Peer-Reviewed Publications
Books
Authored
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Pre-Gay L. A.: A Social History of the Movement for Homosexual RightsUniversity of Illinois Press |
Edited
2007. San Dieguito and La Jolla: The Collected Papers of Claude N. Warren on the Archaeology of Southern California. Editor. Los Angeles: Ethnographics Press.
2002. Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historic Contexts. Assistant Editor. Binghamton: Harrington Park Press. (Winner of a Stonewall Honor Book award for nonfiction, GLBTRT of the American Library Assocation, 2010.)
1994. Moving the Seasons, by Charles Guenther. Editorial Assistant. Kansas City, MO: BkMk Press of UMKC.
Journal Articles
1999 “Carnival on the Clipboard: An Ethnological Study of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras.” Ethnology 38.4:335–349. With William Jankowiak.
1998 “On the Pragmatics of an Androgynous Style of Speaking (from a Transsexual’s Perspective).” World Englishes 17.2:215–233.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2012. “Drama, Power, and Politics: ONE Magazine, Mattachine Review, and The Ladder in the Era of Homophile Activism.” Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America. Tracy Baim, ed. Chicago, IL: Windy City Publications.
2011. “Marry, Mary! (Quite Contrary): Homosexual Marriage in ONE Magazine, 1953–1959.” Queers in American Popular Culture Vol. 3: Sports, Leisure, and Lifestyle. Jim Elledge, ed. pp. 1–11. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
2002 “Dale Jennings: ONE’s Outspoken Advocate.” Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historic Contexts. Vern L. Bullough, ed, pp. 83–93. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press.
2002 “Jim Schneider: ONE’s Guardian Angel.” Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historic Contexts. Vern L. Bullough, ed. pp. 115–120. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press.
1998 “The Anthropology of Fools.” Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History: A Bio- Bibliographical Sourcebook. Vicki K. Janik, ed. pp. 33–40. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
1998 “The Camp.” Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Vicki K. Janik, ed. pp. 113–119. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Other Articles and Chapters (selected)
Encyclopedias
2015. The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality. Entries on “The Homophile Movement,” “The Mattachine Society,” and “Vern L. Bullough.” Pat Whelehan and Anne Bolin, eds. Wiley-Blackwell.
2005 Our World. Entries on the Republic of Congo, Nigeria, and Uganda. Greatneck Publishing, available at www.ebsco.net.
Reports
Conference Proceedings
2009 “Mixing Methods, Bridging Gaps: An Ethnographic Approach to Understanding Students.” 2008 Library Assessment Conference Proceedings: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. Washington, DC: The Association for Research Libraries, pp. 195–200.
Academic Conferences and Presentations
“Quality vs. Quantity: The Historic Relevance of Narrative, Life History, and Fiction in the Struggle for Homosexual Rights.” The Global Arc of Justice: Sexual Orientation Law Around the World. The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law. Los Angeles, CA, March 2009
“Marry, Mary! (Quite Contrary): Homosexual Marriage in ONE Magazine, 1953–1959.” 16th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. The American University. Washington, DC, Feb. 2009
“Mixing Methods, Bridging Gaps: An Ethnographic Approach to Understanding Students.” Library Assessment Conference, Association of Research Libraries. Seattle, WA, Aug. 4, 2008
“On Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Enhance Participatory Design Fieldwork.” 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Memphis TN, March 27, 2008
“Will the Real ONE Please Stand Up?: On Using the Present to Discern a ‘Better’ Past.” 13th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. Washington, DC, Feb. 2006
“Homosexuals, Homophiles, and Gays, Oh My!: On the Evolution of ‘Gay’ in Pre-Stonewall Los Angeles.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (invited session). Washington, DC, Dec. 2005
“Agents and Agencies: Transsexuals on Parole.” 10th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. Washington, DC, Feb. 2003
“Spectator or Performer? Reconsidering the Anthropology of Carnival.” Annual Conference of the Southwestern Anthropological Association. Fullerton, CA, April 1999
“Indexing Sexuality: The Transgendered Challenge to the Homo/Hetero Dichotomy.” Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 1998
“Indexing Androgyny: The Transgendered Experience and Its Challenge to Ethnology.” Annual Conference of the Southwestern Anthropological Association. Sacramento, CA, March 1998
“‘I Am Woman’: A Narrative of a Transsexual in Prison.” 5th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. Washington, DC, Sept. 1997
“On the Pragmatics of an Androgynous Style of Speaking.” 5th Annual Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference. Washington, DC, Sept. 1997
“Cultural Studies in the Composition Classroom: From Theory to Praxis.” Theoretical Approaches to Marginalized Literatures Conference. Missoula, MT, March 1994
Invited Papers, Seminars, and Other Presentations
“Invisible Hands in the Archives: An Ethnographer’s Experience with the Paranormal.” Paranormal Society of IUP Speaker Series. IUP, Indiana, PA, April 18, 2012
“Assessing and Improving Campus Library Services: An Ethnographic Approach.” Marjorie Helen Stewart Speaker Series. College of Brockport, SUNY. April 12, 2012
Panel Moderator and Faculty Advisor. “The Magic of Ritual (or, There’s No Such Thing as a Muggle).” 7th Annual Undergraduate Conference. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. April 3, 2012. [Matthew Finley awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation.]
Panelist. Student Feedback Fuels Positive Library Futures. State System of Higher Education Libraries Council (SSHELCO) Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA, March 27, 2012
Panelist. Policy Panel: Proposition 8 and LGBTQ Policy Issues. Americans for an Informed Democracy. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, Dec. 1, 2011
Panelist. Chicago Tribune Printer’s Row Lit Fest. (Broadcast live on C-SPAN’s BookTV, now available for viewing via the BookTV website.) June 6, 2009
“Lattes, Laptops, and—Iguanas? Accommodating the Net-Gen Student in Today’s Academic Library.” State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) Library Advisory Committee (LAC). Richard Bland College, Petersburg, VA, Dec. 5, 2008
“Anticipatory Ethnography and the Academic Librarian: Keeping Apace with the Net-Gen Scholar.” University Libraries, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ, Nov. 13, 2008.
“Jump starting the Assessment of Library Learning Spaces.” Library Assessment Conference, Association of Research Libraries. Post-conference seminar team-taught with Crit Stuart, ARL’s Program Director for Research, Teaching, and Learning. Seattle, WA, Aug. 6, 2008
“The IMLS Graduate Student Study at the University of Rochester.” Morgan Library, Colorado State University. Ft. Collins, CO, March 12, 2008