Wendy Christensen Professor • Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice View CV Website My research focuses on how political discourse and participation is shaped by social inequalities. I am particularly interested in how institutions, like the media, the military, and the family, contribute to the shaping of political engagement. My book, Mothers of the Military: Support and Politics During Wartime, was published by Rowman & Littlefield Press in 2018. In it I examine how gender, race, and class ideologies organize political relationships for military families in ways that sometimes limit their participation in the political process. Professional Interests My current research examines how gender, race, and class ideologies organize political participation in local grassroots political movements. Other Interests I am active in efforts on campus to empower students to political activism, and I involved in local community organizing and social movements. Degrees PhD Sociology, University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI Specialization Political participation, social inequality (race, gender, class), militarism, and feminist theory Representative Publications Mothers of the Military Support and Politics during Wartime; Rowman & Littlefield Press; 2018 https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538114247/Mothers-of-the-Military-Support-and-Politics-during-Wartime# The politics of foot powder: depoliticizing motherhood during the US War on Terrorism; , International Journal of Feminist Politics; 2018 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14616742.2017.1419825?scroll=top&needAccess=true The black citizen-subject: black single mothers in US military recruitment material; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Volume 39, Issue 14 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2016.1160139 Recruiting through mothers: you made them strong, we’ll make them Army Strong; , Critical Military Studies; 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2016.1162975 Changing Society Through Social Movements; Sociology in Action; SAGE; 2017 https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/sociology-in-action/book249345 Notable Courses Taught Sociology of Social MovementsSocial StratificationSenior Seminar in SociologyPrinciples of SociologyResearch MethodsSociology of the FamilySocial Problems Email 973 720 3937 462 Raubinger Hall By appointment