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Sociology Dept.
H. Gray, Chair
C. West, Grad Director
B. Crow, UG Educ Cmte Chr
College 8, 226
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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Natalie Purcell Home  Directory Natalie Purcell
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Natalie Purcell
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PhD Candidate |
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Graduate Student |
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Email: |
npurcell@ucsc.edu |
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College 8, Rm. 211 |
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| Courses Taught | |
Teaching Assistant, Classical Sociological Theory, 2008
Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Sociological Theory, 2008 & 2009
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| Research Focus | |
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My work focuses on intimacy and violence, with special attention to the social and psychological correlates of sexual violence. My recent research has centered on representations of sexual violence, especially in pornography and in misogynistic subcultures. Although grounded in feminist theoretical approaches, my work is highly interdisciplinary, blending psychoanalytic, macro-sociological, micro-sociological, and criminological approaches to the study of violence. |
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Associations:
The Feminism and Pornography Research Cluster, UCSC, founding member, organizer, and lead grant writer, since 2007
The Science and Justice Working Group, UCSC, steering committee member, since 2006
Professional Research Experience:
Graduate Student Researcher for the Center for Cultural Studies and Dr. Carla Freccero, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 01/09–present
Graduate Student Researcher for the Science & Justice Working Group and Dr. Jenny Reardon, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 06/07–09/07 (temporary position)
Research Analyst, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 03/05–07/06
Research Assistant, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 07/03–03/05
Auditor of Research and Development Procedures, Research and Development Office, Veterans Administration of New Jersey Health Care System (VANJHCS), East Orange, NJ, 05/02–08/02 (summer internship)
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| Education History | |
Advanced to Candidacy, 2009
- Field Statements:
- “Feminist Theory: The Evolution of an Identity Politics”
- “Accounting for Violence: The Social Psychology of Hatred & Sadism”
MA, Sociology, University of California Santa Cruz, 2008
- MA Thesis: “Death Metal Music”
MPA, Public Administration and Nonprofit Management, Seton Hall University, 2003
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Publications:
Purcell, Natalie. 2009. "Feminism and Pornography: Building Sensitive Research and Analytic Approaches." The Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality 12: www.ejhs.org.
Russell, Diana E.H. and Natalie J. Purcell. 2006. “Exposure to Child Pornography as a Cause of Child Sexual Victimization” in Handbook on Children, Culture, and Violence, edited by N.E. Dowd, D.G. Singer, and R.F. Wilson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Purcell, Natalie J. 2003. Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Presentations:
“Understanding and Addressing Cruelty in Interspecies Encounters: The Case of Industrial Livestock Production,” delivered at TransMaterialities: Relating Across Difference, The UCSC Science Studies Research Cluster, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 22, 2009.
“Feminists Rethink Pornography: Lessons from the Feminism and Pornography Research Cluster at UCSC,” delivered at the Graduate Research Symposium, University of California, Santa Cruz, May 15, 2009.
“Feminism and Pornography: Building Sensitive Research and Analytic Approaches,” delivered at Sexual Ontogeny: A Lifelong Work in Progress, The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality- Western Region, Asilomar Conference Grounds, May 8, 2009.
“A Materialist Analysis of Feminist Discourse on Pornography,” delivered at Thinking Gender (Panel: “Pornography and Feminism after the Sex Wars”), The UCLA Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles, February 6, 2009.
“Recognition, Responsibility, and Hurt: Feminists and Pornography,” delivered at Sexual Literacy and Social Change, National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University, October 31, 2008.
“Pornography: A Brief Economic History,” delivered at Pornography Production, Distribution, and Markets: A Panel Discussion, University of California, Santa Cruz, November 2007.
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