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Chrys Ingraham
Born (1947-10-29) October 29, 1947 (age 76)
Academic background
Alma materSyracuse University
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
Main interestsCritical heterosexual studies, queer theory, historical sociology, astrosociology, women's studies

Chrys Ingraham is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Purchase College of the State University of New York .[1]

Biography

Ingraham (b.1947) is a native of New York State, graduated from Syracuse University's Maxwell School with a Masters in Public Administration (1984), Graduate Certification in Women's Studies and a Ph.D. in Sociology (1992). Her dissertation research addressed how the Comstock Law (1872) allowed for the censorship and suppression of feminist thought in 19th century U.S. She has taught at a variety of colleges and universities, including Syracuse University, Ithaca College, Skidmore College, Smith College, Russell Sage College, SUNY Albany, and is currently Professor and Chair of Sociology at the State University of New York at Purchase.[2][3] She currently lives in Syracuse, NY.

Career

Ingraham served as visiting professor at Ithaca College prior to receiving tenure and promotion to full professor at Russell Sage College where she directed the Helen M. Upton Center for Women's Studies and co-founded (with Tonia Blackwell) the Allies Center for the Study of Difference and Conflict. She later co-founded (with Dr. Eileen Brownell) their Management and Social Responsibility program. In 2007 she moved to SUNY Purchase to rebuild the Sociology program and later assisted in the creation of a Latin American Studies major. Ingraham currently serves as Chair of Sociology at Purchase College.

Publications

Ingraham has written, edited, or co-edited, several books

  • 1997 Materialist Feminism: A Reader in Class, Difference, and Women's Live's,ed. by Chrys Ingraham and Rosemary Hennessy, Routledge, 1997. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 347 libraries.[4]
  • 1999 White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 1st edition, Routledge, 1999
  • 2008 White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2008.
  • 2016 White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 3rd edition, Routledge, 2016. According to WorldCat, the editions of this book are held in 820 libraries.[5]
  • 2005 Thinking Straight: The Power, the Promise, and the Paradox of Heterosexuality, ed.by Chrys Ingraham. Routledge, 2005. ISBN 9780415932738. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1116 libraries.[6]

Ingraham has also published several book chapters including:

  • "Heterosexuality: It's Just Not Natural!," in Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies, edited by Diane Richardson and Steven Seidman, London: Sage. 2002 According to WorldCat, the book is held in 613 libraries.[7]
  • "Thinking Straight, Acting Bent: Heteronormativity and Homosexuality," in Handbook of Gender and Women's Studies, edited by Kathy Davis, Mary Evans, and Judith Lorber, London: Sage. 2006.
  • "Straightening Up: The Marriage of Conformity and Resistance in Wedding Art," in Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, edited by Paula Bradstreet Richter, Peabody Essex Museum: 2008.

Ingraham has published academic journal articles that include:

  • "The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender", Sociological Theory, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Jul., 1994), pp. 203–219
  • "Systemic Pedagogy: Activating Sociological Thinking Inside and Outside the Classroom", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 1996
  • "Situational Shifts in Sex Role Orientation: Correlates of Work Satisfaction and Burnout Among Women in Special Education", Sex Roles, Vol. 25. Nos. 7/8 1991

She has also written several encyclopedia entries:

  • "Weddings,"in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, edited by Cherie Kramarae and Dale Spender, London: Sage, 2000
  • "Heterosexual Imaginary," with Casey Saunders, in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples. Boston: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015

Ingraham was a guest speaker for the film Wedding Advice by Karen Sosnoski and Fred Zeytoojian, 2002.[8]

References

  1. ^ Purchase College profile [1] Accessed Oct 12, 2018.
  2. ^ https://purchase.academia.edu/ChrysIngraham
  3. ^ https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/680-chrys-ingraham
  4. ^ WorldCat item entry
  5. ^ WorldCat item entry
  6. ^ WorldCat item entry
  7. ^ WorldCat item entry
  8. ^ IMDb
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