A-to-Z Index

Dr. Matthew B. Ezzell

Dr. Matthew B. Ezzell

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office Location: Sheldon 214
Phone: (540) 568-6982
E-mail: ezzellmb (at) jmu (dot) edu

Education:

BA (Women's Studies), UNC-Chapel Hill
MA (Sociology), UNC-Chapel Hill
PhD (Sociology), UNC-Chapel Hill

Teaching:

  • The Development of Sociological Thought and Method
  • Microsociology
  • The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
  • The Sociology of Gender
  • The Sociology of Interpersonal Violence

Research:

Race/Class/Gender Inequality, Symbolic Interaction, Social Psychology, Community Studies, Qualitative Methodology, Media, Social Theory, Public Sociology

Professional Associations:

 

Publications:

Forthcoming, 2013. Ezzell, Matthew B. “Getting the Story Right: A Response to ‘The Feminist Ethnographer’s Dilemma.’” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

In press. Ezzell, Matthew B. “Men’s use of pornography.” In Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Lisa McLaughlin (eds) Routledge Companion to Media and Gender. London and New York: Routledge.

2012. Kleinman, Sherryl, and Matthew B. Ezzell. “Opposing ‘both sides’: Rhetorics, reproductive rights, and control of a campus women’s center.” Women’s Studies International Forum, Vol. 35(6): 403-414.

2012. McQueeney, Krista, Matthew B. Ezzell, Kenneth H. Kolb and Sherryl Kleinman. “Sociologjia dhe studimet gjinore: Riprodhimi i pabarazisë nëpërmjet “dallimit” [Sociology and Gender Studies: Reproducing Inequality through “Difference”], in Fatos Tarifa (ed.), Shkencat e shoqërisë: Sociologjia si disiplina integruese për studimin e jetës së shoqërisë [The Sciences of Society: Sociology as the Integrative Discipline for the Study of Social Life]. Tirana: Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2012. Ezzell, Matthew B. “‘I’m in control’: Compensatory Manhood in a Therapeutic Community.” Gender & Society. Vol 26(2): 190-215.

2009. Kleinman, Sherryl, Matthew B. Ezzell and A. Corey Frost. “Reclaiming critical analysis: The social harms of ‘bitch.’” Sociological Analysis, Vol. 3(1):46-68.

2009. Ezzell, Matthew B. “‘Barbie dolls’ on the pitch: Identity work, defensive othering, and inequality in women’s rugby.” Social Problems, Vol. 56(1):111-131.

2009. Ezzell, Matthew B. “Pornography, lad mags, video games, and boys: Reviving the canary in the cultural coal mine.” In Olfman, S. (Ed), The sexualization of childhood (pp. 7-32). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

2007. Pleasants, Robert and Matthew Ezzell. “Thinking beyond achievement: Teaching gender sociologically.” In Diem, J. & Helfenbein, R. (Eds.). Unsettling beliefs: Teaching theory to teachers.Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press.

2002. Kleinman, Sherryl and Matt Ezzell. “The King’s English: A Campus Fable.” Feminist Teacher. Vol. 14 (2):179-184. Reprinted: (2003). In Kimmel, M, & Ferber, A.L. (Eds). Privilege: A reader (pp. 173-180). Cambridge, MA: Westview Press.

Other Publications (non-peer reviewed):

Ezzell, Matthew. (Spring, 2008). “Get Reel: Sex and Violence in a Pornified Culture.” The Siren: Women and Men United in the Struggle for Full Gender Equality and Justice for Women.

Ezzell, Matthew. (Fall, 2007). “Pornography and the Rape Culture, In Brief.” The Center Line, a Journal of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, Chapel Hill, NC.

Ezzell, Matthew. (2004). “Problems with Playboy.” Lambda. Volume 27, Issue 2.

Ezzell, Matt & Pleasants, Bob. (2004, March 18). “Men Should Do More to Prevent Sexual Violence.”The Daily Tar Heel."