Feminist Research in Practice

Barbara Gurr is associate professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Connecticut. Her publications include Reproductive Justice: The Politics of Healthcare for Native American Women (Rutgers University Press, 2015) and Race, Gender and Sexuality in Post-Apocalyptic TV and Film (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), of which she is the editor. Maura Kelly is associate professor of sociology at Portland State University. Her research and research interests include gender, sexuality, and work. Her research has been published in a variety of sociology and interdisciplinary journals, such as Gender & Society, Sociological Forum, and Journal of GLBT Family Studies.

• 1 Putting Feminist Research into Practice Maura Kelly2 Overview of Sociological Research Maura Kelly3 Shared Parenting When Mommy and Momma Break Up Katie Acosta4 Deep Reflexivity in Conducting Sexuality and Family Research Katie Acosta5 Who Are Feminists in the United States Today, and What Do They Believe about Social Inequality? Challenging Stereotypes with Quantitative Research Catherine Harnois6 An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Quantitative Research Catherine Harnois7 Interdependence, Social Inclusion, Poverty, and Family Policy: A Community-Based Exploration Emily Kane8 Getting to Know People with Experiences and Knowledge Far beyond My Own: Feminism, Public Sociology, and Community-Based Research Emily Kane9 Maxine Feldman: The Outcast at the Center of the Music Jo Reger10 What’s So Feminist about Archival Research? Jo Reger11 Does Science Do More Harm Than Good? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of African American Women’s Attitudes toward ScienceMaura Kelly, Gordon Gauchat, Katie Acosta, Elizabeth Withers, and Joyce McNair12 Doing Intersectional Mixed-Methods Feminist Research Maura Kelly and Joyce McNair13 I Am Not Your Indian: Claiming Identity at Standing Rock Barbara Gurr14 This Is Hard: Researching and Writing Outside the Lines Barbara GurrAppendix A: Key Elements of Research Design Appendix B: Further Resources Index About the Contributors

Feminist Research in Practice by Kelly, Gurr and their contributing authors is a quality contribution to the literature on feminist research. Its creative approach toward both explaining the essential elements of feminist methodologies as well as demonstrating them, in practice, would be an interesting read for all and an asset to any graduate or undergraduate social work or social science research methods classroom.