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AHS Secretary Melissa F. Lavin

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Biography:
Dr. Melissa F. Lavin is an Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Oneonta. She received her B.A. at the the University of Colorado and her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Her areas of specialization include deviance and crime, medicalization, social psychology, gender and sexuality, and work and occupation. She serves on the editorial board for the journal Deviant Behavior.

Reflexive Statement:
Dr. Lavin is a critical ethnographer and an interactionist sociologist. Her research collaborators have been her co-workers and friends. Melissa is invested in a sociology that explores marginalized practices and advocates for marginalized groups. ​She strives to create accurate and politically viable representations, and to achieve rich accounts of the life worlds that she studies.

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  • Home
  • Humanity & Society Journal
    • Call for Papers
    • Editorial Board
    • Dispatches
    • Author Guidelines
    • Reviewer Guidelines
  • About AHS
    • Officers >
      • Treasurer
      • Secretary
      • Nominations
    • About Us
    • Constitution
    • AHS Anti-Harassment Policy
    • AHS Statements >
      • REFERENDUM OF SUPPORT FOR THE RELEASE OF BLACK PANTHER ACTIVIST ALBERT WOODFOX
      • STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
      • Statement of Support for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Assault
      • STATEMENT ON MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER SUPPORT
      • Support of the Academic Boycott (2020)
    • Handbook
    • Archive Project
  • Meetings
    • Annual Meeting
    • Past Meetings & Presidents
    • Past-President Statements
    • Meeting Minutes
  • President's Page
  • Our Newsletter
  • Membership
  • AHS AWARDS
    • Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award
    • Association for Humanist Sociology’s Distinguished Service Award
    • The Humanity & Society Distinguished Paper Award
    • Frank Lindenfeld Outstanding Student Paper Award
  • Member Highlights
  • Activism Links
  • In Memoriam
  • Contact Us
  • Store
  • Product