Dr. Sarah Donley

SY 301 Researching Society

SY 221 Introduction to Sociology

SY 222 Honors Introduction to Sociology

SY 368 Gender and Society

SY 324 Social Stratification

SY 356 Social Movements & Activism

Dr. Donley’s research centers on gender inequality, work and organizations, and culture. Her current research explores shifting cultural gender beliefs in feminizing occupations and what this means for gender (in)equality.

Kansas State University, PhD, Sociology, 2014
Dissertation:  The Overtaking of Undertaking:  Feminization and the Changing Gender-type of Funeral Directing

Kansas State University, MA, Sociology, 2009
Thesis:  HIV in the Heartland:  Negotiating Stigma, Disclosure and the HIV+ Community

Donley, Sarah. Forthcoming. “From Old Boy to Gender Progressive: The Shifting Gender Story in Funerary Trade Journals” in Advances in Gender Research: Gender and Media, edited by Marcia Segal and Vicki Demos. United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Donley, Sarah and Alexis Paige. 2018. "Sociology and Social Work Undergraduates' Reflections on Participating in a Research Project on Campus Sexual Assault and Misconduct." Journal of Applied Social Sciences 12(1): 46-58.

Donley, Sarah and Josalyn Kelly. 2018. "Cash in a Flash:  Gatekeeping, Deception, and Qualitative Methodology in the Study of Payday and Title Loan Businesses.” Sage Research Methods Cases, Sociology.

Donley, Sarah and Chardie L. Baird. 2017. “The Overtaking of Undertaking:  Gender Beliefs in a Feminizing Occupation."  Sex Roles 77 (1-2): 97-112.