Dr. Erin L. Rider
Department Chair, Associate Professor
205C Brewer Hall
Phone: 256-782-8477
Fax: 256-782-5168
erider@jsu.edu
A product of Seattle, WA, Dr. Rider teaches in a somewhat Socratic style - she throws out ideas, students respond, and then an interesting dialogue begins. Throughout the process everyone learns.
Courses Taught
- SY 221 Introduction to Sociology
- SY 223 Social Problems
- SY 315 Deviant Behavior
- SY 350 Sociology of Disasters
- SY 360 Ethnic and Minority Group Relations
- SY 362 Global Immigration, Patterns and Trends, and
- SY 499 Senior Sociological Seminar
Academic/Research Interests
- Dr. Rider's research focuses on asylum seekers, sexual violence in war contexts, and disasters. Her theoretical frame for these research areas is the action process of marginalized individuals.
Education
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Texas Woman's University, Ph.D. in Sociology
Dissertation: Negotiating Uncertainty in the Right to Asylee Status: ReConceptualizing -
Texas Woman's University, M.A. in Women's Studies
- Eastern Oregon University, B.A. in English, Minor in Gender Studies
Publications
- Rider, E. L. (2015). Asylum Seekers' Credibility Burden: Managing Trauma without Collective Support. Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 2(2), 263-284. http://jsswnet.com/vol-2-no-2-december-2014-current-issue-jssw
- Rider, E. L. (2014). Discrimination. In Heith Copes and Craig Forsyth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (pp. 206-207). Sage.
- Rider, E. L. (2014). Rape. In Heith Copes and Craig Forsyth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (pp. 581-584). Sage.
- Rider, E. L. (2014). Sex Discrimination. In Heith Copes and Craig Forsyth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (pp. 630-633). Sage.
- Rider, E. L. (2014). Structural Functionalism. In Heith Copes and Craig Forsyth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Deviance (pp. 704-707). Sage.
- Rider, E. L. (2013). Negotiating the Right to Asylee Status. Societies without Borders: Human Rights and the Social Sciences, 8(1), 405-431.
- Brackenridge, S., Zottarelli, L., Rider, E. L., Carlsen-Landy, B. (2012). Dimensions of the Human-Animal Bond and Evacuation Decisions among Pet Owners during Hurricane Ike. Anthrozoos, 25(2).
- Rider, E. L. (2012). Refugees, Sexual Violence, and Armed Conflict: The Nuances between Victims and Agents. Wagadu, 10, 72-92.
- Zottarelli, L., Bugg, D., Rider, E. L. (2011). Family-to-Work Conflict among Texas Law Enforcement Officers in the Wake of the Hurricane Rita Evacuation. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 29(3).