Sandra Harmon
Faculty
Senior Lecturer
Email
sandra.harmon@unco.edu
Phone
(970) 351-2307
Location
Candelaria Hall 2285D
Address
University of Northern Colorado Campus Box 142 Greeley, CO 80639
Education
M.S. North Carolina State University
Professional Experience & Affiliations
Sandra Harmon is currently the Sociology BA Online Degree Completion Coordinator and Advisor.
Other Experience
Community Organizations
- UNCO AKD Chapter Faculty Advisor 2013-2015
- Stryker Institute for Leadership 2007-2009
- AKD National Chapter 2008-2015
- Sociology Graduate School Association 2009-2011
- Member of Pacific Sociological Association 2008-2011
- Member of Midwest Sociological Association 2010
- Member of American Sociological Association 2008-2015
- Member of Southern Sociological Association 2011
Research Expertise & Interests
- Family
- Work
- Gender
- Research methods
- Effects of modern motherhood
Publications
Peer Reviewed
- Grappendorf, Heidi, Sandra Harmon, and Angela Henderson. 2010. “Perceptions of Female Athletic Trainers in the Training Room.” Journal of Athletic Training 45:386-391.
- Henderson, Angela, Sandra Harmon, and Jeffrey Houser. 2010. “A New State of Surveillance? An Application of Michel Foucault to Modern Motherhood.” Surveillance and Society, 7:231-247
Non Peer Reviewed
- Harmon, Sandra and Angela Henderson. 2008. “The Self-Mastery and Life-Satisfaction of Adult Children with a Depressed Mother.” McNair Scholar Journal, 13:2-23.
Submitted for Publication
- Henderson, Angela, Sandra Harmon, and Harmony Newman. “The Price Paid for Being the “Perfect Mother”: An Analysis of Contemporary Motherhood.” Submitted to Sex Roles September 2014.
Professional Presentations
- Harmon, Sandra. The Relationship between Intensive Mothering and Adult Children’s Self Mastery. Annual Conference of the American Sociological Association in Denver, CO. August 2012
- Harmon, Sandra M. Maternal Work, Maternal Civic Engagement, Paternal Involvement, and The Effects on Children’s Educational Attainment. Annual Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association. March 2011
- Henderson ,Angela C., Meaghan Edison, Jeffrey Houser, and Sandra M. Harmon. “Fellow Moms are Ruthless”: A Qualitative Foucauldian Analysis of Modern Motherhood. Annual Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association. March 2011
Honors & Awards
- SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award. Summer 2014