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Beverly Yuen Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Women's Studies
Texas Woman's University
Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Texas Woman's University, Denton since 2008. I teach 2013: Women: Images and Perspectives; 5463: US Women of Colors (graduate seminar); and 5843: Feminist Theories: Embodiment & Society (graduate seminar).
Previously, I was a post-doctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor of Women's Studies at Florida International University, Miami from 2006-2008. At FIU I taught 4930: Social Movements, Gender & Justice; 4504: Feminist Theory: U.S. Women of Color; 4940: Women's Studies Internship; and 3015: Introduction to Women's Studies.
My teaching interests include: critical race/gender/sexuality studies, Asian American/mixed race theory, ethnographic methodology, social movements, urban studies, marginalized cultures, visual anthropology, digital video, photography, and "deviance."
My teaching philosophy fosters critical thinking skills, deep comprehension, and community involvement.
I have begun to incorporate digital
video into my ethnographic field work. Currently, I am researching
women in the tattooing community as well
as roller derby.
Education
2006 Ph.D. Sociology, New
School for Social Research
2003 M.A. Sociology, New School
for Social Research
1999 M.A.
Women's Studies, San Diego State University
1997 B.A. Government, Eastern Washington University
1995 A.A. General Studies, Spokane Falls Community College
Some Publications
"Review of Mothers without Citizenship: Asian Immigrant Families and the Consequences of Welfare Reform." Journal of Asian American Studies 2009.
"The Global Justice Movement's Use of Jail Solidarity as a Response to Police Repression and Arrest: An Ethnographic Study." Qualitative Inquiry 2007.
"Jane WTO: Jail Solidarity, Law Collectives, and the Global Justice Movement." New School for Social Research Sociology Dissertation 2005.
"The Price Of 'Community:' Bisexual/Biracial
Perspectives." In That's
Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation 2004.
"Working It Off."
Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society 2003.
"Working It Off: Welfare Reform, Workfare and Work Experience Programs in New York City." CUNY 2002.
"Memories from a Mixed Race Childhood." Iris: A Journal About Women 2002.
"Towards A Multiracial/Bisexual Theory." Thamyris' Mythmaking From Past to Present 2000.
"Fence
Sitters, Switch Hitters, and Bi-Bi Girls: An Exploration of Hapa and Bisexual
Girls." Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies 2000.
"On Defining My Own Identity" Multiracial Activist October/November 2000.
"Being Bi in a Mono-Culture: Towards a More Inclusive Perspective on Race and Sexuality." Multiracial Activist October/November 2000.
"Longing for Life Outside the Box." Multiracial Activist September 2000.
The Politics of Bisexual/Biracial Identity: A Study of Bisexual and Mixed Race Women of Asian/Pacific Islander Descent. San Diego State University Master's Thesis 1999.
"Snake." Valdosa Voice 1998.
Some Presentations
"Ethnographer
Behind Bars: Arrested Activists, the General Jail Population, and Social
Integration." Fifth International
Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
May 20-23, 2009.
"'Covered':
Gender Resistance and Narrating Identity Through Tattooing."
Pacific
Sociological Association. San Diego, CA. April 8-11, 2009.
"Centering
'Reproductive Justice': Transitioning from Abortion Rights to Social Justice."
28th Annual Gender
Studies Symposium. Lewis & Clark College. Portland, Oregon. March
11-13, 2009.
"Reproductive
Justice." Texas Woman's University. 2008. Denton, TX.
"Jane WTO." Justice
or Just Us? April 2008. Radio program on KUCI. Irvine, CA.
"Defending
a Choice for Women." South
East Women's Studies Association. 2008. University of North Carolina;
Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sociologists for Women in Society.
2008. Las Vegas, NV.
"Jane
WTO." Florida International University. 2007. Miami, FL
Oral History Association. 2005.
Providence, RI.
National Women's Studies Association Conference.
2005. Orlando, Florida.
First International Congress of Qualitative
Inquiry. 2005. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
New England Sociological Association
Conference. 2004. Endicott College; Beverly, Massachusetts.
SUNY Stony Brook Ethnography Conference. 2004. Stony Brook, New York.
Global Studies Association.
2004. Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts.