Dissertation
UNIVERSITIES AS GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STUDYING CAMPUS RESPONSES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
12/2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007228
Abstract
Sexual assault remains a prevalent crime on college campuses, leaving institutions of higher education with the task of responding to allegations of sexual assault semi-regularly. While a lot of research examines students’ perceptions of their universities’ responses, the ways in which different university units collaborate in their responses remain unstudied. In my dissertation, I apply Acker’s theory of gendered organizations to study universities as a gendered organization comprised of multiple differently gendered organizations that respond to allegations of sexual assault. Drawing on data from a media audit, policy analysis, and interviews, I analyze in what ways and in what contexts gendering occurs in sexual assault policies and practices at two universities in the Pacific Northwest. Across these studies, I find that gendering infrequently occurs within university policy text. Instead, gendering occurs within federal and state guidelines that, in turn, influence university policy. Moreover, I find differences in approaches to the same federal guidelines based on state climate. I follow these studies with an explanation of my findings, their scientific contribution, and directions for future research.
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- Title
- UNIVERSITIES AS GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS
- Creators
- Christie Marie Miksys
- Contributors
- Julie A Kmec (Chair)Jennifer Schwartz (Committee Member)Stacey J.T. Hust (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Sociology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 206
- Identifiers
- 99901195538101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation