Assistant Professor of Women's Studies

Office HDB 307L
940-898-2117 phone | 940-898-2101 fax
email: bevyuen@gmail.com

 

Education
Ph.D. 2006 Sociology, New School for Social Research

M.A. 2004 Sociology, New School for Social Research

M.A. 1999 Women’s Studies, San Diego State University

B.A. 1997 Political Science, Eastern Washington University                     

Courses Taught 
Undergraduate: Gender and Social Change: An Introduction to Multicultural-Women's Studies

Graduate: U.S. Women of Colors, Feminist Theory, and Qualitative Methods

Research Interests
Qualitative Visual Research; Social Movements; and Social Subcultures

Recent Publications
Thompson, Beverly Yuen.  “Defending ‘A Choice for Women:’ A Feminist Video Ethnography.”  In Feminist Activism in the Academy, ed. Ellen Mayock and Domnica Radulescu. North Carolina: McFarland Press, forthcoming 2010.

Thompson, Beverly Yuen. “The Price of ‘Community’: From a Bisexual/Biracial Perspective.”  In The Colors of the Rainbow: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People of Color in the Academy, (Voices), Vernon A. Wall and Jamie Washington, eds.  University Press of America and the American College Personnel Association, forthcoming 2010.

Thompson, Beverly Yuen. Review of Mothers Without Citizenship: Asian Immigrant Families and the Consequences of Welfare Reform, by Lynn Fujiwara.  Journal of Asian American Studies Volume 12, Number 1 (February 2009).      

Thompson, Beverly Yuen. "The Global Justice Movement's Use of Jail Solidarity as a Response to Police Repression and Arrest: An Ethnographic Study," Qualitative Inquiry, Volume 13, Number 1 (January 2007): 141-159.  

Honors/Grants/Service
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Florida International University, September 2006-June 2007