EPISODE SUMMARY
You know the famous saying about heroes? That you’re not supposed to meet them? Because they invariably let you down. Well I’m sorry this is not one of those stories. CJ Pascoe is one of my academic heroes. She has written or been a part of two of the most influential texts about masculinity I have ever read: “Dude You’re a F*g” and “Exploring Masculinities.” She also has been a part of writing “HOMAGO” which to me is a real influential text understanding how teens use technology. Today it’s all about her and her studies, expertise, and journey listening and studying boys
EPISODE NOTES
CJ Pascoe is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon where she teaches courses on sexuality, masculinity, social psychology, and gender. Her current research focuses on masculinity, youth, homophobia, sexuality and new media.
Her book, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, won the American Educational Research Association’s 2007 Book of the Year Award as well as an honorable mention for the American Sociological Association’s Section on Sex and Gender’s Distinguished Book Award. Dude documents the relationship between homophobic harassment, heterosexism and masculinity in high school. In it CJ suggests ways we might begin to redefine gender norms that are damaging to both boys and girls.
Before coming to University of Oregon, CJ taught at Colorado College. Previous to her time in Colorado, CJ spent two years working with the Digital Youth Project, part of the MacArthur Foundation’s initiative in learning and new media. Along with her co-researchers and under the guidance of Mimi Ito, CJ co-authored Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: Living and Learning with New Media, the largest qualitative study of youth new media use to date.
CJ’s research has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Toronto Globe and Mail, American Sexuality Magazine and Inside Higher Ed. She has appeared in the Frontline documentary Growing Up Online as well as on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
CJ is currently working on three projects: conducting fieldwork for her new book on youth cultures, examining homophobia in online spaces, interviewing GLBTQ young people about their life experiences, as well as writing about contemporary shifts in definitions and understandings of masculinity and homophobia.
She received her B.A. in Sociology from Brandeis University in 1996 and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006.
Personal Website: http://www.cjpascoe.org/
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