Sociology

Faculty & Staff

Rebecca L. Warner, Ph.D.

Professor
Department of Sociology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3703
Phone: 541-737-5381
Fax: 541-737-5372
E-mail: rwarner@oregonstate.edu

Areas of Interest:

• Sociology of Families
• Gender
• Research Methods and Statistics
• Comparative/International

Current Projects:

• "Gender and Support for Science-Based Environmental Policy"
• "When the Preacher is My Mom: Children's Experiences in Clergy Families"
• "Children's Gender and Parents' Support for Gender Equity Public Policies"
• "Marriage and Families" (with K Seccombe under contract with McGraw-Hill)

Brief Vita

Education:

• Ph.D. - Sociology, Washington State University, 1985
• M.A. - Sociology, Washington State University, 1982
• B.A. - Sociology, Portland State University (with high honors), 1980

Recent Publications:

• Steel, Brent S., Rebecca L. Warner, and Denise Lach. (Forthcoming). "Changing Expectations for Science and Scientists in Natural Resource and Enviornmental Policy." International Journal of Interdesciplinary Social Sciences.
• Lloyd, Sally, Rebecca L. Warner, Kristine Baber and Donna Sollie. (Forthcoming, April, 2009). "Activism in the Academy: Constructing/Negotiating Feminist Leadership." In Lloyd, Sally, April Few, and Katherine Allen (Eds.) Handbook of Feminist Theory , Methods and Praxis in Family Studies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
• Steel, Brent S., Sarah L. Henderson, and Rebecca L. Warner. 2007. "NGOs and the Development of Civil Society in Bulgaria and the U.S. Innovations: The European Journal of Social Science Research. 20:35-52.
• Steel, Brent S. and Rebecca L. Warner. 2007. "Environmental Education: The Global Academe," Pp. 233-255 in Khi V. Thai, Dianne Rahm, and Jerrell D. Coggburn (Eds.), Handbook of Globalization and the Environment. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
• Warner, Rebecca L. 2006. "Being a Good Parent." Pp. 65-83 in Jaber F. Gubrium and James A Holstein (Eds), Couples, Kids in Family Life: Social Worlds From the Inside Out. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Steel, Brent S., Rebecca L. Warner, and Alex Johnson. 2004-2005. "The Role of Science and Scientists in the Environmental Policy Process: A Comparative Analysis of Bulgaria and the United States." Journal of Environmental Systems.

Honors & Awards:

• 2008 D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award
• 2004 Excellence Award, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University
• 2004 Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award
• 2000 Fellow, Center for the Humanities, Oregon State University
• 1997 Master Teacher, College of Liberal Arts, Oregon State University
• 1996 Thomas R. Meehan Excellence in Teaching Award, Oregon State University
• 1994 Women of Achievement Award, Oregon State University