University of Michigan - Flint

Degrees Earned:

Ph.D., Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York; M.A., Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; B.A., Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Teaching Interests:

Gender & Society, Sociology of Families, Introduction to Sociology, Social Movements, Race, Class & Gender, Political Sociology

Research Interests:

Gender, Race, Class, & Sexuality; Production of Knowledge; Social Movements; Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Recent Publications and Creative Works:

Heather Laube, Kelley Massoni, Joey Sprague, and Abby L. Ferber. 2007. "The Impact of Gender on the Evaluation of Teaching: What We Know and What We Can Do." NWSA Journal 19:3 87-104.

Heather Laube, Pamela Colton, Gregory Storms, and April Pepperdine. 2006. Women on the Edge: Fifty Years of Women Making Academic Change at the University of Michigan–Flint. Documentary film.

"'Doing Engagement.'" 2006. Pp. 17-19 in Quick Hits for Civic Engagement. Jim Perry and Steve Jones, eds. Indiana University (IU) Press.

Book Reviews:

Barbara Katz Rothman, Weaving a Family: Untangling Race and Adoption. 2006. Gender & Society 20 290-91.

Shirley A. Hill, Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships. 2005. Michigan Family Review 10 115-116.

Recent Sessions Organized for Professional Meetings:

"Using the Media to Take Sociology Public." Panel Organizer and Presider. 2008 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St Louis, MO.

"What is Social Action?" Session Organizer and Presider. 2007 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

"Talking in Sound Bites: How To Talk to the Media." Session organizer and presenter 2006 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, NE.

"The Life Trajectory of an Academic Career." Invited Panel Organizer 2005 annual Summer Meetings of Sociologists for Women in Society, Philadelphia, PA.

Recent Invited Presentations at Professional Meetings:

With Elizabeth Borland, "Helping Students Make Connections through Civic Engagement." Invited roundtable presenter and facilitator. The 2008 Section on Teaching and Learning Pre-conference Workshop for New Teachers of Sociology, "Teachers Are Made, Not Born." Boston, MA, July 31.

"Feminist Mentoring." Invited panelist. 2008. Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society, St Louis, MO.

"The Praxis of Academics' Activism: A Panel Discussion." Invited panelist. 2007. Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York, NY.

Recent Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

Joey Sprague and Heather Laube. "Institutional Barriers to Doing Public Sociology." 2008. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Society, Boston, MA.

Kenneth J. Litwin, Heather Laube, and Andrea Strzelecki. "Sexual Harassment or Boys Will Be Boys? Observers' Interpretations of Questionable Behavior." 2008 Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA.

"Using Documentary to Engage Students" presented at Citizenship in the New Millennium, 2008 American Democracy Project National Meeting, Snow Bird, UT.

Kenneth J. Litwin, Heather Laube, and Andrea Strzelecki. "Doing Sexual Harassment, Doing Masculinity." 2008 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St Louis, MO.

"Learning Social Action by Doing." 2007Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

Heather Laube, Pamela Colton, Gregory Storms. "Women on the Edge: Fifty Years of Women Making Academic Change University of Michigan – Flint." 2007Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

"Feminist Practice and Academic Achievement." 2006 XVI World Congress of Sociology, Durban, South Africa.