Faculty

Emma G. Bailey

Associate Professor of Sociology
Office: Phelps Dodge 227
Phone: 538-6824
E-mail: baileye@wnmu.edu

Degrees:
PhD University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology
Th.M. Duke University
M.A. Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
B.A. Sterling College

Began At WNMU: 2004

Professional Memberships:
American Sociological Association
Association for Humanist Sociology
Social Scientific Study of Religion
Association of Sociology of Religion
Southwest Social Science Society
Pacific Sociological Association

Professional Service:
Editorial Board, Humanity and Society, Association for Humanist Sociology 2008
Program Chair, Annual Meeting, Association of Humanist Sociology 2007
Nominations Committee-Association for Humanist Sociology 2004-2007

Publications
In Progress. “Bringing Agency and Sustainability to Fruition: Women in Colonia Plutarco.”

2006. “Meaning Making and Gender Constraints: A Case Study of Las Hermanas de Denver.” Humanity and Society. 30 (1): 24-49.

2001. “The Status of Women in the Church” (with Paula Nesbitt and Jeanette Baust) in Gender Mosaics, edited by Dana Vannoy. Los Angeles: Roxbury Press.

Professional Presentations:

“Oil on Ice” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology in Henderson, NV, October 24-28, 2007.

“Bringing Agency and Sustainability to Fruition: Women in Colonia Cuauhtémoc” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology in St. Louis, MO, November 1- 5, 2006.

“Video: Thirst: Commodification of Water and Social Movements” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology in Tampa, FL, October 26-30, 2005.

“Using Critical Theory to Discuss the Commodification of Water” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology in Louisville, KY, November 4-7, 2004.

“Video: Drowned Out—We Can’t Wash Them Away A Documentary by Franny Armstrong” at the Annual Meeting for Humanist Sociology in Louisville, KY, November 4-7, 2004.

“What? No Videos? In the Age of Technology, Teaching Theory the Old-Fashioned Way” at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in Kansas City, MO, April 15-18, 2004.

“Meaning Making and Gender Constraints: A Case Study of Las Hermanas” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology in Burlington, VT, October 30-November 2, 2003.

“Las Hermanas: Viajares Sabias” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-Annual Meeting, November 1998.

“Feminist Standpoint Theory and Women’s Stories: The Quest for Meaning and Liberation” at Talking Across Differences: A Feminist Symposium, University of Colorado, February 1998.

Scholarship of Professional Service/Integration
“Faces of Wisdom, Voces del Cambio: Women from the Picket Line Fifty Years after the Empire Zinc Mine Strike.” A photo essay--conducted and transcribed oral histories.

www.waterisnotacommodity.org A web site that addresses the issue of privatization of global water supplies and the impact on social inequality. Women, as a disproportionately impacted group, are given special attention. The website continues to develop as new sources are added and is intended for use by students, faculty, and the public.