Research Interests

My research focuses on sexual and gender diversity and innovatively combines sociological and social psychological theories and methods to study social inequalities, health, relationships, and violence. My research can be categorized in three ways: 1. Critical Femininities & Femme Theory; 2. Relationships, Community, & Health; and 3. Gender-Based Violence & Femmephobia.

Keywords: Sociology of gender, intersectional analyses, social psychology, gender-based violence; sexual and gender diversity, gender and power, violence and discrimination, feminist theory, queer theory, transgender studies, social inequality, femininities, femme, femmephobia, anti-femininity, popular culture, fashion and aesthetics.