Chrys Ingraham
Professor of Sociology
Coordinator of Sociology
School of Natural and Social Sciences

Office: Social Sciences 1015A
Phone: (914) 251-6628
Fax: (914) 251-6603
Email: chrys.ingraham@purchase.edu

Education
Ph.D. Sociology, Syracuse University, 1992
M.A. Sociology, Syracuse University, 1988
Graduate Certificate, Women's Studies, Syracuse University, 1987
M.P.A. Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1986
B.A. Policy Studies; Nonviolent Conflict and Change, Syracuse University, 1982
New York State Conflict Mediation Certification, 1996

Positions held
Professor, Sociology, Coordinator of Sociology, 2007-present, Purchase College, SUNY
Professor, Sociology, 1993-2006, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY
Director, Helen M. Upton Center for Women’s Studies, Russell Sage College, 1996-2006
Coordinator, The Allies Center for the Study of Conflict and Difference, Russell Sage College, 1996-2002
Coordinator, Women Changing the World Courses, Russell Sage College, 1996-1998, 2006-2007

Areas of expertise
Social inequality (race, class, gender, sexuality), critical cultural studies, sociology of heterosexuality and weddings, organizational development, globalization, social movements, corporate social responsibility, social and feminist theory.

Research interests
Critical heterosexual studies; organizational development; globalization; corporate social responsibility; 19th century social movements.

Courses taught
Class, Power, and Privilege
Conflict Management and Mediation
Feminist Theory
Gender and Sexuality
Global Perspectives on Women
Globalization and Society
Innovation, Change and Society
Management and Social Responsibility
Race and Ethnicity
Social Entrepreneurship
Sociological Theory

Publications
Books:
2008, White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, 2nd edition, Routledge.

2005, Thinking Straight: The Power, the Promise, and the Paradox of Heterosexuality, Routledge. [Honorable Mention, Gustavus Myers Outstanding Books on Bigotry and Human Rights]

1999, White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture, Routledge.

1997, Materialist Feminism: A Reader in Class, Difference, and Women’s Lives, co-edited with Rosemary Hennessy, Routledge.

Book chapters and articles:
2008, “Straightening Up: The Marriage of Conformity and Resistance in Wedding Art,” in Wedded Bliss, The Marriage of Art and Ceremony. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.  Exhibit: April-Sept. 2008.
 
2006, “One is Not Born a Bride:  How Weddings Regulate Sexuality,” in The New Sexuality Studies: A Reader, edited by Steven Seidman, Chet Meeks, and Nancy Fisher, London: Routledge.

2006, “Thinking Straight, Acting Bent: Heteronormativity and Homosexuality,” in Handbook of Gender and Women’s Studies, edited by Kathy Davis, Mary Evans, and Judith Lorber, London: Sage.

2006, “Ritualizing Heterosexuality: Weddings as Performance," in Sexual Lives, edited  by Robert Heasley and Betsey Crane, New York: McGraw-Hill.

2006, “The Heterosexual Imaginary,” in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer.  Boston: Blackwell.
 
2004, “Setting the Record Straight,” in American Sexuality Magazine, UCSF, April.
 
2002, “Heterosexuality: It’s Just Not Natural!,” in Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies, edited by Diane Richardson and Steven Seidman, London: Sage.
 
2000, “Weddings,”in Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, edited by Cherie  Kramarae and Dale Spender, London: Sage.
 
1999 “Metaphors of Silence and Voice in Feminist Thought,” with Marj DeVault, in Liberating Method: Feminism and Social Research, Temple.

Selected Professional Activities and Presentations
International
Member, Advisory Board, The Border Studies Program, El Paso/Ciudad Juarez, Earlham College
Member,  New York State Labor/Religion Coalition Maquiladora Delegations to Ciudad Juarez, El Paso, Reynosa, Matamoros, and Valle Hermosa, Mexico

National
2006, Guest Speaker, Five Colleges Women’s Studies Symposium, Amherst, MA, April.
2006, Visiting Faculty, Sociology of Media, Smith College, Spring.
2005, Advisory Board, Wedded Bliss Exhibit, Peabody Textile Museum, Salem, MA, October.
2003, Guest Speaker, Queer Studies Lecture, Smith College, Spring.
2002, Visiting Faculty, Sociological Theory, Smith College, Fall.
2002, Discussant, Weddings in Popular Culture Panel, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, University of Connecticut, June.
2002, “Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture,” Marist College, February.
2000, “The Pleasure of Heterosexual Spectacle,” Speaker Series on Power and Pleasure, Yale University, October.
2000, “White Weddings: Teaching Sociology to High School Students,” Project Advance, Syracuse University, Syracuse and New York, May.
2000, “Weddings in Popular Culture,” Ithaca College Sociology Department, April.
2000, “Romancing Difference in Wedding Culture,” Bread and Roses Distinguished Lecturer, University at Albany, May.
2000, “Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture,” Albany Women’s Building Community Lecture, February.
2000, “Weddings, Difference, and Popular Culture,” Graduate Program Lecture, Sociology, University at Albany, February.
1999, “The Consequences of Difference and Conflict,” French Culinary Institute, New York, Diversity Workshop Series, Fall.
1999, National Book Tour, White Weddings: Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Syracuse, Albany: August

Selected appearances
2001, Expert commentator, documentary film: Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever  Hold Your Peace by Karen Sosnoski and Fred Zeytoonjian