Dr. Risman is currently a Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst German. She is working on writing articles and a book about her current research on people who reject the gender binary, and what it means for the gender structure as a stratification system.
Dr. Risman has recently ended a four-year term as Editor-In-Chief of Gender & Society. Her team, a talented set of colleagues, included Irma Mooi-Reci (University of Melbourne), Kristen Myers (Eastern Carolina University), Smitha Radhakrishnan (Wellesley College), Sheryl Skaggs (University of Texas at Dallas) and Travers (Simon Fraser University). Dr. Risman ended her four year term as Editor-in-Chief of Gender & Society on Dec 31, 2024.
The journal focuses on research that supports the development of feminist theory. Among the team's successes were including more international editorial board members and reviewers, and using social media to publicize the new research to a popular audience. Research was published that used every methodology. At the end of her editorship, Gender & Society was ranked as #1 in both sociology and in Women and Gender Studies. The new Co-Editors are Patricia Richards and Sharmilla Rudrapppa.
The journal focuses on research that supports the development of feminist theory. Among the team's successes were including more international editorial board members and reviewers, and using social media to publicize the new research to a popular audience. Research was published that used every methodology. At the end of her editorship, Gender & Society was ranked as #1 in both sociology and in Women and Gender Studies. The new Co-Editors are Patricia Richards and Sharmilla Rudrapppa.
Where the Millennials Will Take Us
In Where the Millennials Will Take Us, Barbara Risman takes readers inside the minds of today’s young adults, showing the great diversity of their strategies for negotiating the gender revolution. Using her theory of gender as a social structure, Risman analyzes life history interviews with Chicagoland Millennials. Some in this sample are true believers that men and women are essentially different and should be so. Others are gender innovators, defying stereotypes themselves, and rejecting sexist ideologies and organizational practices. Perhaps new to this generation are the gender rebels who reject sex categories themselves, claiming the identity of genderqueer. And finally there are those who are simply confused by all the changes around them. There is no one typical Millennial. These interviews show how dramatically gender still constrains life in America. Barbara Risman concludes with a call for a fourth wave of feminism to eradicate not only sexism but also the gender structure itself.
In Where the Millennials Will Take Us, Barbara Risman takes readers inside the minds of today’s young adults, showing the great diversity of their strategies for negotiating the gender revolution. Using her theory of gender as a social structure, Risman analyzes life history interviews with Chicagoland Millennials. Some in this sample are true believers that men and women are essentially different and should be so. Others are gender innovators, defying stereotypes themselves, and rejecting sexist ideologies and organizational practices. Perhaps new to this generation are the gender rebels who reject sex categories themselves, claiming the identity of genderqueer. And finally there are those who are simply confused by all the changes around them. There is no one typical Millennial. These interviews show how dramatically gender still constrains life in America. Barbara Risman concludes with a call for a fourth wave of feminism to eradicate not only sexism but also the gender structure itself.
Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
Barbara Risman, along with co-editors Carissa Froyum and William Scarborough, have designed a Handbook for scholars and students of gender! The book is co-edited by Barbara J. Risman (sociology professor and LAS distinguished professor), Carisa Froyum Roise (associate professor of sociology at the University of Northern Iowa), and William Scarborough (PhD candidate at UIC Sociology). The edited volume, Handbook of the Sociology of Gender, provides a comprehensive overview of theory and research in the sociology of gender. Individual articles can be downloaded from university libraries for a variety of courses where the instructor wants to bring in a gender lens. In addition, it’s a great source for doctoral students taking preliminary exams in the sociology of gender.
The authors are leading figures in gender scholarship and rising stars in the profession. They include: Joey Sprague, Pallavi Banerjee, Zandria Robinson, Heidi Gansen, Shannon Davis, Natalie Castaneda, Verna Keith, James W. Messerschmidt, Susan Fisk, Koji Chavez, Kristen Myers, Alexandra Kalev, Georgiann Davis, Virginia Rutter, C.J. Pascoe, Arielle Kuperberg, Pepper Schwartz, Oriel Sullivan, Emily Kane, Carissa Froyum, Jennifer McMorris, Cheryl Cooky, Laura Hirshfield, Carolyn Choi, Bandana Purkayastha, and many others.
Barbara Risman, along with co-editors Carissa Froyum and William Scarborough, have designed a Handbook for scholars and students of gender! The book is co-edited by Barbara J. Risman (sociology professor and LAS distinguished professor), Carisa Froyum Roise (associate professor of sociology at the University of Northern Iowa), and William Scarborough (PhD candidate at UIC Sociology). The edited volume, Handbook of the Sociology of Gender, provides a comprehensive overview of theory and research in the sociology of gender. Individual articles can be downloaded from university libraries for a variety of courses where the instructor wants to bring in a gender lens. In addition, it’s a great source for doctoral students taking preliminary exams in the sociology of gender.
The authors are leading figures in gender scholarship and rising stars in the profession. They include: Joey Sprague, Pallavi Banerjee, Zandria Robinson, Heidi Gansen, Shannon Davis, Natalie Castaneda, Verna Keith, James W. Messerschmidt, Susan Fisk, Koji Chavez, Kristen Myers, Alexandra Kalev, Georgiann Davis, Virginia Rutter, C.J. Pascoe, Arielle Kuperberg, Pepper Schwartz, Oriel Sullivan, Emily Kane, Carissa Froyum, Jennifer McMorris, Cheryl Cooky, Laura Hirshfield, Carolyn Choi, Bandana Purkayastha, and many others.
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Category X: Gender in the 21st Century
Professor Risman and her colleagues are currently analyzing data from the international Category X research project. This is study which includes interview data from three regions of the United States, with Co-Principal Investigator Buddy Scarborough (University of North Texas). In addition, with colleagues from Italy, Spain, and Australia, Professor Risman’s team is doing comparative analysis of how rejecting gender categories is similar and different across contexts. For more details on that research, visit categoryxproject.wordpress.com |
Professor Risman receiving the medal for her Distinguished Professorship from Dean Astrida Tantillo
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor Risman with her current doctoral students and undergraduate research assistants
Workshop on Using Atlas Ti at the VU, Amsterdam, Summer 2014
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Council on Contemporary Family Board, University of Miami, 2014
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