Barber's book, Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Inequality in the Men's Grooming Industry (Rutgers University Press) is now available from the press here and at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
Dr. Kristen Barber received her Ph.D. from University of Southern California. She joined the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Sociology faculty in the fall of 2011 and is faculty affiliate in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. Her research focuses on issues of Gender, Social Inequalities, Culture, Work & Organizations, and Qualitative Methodologies. Living in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, she expanded her writing into the area of Gender & Disaster. Barber's research appears in Gender & Society, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Mobilization, and Contexts, among others, and has been reprinted in popular anthologies.
Barber's research in disaster has led to her affiliation with the Centre for Community Disaster Research and consultation with Alberta's Status of Women on disaster response. Barber is also Culture Editor for Contexts, a publication of the American Sociological Association, as well as Editorial Board Member of Gender & Society, elected council member for the ASA's section on Sex and Gender, and past council member for the section on Sociology of the Body & Embodiment, and has served as a grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Barber's research in disaster has led to her affiliation with the Centre for Community Disaster Research and consultation with Alberta's Status of Women on disaster response. Barber is also Culture Editor for Contexts, a publication of the American Sociological Association, as well as Editorial Board Member of Gender & Society, elected council member for the ASA's section on Sex and Gender, and past council member for the section on Sociology of the Body & Embodiment, and has served as a grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
