As a public-facing scholar, Lisa works to make her and others’ scholarship engaging to a public audience. She is the co-author of a bestselling textbook, Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions (with Myra Marx Ferree), and an introduction to sociology text titled Terrible Magnificent Sociology (forthcoming in 2021). Wade is also well-known for delivering conversational yet compelling translations of sociological theory and research. She discovers that privileged students tend to enjoy hookup culture the most, and considers its effects on racial and sexual minorities, students who “opt out,” and those who participate ambivalently.ĭr. Wade maps out a punishing emotional landscape marked by unequal pleasures, competition for status, and sexual violence.

Her book, American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus, situates collegiate hookup culture within the history of sexuality, the evolution of higher education, and the unfinished feminist revolution. Wade's research explores how gender and its intersections interact with social institutions to shape sexual attitudes, behaviors, discourse, and policy. She is also a core faculty member in the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an affiliate of the Newcomb Institute. Lisa Wade is Associate Professor of Sociology.

Human Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Life Education, New York University Biography Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 2006M.A.

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