Harmony Newman
Faculty
Chair of Sociology | Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies | Faculty Senate Chair
- Gender Studies
- College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Education
- M.A. and Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
- B.A. Centenary College of Louisiana
Professional Experience & Affiliations
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Franklin & Marshall College
Research Expertise & Interests
Gender, Motherhood, Social Movements, Health and Illness
Publications
2016 “The Price Mothers Pay, Even When They Aren’t Buying It: Mental Health Consequences of Idealized Motherhood.” Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 74(11): 512-526 (with Dr. Angela Henderson and Sandra Harmon).
2014 “The Modern Mystique: Organizational Enforcement of Hegemonic Motherhood.” Sociological Inquiry 84(3): 472-491 (with Dr. Angela Henderson).
2014 “Embodied Activism without Bodies? Analysis of Embodiment in the Breastfeeding and Male Circumcision Movements.” Sociology of Health and Illness 36(5): 639-654 (with Dr. Laura Carpenter).
2014 Review of Militant Lactivism?: Attachment Parenting and Intensive Motherhood in the UK and France, by Charlotte Faircloth, 2013. In Gender & Society 28(2): 328-329.
2011 Review of Opting Out: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home, by Pamela Stone. University of California Press, 2007. In Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal 38(4): 514-516.
Honors & Awards
- 2016 Diversity in the Classroom Award, University of Northern Colorado
- 2015 New Project Proposal, University of Northern Colorado, $5000 (with Dr. Angela Henderson and Sandra Harmon)
- 2015 Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern Colorado
- 2015 Finalist, Diversity in the Classroom Award, University of Northern Colorado
- 2014 Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern Colorado
- 2014 Faculty Reassignment Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Works, University of Northern Colorado
- 2012 ASA/SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award, $500