Mary Jean Cravens
Assistant Professor, Sociology

(630) 942-2333
Office: IC 3037A
e-mail: cravens@cdnet.cod.edu

Areas of Research Interest:
• Sex and Gender
• Race and Ethnicity
• Animals and Society
• Global Stratification

Current Projects:
•Doctoral dissertation in sociology at UIC: Conducting an ethnographic study of constructions of masculinity within the American animal rights movement

Selected Publications, Presentations, Books:
• M.J. Cravens with R. Stephen Warner. "The Look of Youth Ministry: Accounting for Socio-Cultural Patterns in Religious Programs Targeted at American Teenagers" presented Spring 2001 at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings, St. Louis, IL.

Education:
• M.A. University of Illinois - Chicago
• B.A. University of Illinois - Chicago

Awards and Recognitions:
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa
• UIC Highest Departmental Distinction in Sociology, 1997