Rebecca L. Bach, Associate Professor of the Practice Emerita of Sociology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	260 Soc Psych Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5606
Email Address:

Education:

• Ph.D. Purdue University 1981
• Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology Purdue University 1981
• Master of Arts in Sociology, 1978
• Bachelor of Science, Major in Sociology, Minors in History and Anthropology, Ball State University 1975

Specialties:

Southgate

Research Interests:

My major interests in sociology include gender, sexuality, and inequality. My past research has focused on a diverse range of topics associated with gender inequality in work and family roles including an analysis of the structural determinants of gender composition of university and college faculties, a longitudinal examination of educational decision-making and its relationship to eventual marriage and fertility rates of young women in Cairo, Egypt (with John Gulick, Carolina Population Center), and a qualitative analysis of the work and family commitment of men and women managers (with Catherine Zimmer,University of North Carolina). My current project is a qualitative analysis of the experience of motherhood in the context of domestic violence. I also continue my work on abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education in public schools. I coordinate the sociology undergraduate internship program and teach SOC 11, Social Problems, SOC 149, Sexuality and Society, SOC 129, Gender, Work, and Organizations, and SOC 199S, Sociology Internship Seminar. In my leisure time, I enjoy watching women's and men's college basketball,rock and jazz music, and reading mystery novels.

Areas of Interest:

Gender and Sexuality,
Stratification/Mobility,
Applied Sociology

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Bach, RL, Review of 'The Gender Knot: Rethinking Our Patriarchal Legacy', Contemporary Sociology, vol. 27 (November, 2014) .
2. Bach, RL, Exploring the Benefits of Community-Based Research in a Sociology of Sexualities Course, Teaching Sociology, vol. 39 no. 1 (January, 2011), pp. 57-72, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs].
3. with Julianne Weinzimmer, Exploring the Benefits of Community-Based Research in a Sociology of Sexualities Course, edited by Kathe Lowney, Teaching Sociology, vol. 39 (2010), pp. 57-72, Sage Publication  [abs].
4. Bach, RL, Team Case Study of Community Organizations, in Sociology Through Active Learning, edited by McKinney, K; Heyl, BS, vol. II (June, 2008), pp. 304 pages, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs].
5. Bach, RL, 'Comparable Worth' and 'Sex Education', in Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, edited by Chapman, R (2008), M.E. Sharpe .