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Sinikka G Elliott

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Assistant Professor

Interests

Family, Inequality, Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Research Methods

Publications

Book

Elliott, Sinikka. Forthcoming July 2012.  Not My Kid:  What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers.  New York:  New York University Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Elliott, Sinikka and Elyshia Aseltine.  Forthcoming.  Raising teenagers in hostile environments:  How race, class, and gender matter for mothers’ protective carework.  Journal of Family Issues.

Reid, Julie, Sinikka Elliott and Gretchen Webber.*  2011. Casual hookups to formal dates: Refining the boundaries of the sexual double standard. Gender & Society 25(5): 545-568. (*equal authors)

Solebello, Nicholas and Sinikka Elliott.*  2011. “We want them to be as heterosexual as possible”: Fathers talk about their teen children’s sexuality. Gender & Society 25(3): 293-315. (*equal authors)

Elliott, Sinikka.  2010. Talking to teens about sex:  Mothers negotiate resistance, discomfort, and ambivalence.  Sexuality Research and Social Policy 7(4): 310-322.

Elliott, Sinikka.  2010. Parents’ constructions of teen sexuality:  Sex panics, contradictory discourses, and social inequality.  Symbolic Interaction 33(2): 191-212.

Elliott, Sinikka.  2010. “If I could really say that and get away with it!”:  Accountability and ambivalence in American parents’ sexuality lessons in the age of abstinence.  Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning 10(3): 239-250.

Connell, Catherine and Sinikka Elliott.  2009.  Beyond the birds and the bees:  Learning inequality through sexuality education.  American Journal of Sexuality Education 4(2): 83-102.

Reczek, Corinne, Sinikka Elliott, and Debra Umberson.  2009.  Commitment without marriage:  Union formation among long-term gay and lesbian couples.  Journal of Family Issues 30(6): 738-756.

Elliott, Sinikka and Debra Umberson.  2008.  The performance of desire: Gender and sexual negotiation in long-term marriages.  Journal of Marriage and Family 70:391-406.

Education

  • PhD in Sociology from University of Texas at Austin, 2008
  • MA in Sociology from University of Texas at Austin, 2002
  • BA (with honors) in Sociology from Dalhousie University, 1992