Professor
Sociology
Office
Ebenezer D. Bassett Hall
317-08
Tuesday
12:30 pm - 1:03 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Wednesday
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Thursday
12:30 pm - 1:03 pm
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Biography
Jessica Greenebaum is Professor of Sociology at Central.
She received her doctorate in Sociology from Syracuse University in 2000. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology (minor in Politics) in1994 from Ithaca College.
Dr. Greenebaum’s research and teaching areas focus on the intersections of gender, feminism, animals and society, and vegan studies. She regularly teaches Sociology of Gender, Animals & Society, and the Culture and Politics of Food as well as Qualitative Methods and Senior Seminar. Dr. Greenebaum has been nominated seven times for the University Teaching Excellence Award and won the LGBT Center and Office of Equity and Inclusion Rainbow Awards, 2020.
Dr. Greenebaum has been an active member of multiple organizations on campus, including but not limited to the Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program, The Committee on the Concerns of Women (CCW), The Committee on the Concerns of LGBTQ+ (CCQ), the University Senate's Equity, Justice, and Inclusion committee.
Dr. Greenebaum has over a dozen peer review articles and was formerly an Associate Editor for the journal Society and Animals and the Animal and Society Section Chair of the American Sociological Association.
Education
Areas of Expertise
1. Gender Studies
2. Feminist Theory
3. Vegan Sociology
4. Animals and Society
5. Qualitative Methodology
6. Race, Class, and Gender
Publications, Research & Presentations
Peer-Review Journals Articles
Bantley, Kathleen, Susan Koski, Jessica Greenebaum, Beth Merenstein, and Kimberly Meyer. 2021. “A ‘Ruth-less’ Court in the 21st Century: How the Loss of RBG May Hurl Progress Toward Women’s Equality Back to the Dark Ages.” Women’s Rights Law Reporter. 42 (3/4): 157-171.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2018. "Vegans of Color: Managing Visible and Invisible Stigmas." Food, Culture, and Society. 21(5): 680-697.
Greenebaum, Jessica and Dexter, Brandon. 2018. “Vegan Men and Hybrid Masculinity.” Journal of Gender Studies. 27 (6): 637-648.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2017. “Questioning the Concept of Vegan Privilege: A Commentary.” Humanity & Society. 41 (3):355-372.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2012. Managing Impressions: 'Face Saving' Strategies of Vegetarians and Vegans. Humanity & Society. 36(4): 309-325
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2012. Veganism, Identity, and Authenticity. Food, Culture, and Society, 15 (1): 129-144.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2010. Training Humans and Training Dogs: Symbolic Interaction and Dog Training. Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, 23 (2): 129-141.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2009. I’m Not An Activist But…: Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare in the Purebred Dog Rescue Movement. Society and Animals, 17 (4): 289-306.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2006-2007.The Throw-Away Society and the Family Dog: An Exploration of the Consumption and the Dispossession of Companion Animals. Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries. 2 (2): 34-55.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2004. It’s a Dog’s Life: Elevating Status from Pet to “Fur Baby” at Yappy Hour. Society and Animals. 12(2):117-135.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2003-2004. Conceptualizing Reform Judaism in an Age of Secularization. Contemporary Jewry. 24: 82-103.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 1999. Placing Jewish Women into the Dialogue of Intersectionality. Race, Gender, and Class 6 (4): 41-60.
Book Chapters
Greenebaum, Jessica and Merenstein, Beth. 2019. “Women, Complicity, and the Handmaid’s Tale.” In Goldie, Janis, and Karen A. Ritzenhoff (Eds.) The Handmaid’s Tale: Teaching Dystopia, Feminism, and Resistance Across Disciplines and Borders. Lexington Books: Lantham.
Book Reviews
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2018. Review of Culture and Activism: Animal Rights, by Elizabeth Cherry in New York: Routledge, Society and Animals. 26 (3): 335-338.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2017. Review of A Rational Approach to Animal Rights: Extensions in Abolition Theory, by Corey Lee Wrenn. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. Contemporary Sociology. 46 (2): 140-141.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2006-2007. “Taming Marley” a Review of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, by John Grogan. William Morrow, and, If You Tame Me: Understanding Our Connection with Animals, by Leslie Irvine. Temple University Press. Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries, 2 (2): 119-123.
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2005. Review of Brute Force: Animal Police and the Challenge of Cruelty, by Arnold Arluke. Purdue University Press. Contemporary Sociology, 34 (5): 507-508.
Encyclopedia Entries
Greenebaum, Jessica. 2015. Veganism. Food Issues: An Encyclopedia. Three Volumes. Sage Publications, by Ken Albaba.
Greenebaum, Jessica and Sanders, Clinton. 2015. “Human-Animal Interaction,” The Wiley- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd edition, edited by G. Ritzer. second edition. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.
Awards & Grants
Winner of LGBT Center and Office of Equity and Inclusion Rainbow Awards, 2020.
Faculty Honor Roll, CCSU Students Acknowledge the Hard Work and Dedication of their Professors. Central. Spring 2020.
Faculty Applause for Teaching and Learning in a Remote Environment. Central. Spring 2020.
Nominee, University Teaching Excellence Award, Central, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2013-2014, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2022- 2023.
Courses Taught
Courses
SOC 110: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 240/WGSS 240: Sociology of Gender
SOC 240/WGSS 240: Sociology of Gender (online)
SOC 308: Animals and Society
SOC 355: The Culture and Politics of Food
SOC 400/WGSS 400: Feminist Theory
SOC 412: Qualitative Research Methods
Previously taught classes
SOC 111: Social Problems
WGSS 200: Introduction to Women’s Studies
SOC 212: Race, Class, Gender
SOC 233: The Family
SOC 308: Animals and Society (online)
SOC 445: Social Construction of Sexuality
SOC 478/WGSS 390: Women of Color
SOC 478: Sociology of Education
SOC 499: Senior Seminar in Sociology