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.

Dr. Ryder's Curriculum Vitae

Erin Rider

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

  • 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).