Meredith G. F. Worthen

Meredith G. F. Worthen
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Thesis	The color of friendship : gender, race/ethnicity, and the relationships between friendship and delinquency  (2009)

Meredith Gwynne Fair Worthen is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma. Her research areas include sexualities and LGBTQ studies. She is the author of Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma and Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination.

Early life and education

Worthen was raised in Dallas, Texas. ^[1] She attended the University of Texas for her BA, MA, and PhD, and completed her PhD in sociology in 2009. ^{[1] [2]} Her thesis was titled The color of friendship gender, race/ethnicity, and the relationships between friendship and delinquency, and was supervised by Mark Warr. ^[3]

Career

In 2009, Worthen became an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, and then received tenure in 2014. ^[1] She was promoted to full professor in 2019. ^[1]

Her research focus includes the study of stigma, ^[4] as well as deviance, feminist criminology, sexualities, and LGBTQ identities. ^{[1] [5]}

In 2016, she published the textbook Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination. ^{[2] [6]}

In her first empirical book, Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma, published in 2020, Worthen developed Norm-Centered Stigma Theory (NCST) as part of a sociological examination of stigma. ^[7]

After moving to Oklahoma, Worthen founded The Welcoming Project in 2011, ^[8] which became a nonprofit organization after initially being developed to promote the display of welcoming messages to people in the LGBTQ community at businesses and organizations, including on websites. ^{[9] [1]} In 2018, she created the Instagram account Me Too Meredith, to facilitate anonymous reporting of sexual harassment and assault. ^{[10] [1] [2]}

Selected works

Books

• Worthen, Meredith G. F. (2016). Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination. Routledge. ISBN   9781138819078. (2nd ed., 2022 ISBN   9780367539412)
• Worthen, Meredith G. F. (2020). Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma. Routledge. ISBN   9781138241459. ^[11]
• Worthen, Meredith (2023). Interrogating the Use of LGBTQ Slurs: Still Smearing the Queer?. London: Routledge. ISBN   9781003290506.

Book chapters

• Marc A. Musick; Meredith G. F. Worthen (2010). "The Study of Religion and Health at the Turn of the Century". In Ellison, Christopher G.; Hummer, Robert A. (eds.). Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States. Rutgers University Press. pp. 248–272. ISBN   9780813549453. ^[12]
• Meredith G. F. Worthen; Danielle Dirks (2015). "Gender and Deviance". In Goode, Erich (ed.). The Handbook of Deviance. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 277–297. ISBN   9781118701423.
• Meredith G. F. Worthen (2022). "Gender- and Sexuality-Based Violence among LGBTQ People: An Empirical Test of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory". In Buist, Carrie; Semprevivo, Lindsay Kahle (eds.). Queering Criminology in Theory and Praxis: Reimagining Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond. Bristol University Press. pp. 13–31. ISBN   9781529210712.
• Meredith G. F. Worthen (2022). "Survivor Criminology as a Scholar/Activist in the #MeToo Movement and #MeToo Activism". In Cook, Kimberly J.; Lamphere, Reneè D.; Williams, Jason M.; Mallicoat, Stacy L.; Ackerman, Alissa R. (eds.). Survivor Criminology: A Radical Act of Hope. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN   978-1-5381-5169-3.

Encyclopedia entry

• Meredith G. F. Worthen (2011). "Fraternities". In Barnett, George A. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Social Networks. Sage Publications. pp. 297–301. ISBN   9781412979115. ^[13]

Studies

• Worthen, Meredith G. F. (December 4, 2018). ""All the Gays Are Liberal?" Sexuality and Gender Gaps in Political Perspectives among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Mostly Heterosexual, and Heterosexual College Students in the Southern USA". Sexuality Research and Social Policy . 17: 27–42. ^{[14] [15]}

Personal life

Worthen is married to her long-time partner and they have a daughter. ^[2]

References

1. Troxell, Adam (May 25, 2019). "Encouraged by overcoming barriers, Worthen becomes youngest full professor at OU". The Norman Transcript . Retrieved 3 December 2022.
2. Dorner, Robin (July 7, 2019). "Youngest full professor brings awareness to LGBTQ+ faculty at OU". The Gayly. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
3. Worthen, Meredith Gwynne Fair (2009). The color of friendship gender, race/ethnicity, and the relationships between friendship and delinquency (PhD thesis). University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
4. Crilly, Rob (September 8, 2018). "New York ballet in turmoil after sexual harassment claims, but 'the surface has barely been scratched'". The Telegraph . Retrieved 7 December 2024.
5. "Sociologist examines LGT attitudes". The Journal Record . October 23, 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2022– via Gale.
6. Staples, Louis (February 13, 2019). "The Sexy, Secret History of Leather Fetish Fashion". Another Man . Retrieved 3 December 2022.
7. Dorner, Robin (May 9, 2020). "Local writer creates Norm-Centered Stigma Theory in her new book". The Gayly. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
8. "The Welcoming Project". thewelcomingproject.org. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
9. Dorner, Robin (August 15, 2019). "The Welcoming Project at 1,000 Locations". The Gayly. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
10. Price, Crystal (December 31, 2018). "OU professor creates Instagram account to help sexual assault victims". KOCO-TV . Retrieved 3 December 2022.
11. Review of Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies
    • Torre, Beatriz A. (Winter 2021). "Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma". Psychology of Sexualities Review. 12 (2): 59–61 – via EBSCOhost.
12. Reviews of Religion, Families, and Health in the United States
    • Rote, Sunshine (March 2011). "Reviewed Work: RELIGION, FAMILIES, AND HEALTH: POPULATION-BASED RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES by Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion . 50 (1): 223–225. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
    • Denney, Justin T. (September 2011). "Reviewed Work: Religion, Families, and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States by Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer". Contemporary Sociology . 40 (5): 577–579. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
    • Carlson, Elwood (Autumn 2011). "Reviewed Work: Religion, Families and Health: Population-based Research in the United States by CHRISTOPHER G. ELLISON, ROBERT A. HUMMER". Sociology of Religion . 72 (3): 384–385. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
    • Royle, Marjorie H. (March 2011). "Reviewed Work: Religion, Families and Health: Population-Based Research in the United States by Christopher G. Ellison, Robert A. Hummer". Review of Religious Research . 52 (3): 337–338. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
13. Reviews of Encyclopedia of Social Networks
    • Peters, John (December 1, 2011). "Encyclopedia of Social Networks". Library Journal . Retrieved 3 December 2022.
    • Rodzvilla, J. (February 2012). "Encyclopedia of social networks". CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries . 49 (6). Retrieved 3 December 2022– via Gale.
    • Rosenberg, Robyn (March 1, 2012). "Encyclopedia of Social Networks". Booklist . 108 (13). Retrieved 3 December 2022– via Gale.
    • Lear, Bernadette A. (Summer 2012). "Reviewed Work: Encyclopedia of Social Networks by George A. Barnett". Reference & User Services Quarterly . 51 (4): 369–370. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
14. "Study Examines the Political Perspectives of College Students by Gender and Sexual Orientation". Women in Academia Report. January 2, 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
15. Nolan, David (December 13, 2018). "Bisexual People are More Likely to Be Liberal, Study Finds". The Georgia Voice . Retrieved 3 December 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Meredith G. F. Worthen publications indexed by Google Scholar