ and ‘Brother’ Schools, Women and Men: Gender, Power, and Inequality in a Women’s College Space.”Journal of Gender Studies
“Internet Intimacy: Authenticity and Longing in the Relationships of Millennial Young Adults.”Sociological Perspectives
“Recruitment Tools for Reaching Millennials: The Digital Difference.” International Journal of Qualitative Methods
2017 Research Papers
“Blinded by Love: Women, Men, and Gendered Age in Relationship Stories”Gender & Society
“Hispanic and Catholic, or Hispanic-Catholic? Racialized Religious Identity for Self- Identified ‘Hispanic’ Students at a Predominantly White Institution.” NEXT Graduate Journal of Religious Studies
2016 Research Paper
“‘I Don’t Advertise the Fact That I’m a Catholic’: College Students, Religion, and Ambivalence” Sociological Spectrum
2015 Book Review
Review of Distant Love: Personal Life in the Global Age by Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim Gender & Society
2013 Research Paper
“Monogamy Lite: Cheating, College, and Women”Gender& Society
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