Laura Logan
Ph.D. (ABD), Sociology, Kansas State University, expected 2012
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2008
B.S., Sociology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2006
M.A., Sociology, Kansas State University, 2008
B.S., Sociology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2006
Subfields: Gender and Inequalities, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods
Research Interests: Gender, sexualities, race, and class; intersectionality; social control; violence against women and girls; social movements; citizenship; sociology of friendship
Current Research: My current research is focused on gender, race, sexualities, and fear of violent crime.
Research assistantship: Managing Editor, Gender & Society, 2006 - 2011
Teaching assistantship: 2011-2012
PUBLICATIONS
Britton, Dana M. and Laura Logan. 2008. “Gendered Organizations: Progress and Prospects.” Sociological Compass 2 (1): 107-121.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. “Jody Miller: Gendered Organization Theory,” in Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, edited by Frank Cullen, Pamela Wilcox, and Kristin Swartz. Sage Publications.
Logan, Laura S. 2011. Review of "Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence" edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and Nikki Jones (SUNY Press, 2010). Affilia, forthcoming.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Review of “Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence” by Jody Miller (NYU Press, 2008). Gender & Society, 23 (1): 123-125.
Logan, Laura S. 2011. "The Case of the Killer Lesbians." The Public Intellectual, July 2011. http://thepublicintellectual.org/2011/07/18/the-case-of-the-killer-lesbians/
Grants and Awards:
Preliminary examinations in Political Sociology and in Gender, both passed with Honors, 2011
Midwest Sociological Society Endowment Committee, Research Grant, 2011
Student Travel Award, Kansas State University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Fall, 2008, 2010, 2011
Kansas State University, President's Travel Grant Award, 2010
National Sexuality Resource Center Summer Institute. Sexual Health and Healthy Sexuality: A Sociocultural Perspective, San Fransisco State University, 2010.
Kansas State University, Graduate Student Council Travel Grant Award. 2007, 2009, 2011
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Women’s Studies Honors, 2006
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociology Honors, 2006
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006 - Current
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociological Imagination Scholarship, 2004, 2005.
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociology Fellowship, 2004.
Recent Conference Presentations:
Logan, Laura S. 2011. "Exploring the Intersections: Public Harassment and the Case of the Killer Lesbians." Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. Regulating Sexuality and Gender: Embodied Heteronormativity. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. Framing in the Battered Women’s Movement: Then and Now. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Slipping under the Heterosexual Gaze, Slipping under the Male Gaze: Lesbians, Fear of Violence, and Silence. Queertopia: An Academic Festival, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Status Homophily in Lesbian Social Ties: Sex, Sexuality, and Family. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA.
Logan, Laura S. 2008. Lesbian Fear of Crime: Doing Femininity and Doing Heterosexuality. Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminologists. St. Louis, MO.
Logan, Laura. 2007. Perception and Management of Fear of Violence among Lesbians. Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, Chicago, IL.
Recent Service:
Reviewer, Feminist Criminology
Reviewer, Gender & Society
Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Reviewer, The Sociological Quarterly
Research Interests: Gender, sexualities, race, and class; intersectionality; social control; violence against women and girls; social movements; citizenship; sociology of friendship
Current Research: My current research is focused on gender, race, sexualities, and fear of violent crime.
Research assistantship: Managing Editor, Gender & Society, 2006 - 2011
Teaching assistantship: 2011-2012
PUBLICATIONS
Britton, Dana M. and Laura Logan. 2008. “Gendered Organizations: Progress and Prospects.” Sociological Compass 2 (1): 107-121.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. “Jody Miller: Gendered Organization Theory,” in Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, edited by Frank Cullen, Pamela Wilcox, and Kristin Swartz. Sage Publications.
Logan, Laura S. 2011. Review of "Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence" edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and Nikki Jones (SUNY Press, 2010). Affilia, forthcoming.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Review of “Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence” by Jody Miller (NYU Press, 2008). Gender & Society, 23 (1): 123-125.
Logan, Laura S. 2011. "The Case of the Killer Lesbians." The Public Intellectual, July 2011. http://thepublicintellectual.org/2011/07/18/the-case-of-the-killer-lesbians/
Grants and Awards:
Preliminary examinations in Political Sociology and in Gender, both passed with Honors, 2011
Midwest Sociological Society Endowment Committee, Research Grant, 2011
Student Travel Award, Kansas State University, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Fall, 2008, 2010, 2011
Kansas State University, President's Travel Grant Award, 2010
National Sexuality Resource Center Summer Institute. Sexual Health and Healthy Sexuality: A Sociocultural Perspective, San Fransisco State University, 2010.
Kansas State University, Graduate Student Council Travel Grant Award. 2007, 2009, 2011
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Women’s Studies Honors, 2006
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociology Honors, 2006
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006 - Current
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociological Imagination Scholarship, 2004, 2005.
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Sociology Fellowship, 2004.
Recent Conference Presentations:
Logan, Laura S. 2011. "Exploring the Intersections: Public Harassment and the Case of the Killer Lesbians." Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. Regulating Sexuality and Gender: Embodied Heteronormativity. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2010. Framing in the Battered Women’s Movement: Then and Now. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Slipping under the Heterosexual Gaze, Slipping under the Male Gaze: Lesbians, Fear of Violence, and Silence. Queertopia: An Academic Festival, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Logan, Laura S. 2009. Status Homophily in Lesbian Social Ties: Sex, Sexuality, and Family. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA.
Logan, Laura S. 2008. Lesbian Fear of Crime: Doing Femininity and Doing Heterosexuality. Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminologists. St. Louis, MO.
Logan, Laura. 2007. Perception and Management of Fear of Violence among Lesbians. Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, Chicago, IL.
Recent Service:
Reviewer, Feminist Criminology
Reviewer, Gender & Society
Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Reviewer, The Sociological Quarterly