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Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Memphis
Clement Hall, Room 309D
Memphis TN 38152
Phone: (901) 678-3778
Fax: (901)
678-2525
cpelak@memphis.edu
Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak is Assistant Professor of Sociology.
She received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 2002.
Her primary research interests include anti-racist feminist
theory, race/class/gender inequality, social change movements,
sociology of sports, globalization, and issues in Southern
Africa. Her recent research projects explore: (1) nation
building processes in post-apartheid South Africa through
a study of shifting race and gender relations within women's
sports; (2) the reciprocal effects of sexist naming practices
and the level of athletic opportunities for women students
at southern colleges and universities; and (3) the social
theorizing of Beah Richards.
She has published articles and book chapters on women's
movements in the United States, international gender movements,
feminism and women of color, gender/race and sports, globalization
and democratization, and Title IX and gender equity in education.
Her work has been published in Gender and Society, Sociology
of Sport Journal, International Review of the Sociology
of Sport, and Afrika Spectrum. Dr. Pelak is a faculty affiliate
of the Center for Research on Women (CROW) and the Benjamin
Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis.
She is also the faculty organizer for the Southern African
Research Group (SARG) at the University of Memphis, which
brings together faculty, staff, students, and members from
the broader Memphis community to enhance the collective
knowledge of Southern Africa and civil rights movements
around the globe.
Dr. Pelak teaches courses on the Sociology of Gender, Multi-racial
Feminist Theories, Women, Race, and Social Inequalities,
and Research Methodology. She won a Teaching Excellence
Award from the Department of Sociology at Ohio State University
in 2000. In 2006, she was awarded the Sociology of Sport
Journal Outstanding Article award by the North American
Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS).
SYLLABI for recent courses taught by Dr. Pelak
Sociology
of Gender (undergraduate) - SOCI 3432, Fall 2006
Sociology
of Gender (graduate) - SOCI 7410/8410, Fall 2004
Women,
Race, and Social Inequality (graduate) - WMST 7310, Spring
2007
Seminar
in Methods of Social Research (graduate) - SOCI 7320/8320,
Spring 2007
Multi-Racial
Feminist Theory (graduate) - SOCI 7212/8212, Fall 2006
Annual Sociology Survey
During the spring of each year,
the graduate students enrolled in Dr. Pelak’s “Methods
of Social Research Seminar”
conduct a representative survey of sociology students at
the University of Memphis. The surveys
focus on current social issues and vary from year to year.
To learn more about the findings for
recent surveys click on the below links.
2004
Gender Equity & Title IX Survey
2005
Gender Equity & Title IX Survey
2006 Hurricane
Katrina Survey
2007
Racial Climate Survey
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