TINA FETNER

Highest Degree/University

Ph.D. Sociology. 2001. New York University, New York, NY

Rank/position

Assistant Professor

Educational Interests

Courses & Teaching Interests

Sociology 2Q06: Sociology of Gender. Topics include families, work, the state, marriage, media, work, the economy and globalization. Assignments include an independently researched literature review.

Sociology 3O03: Qualitative Research Methods. An overview of various social science research methods, including interviews, participant observation, ethnography, focus groups and content analysis.

Research Interests

Gender

Sexualities

Youth and Youth Subcultures

Social Movements

Research Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. "The Changing Face of Matrimony in Canada." Standard Research Grant, Co-investigator. $74,000. 2007-10.

Academic Innovation Grant, McMaster University Faculty of Social Sciences. " Learning Technologies for Large Lectures: Video Podcasts and Clickers." $1,160. 2007-08.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. "Youth Activism in Gay-Straight Alliances." Standard Research Grant, Principle investigator. $56,396. 2006-2009.

McMaster University Arts Research Board. "Canadians' Changing Attitudes toward Homosexuality." $6,751. 2005.

Selected Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Tina Fetner and Kristin Kush. forthcoming. "Lesbian and Gay Activism in High Schools: The Emergence of Gay-Straight Alliances." Youth & Society.
Robert Andersen and Tina Fetner. forthcoming. "Birth Cohort and Tolerance of Homosexuality: Attitudinal Change in Canada and the United States, 1981-2000." Public Opinion Quarterly.

Tina Fetner. 2005. "Ex-gay Rhetoric and the Politics of Sexuality: The Christian Antigay/Pro-family Movement's 'Truth in Love' Ad Campaign." Journal of Homosexuality 50(1):71-96.

Edwin Amenta, Neal Caren, Tina Fetner and Michael P. Young. 2002. "Challengers and States: Toward a Political Sociology of Social Movements." Sociological Views on Political Participation in the 21st Century. Research in Political Sociology 10:47-83.

Tina Fetner. 2001. "Working Anita Bryant: The Impact of Christian Antigay Activism on Lesbian and Gay Movement Claims." Social Problems 48:411-28.

Tina Fetner and Susan Rakosi Rosenbloom. 2001. "Sharing Secrets Slowly: Issues of Classroom Self-Disclosure Raised by Student Sex Workers." Teaching Sociology 29:439-53.

CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES:

Tina Fetner. 2006. "The Pro-Family Movement." Chapter 59 in Steven Seidman, Nancy Fischer and Chet Meeks, eds. Introducing the New Sexuality Studies. London and NY: Routledge.

Jackie Smith and Tina Fetner. 2007. "Structural Approaches to Social Movements." Chapter in Conny Roggeband and Bert Klandermans, eds. Handbook of Social Movements across Disciplines. Springer Press.

CV (pdf)

Personal Web Page Link

http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/fetnert/index.html

Office Hours:
Wed. 12:30-2:00pm

Full Address:
Department of Sociology McMaster University
Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 636
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M4
Phone: 905-525-9140, ext. 23623
Email: tina.fetner@mcmaster.ca