Kjerstin Elmen-Gruys
M.A.,Sociology, UCLA, 2008
A.B., Sociology with a Certificate in the Study of Women and Gender, Princeton University, 2004
Fax: 310-206-9838
E-mail:
kjerstin@ucla.edu
Subfield
Gender, Culture, Inequality, Sociology of the Body/Embodiment, Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, Ethnography, Content Analysis, Sociology of Work
Publications
Saguy, Abigail C., Kjerstin Elmen-Gruys “Morality and Health: News Media Constructions of Overweight and Eating Disorders” (under review)
Saguy, Abigail C., Kjerstin Elmen-Gruys, and Shanna Gong “Social Problem Construction and National Context: News Reporting on 'Overweight' and 'Obesity' in the U.S. and France.” (under review)
Elmen-Gruys, Kjerstin “Does This Make Me Look Fat?: Gender Hierarchies, Size Stigma, and 'Fat Talk' in a Women’s Plus-Size Clothing Store” (in progress)
Grants and Awards
UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) Mini-Grant, 2009
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, Summer 2008
UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship, 2007-2008
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, Summer 2007
UCLA Sociology Departmental Fellowship, 2006-2007
Advisors
Abigail Saguy
Gabriel Rossman
Conference Presentations
“Body Size, Gender, Race, and Moral Hierarchies: News Reports on Overweight and Eating Disorders” (With Abigail Saguy) Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA August 3, 2008
“Does This Interaction Make Me Look Fat?: Fat Talk as Emotional Labor in a Woman’s Plus-Size Clothing Store” Presented in a Roundtable Session at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, August 2, 2008
“Does This Interaction Make Me Look Fat? Fat Talk as Emotional Labor in a Women’s Plus Size Clothing Store.” Presented at the UCLA Thinking Gender Student Research Conference. February 1, 2008.
"Weighing Risk, Assessing Blame: News Reporting on Obesity in the U.S. and France" Co-authored with Abigail Saguy and Shanna Gong. Presented at the 2007 International Law and Society Conference in Berlin, Germany. July 26th, 2007.
”Doing Sisterhood: Gender Performance and Gendered Bodies in a Greek Sorority" Presented at the Thinking Gender Student Research Conference. February 2, 2007.
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