Sinikka G Elliott
Assistant Professor
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- Email: sinikka_elliott@ncsu.edu
- Phone: 919-513-0285
- Office: 1911 Bldg 324
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Interests
Family, Inequality, Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Theory, Qualitative Research Methods
Publications
Book
Elliott, Sinikka. 2012. Not My Kid: What Parents Believe about the Sex Lives of Their Teenagers. New York: New York University Press.
- Reviewed in Sex Roles [Access Review Online]
Peer-Reviewed Articles
"Undoing Gender?: The Case of Complementary and Alternative Medicine." With Joslyn Brenton. Sociology of Health and Illness. Early View. [Access Article Online]
"Being a Good Mom: Low-Income, Black Single Mothers Negotiate Intensive Mothering." With Rachel Powell and Joslyn Brenton. Journal of Family Issues. Early View. [Access Article Online]
"Raising Teenagers in Hostile Environments: How Race, Class, and Gender Matter for Mothers’ Protective Carework." With Elyshia Aseltine. Journal of Family Issues 34(6) 2013: 719-744. [Access Article Online]
"Casual Hookups to Formal Dates: Refining the Boundaries of the Sexual Double Standard." With Julie Reid and Gretchen Webber. Gender & Society 25(5) 2011: 545-568. [Access Article Online]
“'We Want Them to Be as Heterosexual as Possible': Fathers Talk about Their Teen Children’s Sexuality." With Nicholas Solebello. Gender & Society 25(3) 2011: 293-315. [Access Article Online]
"Talking to Teens about Sex: Mothers Negotiate Resistance, Discomfort, and Ambivalence." Sexuality Research and Social Policy 7(4) 2010: 310-322. [Access Article Online]
"Parents’ Constructions of Teen Sexuality: Sex Panics, Contradictory Discourses, and Social Inequality." Symbolic Interaction 33(2) 2010: 191-212. [Access Article Online]
“'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) 2010: 239-250.
"Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Learning Inequality through Sexuality Education." With Catherine Connell. American Journal of Sexuality Education 4(2) 2009: 83-102.
"Commitment without Marriage: Union Formation among Long-Term Gay and Lesbian Couples." With Corinne Reczek and Debra Umberson. Journal of Family Issues 30(6) 2009: 738-756. [Access Article Online]
"The Performance of Desire: Gender and Sexual Negotiation in Long-Term Marriages." With Debra Umberson. Journal of Marriage and Family 70, 2008:391-406. [Access Article Online]
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
