Lisa C. Huebner

Lisa C. Huebner
  • Professor
  • Department: Women's and Gender Studies
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: LHuebner@wcupa.edu

Education

  • M.A., Women’s Studies, University of Cincinnati
  • B.A., Psychology/ Women’s Studies, Bowling Green State University
  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests

Feminist TheoriesQualitative MethodIntersectionality TheoryEthnography

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. Lisa C. Huebner is a feminist sociologist of gender and Professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. For over twenty years, Dr. Huebner has studied, applied, taught, and published in the areas of intersectionality theory and sociology of gender as it relates to the experiences of women of color college students, nursing and other forms of care work, human trafficking, intimate violence, and immigration. Her publications include Catheters, Slurs, and Pickup Lines: Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing(Temple University Press, 2012) and "Fear, Fraud, and Frank Complexities: The Influence of Gender on Human Trafficking" in Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Routledge, 2013). Dr. Huebner just received a WCU Foundation grant to publish and expand her current ethnographic research on the experiences of women of color college students to explain their success in college and the obstacles they face.

List of Publications

  • Catheters, Slurs, and Pick-up Lines: Professional Intimacy in Hospital, Nursing. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2012 “The Professionally Intimate Care Work of Women of Color Nurses: An Intersectional Analysis at the Mexican-American Border.” In Moiyattu Banya and Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia and (Eds.) Women, Gender and Sexualities: An Anthology, 2017 “Gender and Language in a Transnational Space: How Spanish-Speaking Latina Nurses and Patients Construct Care.” in Marc Pruyn, Curry Malott, and Pierre Orelus (Eds) Paths to Gender Justice in Education: Theories and Practices. Charlotte, NC: IAP, 2017 “Fear, Fraud, and Frank Complexities: The Influence of Gender on Human Trafficking” in Mary Burke (Ed.) Human Trafficking: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Routledge Press. 2013 “A Review of Rebecca F. Plante and Lis M. Mauer (eds.) Doing Gender: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience.” Sociological Viewpoints, Spring: 65., 2010 “It Is Part of the Job: The Impact of Work Culture on How Waitresses and Nurses Perceive Sexual Harassment.” Sociological Viewpoints. Fall: 75-90. 2008

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