Helen A. Moore

Helen Anne Moore is a feminist sociologist who studies educational inequality, especially in connection with Native American issues.[1] She is Aaron Douglass Professor Emerita of Sociology and Professor Emeritus of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[2]

Education and career

Moore was educated in sociology at the University of California, Riverside, earning a bachelor's degree in 1974, a master's degree in 1976, and a Ph.D. in 1979. She joined the University of Nebraska faculty in 1979, directed the Bureau of Sociological Research there from 1981 to 1983, directed the Women's Studies Program there from 1982 to 1987, chaired the Department of Sociology from 1992 to 1997, and was appointed as Douglass Professor in 2009.[3]

She was president of the Midwest Sociological Society for 2007–2008,[3][1] and editor of the journal Teaching Sociology from 1999 to 2004.[3][1][4]

Books

Moore is the author or editor of:

• Schooling Girls, Queuing Women: Multiple Standpoints and Ongoing Inequalities (Paradigm, 2011)[5]
• A Sociology of Women: The Intersection of Patriarchy, Capitalism and Colonization (with Jane C. Ollenburger, Prentice-Hall, 1992; 2nd ed., 1998)
• A Feminist Ethic for Social Science Research (edited with B. Hartung, J. Ollenburger, and M. J. Deegan, as the Nebraska Sociological Feminist Collective, Edwin Mellen Press, 1988)[6]

Recognition

In 2016 the American Sociological Association gave Moore their Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Award.[1]

References

1. Helen A. Moore – Distinguished Contribution to Teaching Asa Award, American Sociological Association, 2016-10-14, retrieved 2018-11-02
2. Helen A. Moore, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Sociology, retrieved 2018-11-02
3. Curriculum vitae (PDF), 2013, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-05, retrieved 2018-11-02
4. White, Lynn (July–August 1999), "Helen Moore to Edit Teaching Sociology", Footnotes, American Sociological Association, retrieved 2018-11-02
5. Reviews of Schooling Girls, Queuing Women:
   • Calarco, Jessica McCrory (July 2014), Contemporary Sociology, 43 (4): 560–562, doi:10.1177/0094306114539455ll, JSTOR 43185549, S2CID 145692022
   • Clark, LaToya Baldwin (January 2016), Sociological Inquiry, 86 (1): 127–131, doi:10.1111/soin.12111
6. Review of A Feminist Ethic for Social Science Research:
   • Coyner, Sandra (Spring 1993), NWSA Journal, 5 (1): 111–119, doi:10.1177/0094306114539455ll, JSTOR 4316243, S2CID 145692022