Current Positions: 

Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of Behavioral Sciences
The University of Michigan - Dearborn

Assistant Research Scientist
Institute for Research on Women and Gender
The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Fulbright Scholar
University of the Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa

 

Education:

Ph.D. 1992	Graduate Program in Sociology University of California, San Francisco Dissertation: The Crucible: Violence, Help-Seeking, and Abused Women's Transformations of Self
M.S.	Health Science San Francisco State University
B.A.	Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

 

Honors and Awards:

2000	Faculty Remarks to the Graduates University of Michigan &endash; Dearborn December 2000
2000	Distinguished Teaching Award (Tenure Category) University of Michigan - Dearborn
1993	Distinguished Dissertation Award Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
1989	First Place Award - Social Science Division, Graduate Student Research Competition. University of California, San Francisco Dimensions of the Back Stage at a Parent Participation Nursery
1985	Progressive Architecture 31st Award Interior Color Consultant, Brandeis Hillel Day School San Francisco, CA.

 

Grants Awarded:

2000	Office of the Vice President for Research, The University of Michigan, $11,400. Office Sponsored Research, The University of Michigan, $3,000.
1995	Rackham Grant and Fellowship, Office of the Vice President for Research, The University of Michigan $15,000.00
1990	Grant, University Funds Research Award, Office of the Dean, Graduate Division, University of California, San Francisco Grant, School of Nursing Dissertation Support Funds, University of California, San Francisco
1989 to 1990	Graduate Opportunity/Distinguished Scholars Fellowship University of California, San Francisco

 

Selected Professional Experience:

 

1998 to 2000	Director of Women's Studies, The University of Michigan - Dearborn
1998 to present	Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Michigan - Dearborn
1994-1998	Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Michigan - Dearborn
1993	Lecturer, California School of Professional Psychology, A Graduate Research Institution. Advanced Research Methods - Grounded Theory
1992/3	Lecturer, California State University, Hayward. Introduction to Sociology 1000, Marriage & Sex 3412, Sociology of the Family
1993	Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Qualitative Methodologies for Graduate Students

Publications:

Under Review	Schultz, Amy J. and Lora Bex Lempert. "Being Part of the World": Detroit Women's Perceptions of Health and the Social Environment.
2000	Lempert, Lora Bex, Co-editor (with Marjorie Devault) of Gender & Society Special Edition, Reconfigured and Newly Emergent Family Forms.
1999	Lempert, Lora Bex. "An Unbelievable Kind of Thing": A Mother's Response to the Disclosure of Incest. In Mary Romero and Abigail J. Stewart (eds.), Women's Untold Stories: Breaking Silence, Talking Back, Voicing Complexity (37-52). New York: Routledge.
1998	Lempert, Lora Bex. Other Fathers: An Alternative Perspective on African American Community Caring. In Staples, Robert (ed). The Black Family. Belmont,CA: Wadsworth.
1997	Britton, Brandy M., Lora Bex Lempert, Sally Pickels, Beatrice von Schulthess, Adele E. Clarke. "You Can Be Safer, But...": Different Women, Many Violences. In Ruzek, Sheryl, Virginia Olesen, and Adele Clarke (eds.). Women's Health: Complexities and Differences. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 473-519.
1997	The Other Side of Help: Negative Effects in the Help Seeking Processes of Abused Women. Qualitative Sociology 20 (2), 289-310.
1996	Women's Strategies for Survival: Developing Agency in Abusive Relationships, Journal of Family Violence. September 1996.
1996	Language Obstacles in the Narratives of Abused Women, Mid-American Review of Sociology 19 (1&2), 15-32.
1995	The Line in the Sand: Definitional Dialogues in Abusive Relationships, Studies in Symbolic Interaction 17, 1995. Reprinted in Strauss, Anselm and Juliet Corbin (eds). Grounded Theory in Practice. Sage Publications. 1997.
1994	A Narrative Analysis of Abuse: Connecting the Personal, the Rhetorical, and the Structural, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 22 (4): 411-441.
1988	Charlene Harrington and Lora Bex Lempert. "Medicaid: A Public Program in Distress." Nursing Outlook, 36 (1) January/February.
1986	Lora Bex Lempert. "Women's Health from a Woman's Point of View: A Review of the Literature." Health Care for Women, International, 7 (3): 255-275. Lora Bex Lempert. Bridges: The Cross Connections of Immigrant Students. (ed) San Francisco Education Fund.

Book Reviews:

 

1998	Dutton, Jane, Linda Groat, Jane Hassinger, Lora Lempert, and Carolyn Riehl. Review Essay. Qualitative Sociology 21 (2), 195 -203.
1997	Book Review Essay. Gender & Society 11 (3), 369-370.

Pedogogical Publications (Refereed):

2000	Using Student Self-Assessments. In Stalp, Marybeth C. and Julie Childers (eds.), Teaching Sociological Concepts and the Sociology of Gender. American Sociological Association.
1998	Syllabus for Family Violence. In Keating, Barbara (ed) Resource Material for Teaching About Family Violence. American Sociological Association.
1997	Syllabus for Social Problems. In Broad, K. and M. Brooks (eds). Resource Manual for Teaching Social Problems. American Sociological Association.
1996	Syllabus for Marriage and Sex; Clothesline Project T- Shirt; Field Work Project; and Oral Panel Presentations. In Macheski, G., Lowney, K.S., and Meyers, T. (eds). Teaching About Families: A Collection of Syllabi, Projects, and Class Materials. American Sociological Association.
1996	Writing Assignments and Presentations for Introductory Sociology. In Amoloza, T. and J. Sikora (eds). Introductory Sociology Resource Manual. American Sociological Association.

 

Exhibitions:

1997	Co-Curator, "Re-imagining Barbie" in "People Figures: Puppets, Robots, Transformers, and Dolls." Berkowitz Gallery, Mardigian Library, The University of Michigan - Dearborn.

 

Video Production:

1998	Executive Producer, "From Struggle to Success: The Ellis Family." Media Services, The University of Michigan - Dearborn.

 

Selected Presentations at Professional Meetings:

2000	The Clothesline Project as Student Production: Creativity, Voice, and Connection. Midwest Sociological Association. Chicago, IL. April.
2000	Roundtable Presentation. Social Inequality, Neighborhood Effects, and Women's Health. With Amy Schulz. American Sociological Association. Washington, D.C. August.
1999	Gender and Equity Issues as Understood through Experiential Education. With Jennifer Fritz and Shannon Callahan. MI Women's Studies Association. Albion College. April.
1999	Affect in the Ethnographic Interview: A Roundtable Discussion Of Methodological Concerns Facing Researchers. National Communications Association. Chicago.
1999	Discussant, Race/Ethnicity and Health: Confronting Political, Social, and Cultural Challenges to Equality. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
1999	Constructing Alternative Realities: A Narrative Account from the Mother of an Incested Daughter. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.
1998	Other Fathers: An Alternative Perspective on African American Community Caring. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
1998	Session Organizer, Newly Emergent Family Forms for the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. April 1998.
1997	Session Organizer, Professional Workshop: Strategies for Surviving Graduate School for the American Sociological Association. 1997 Annual Meeting. August, Toronto, Canada.
1997	Session Organizer, Newly Emergent Family Forms:Discourses and Social Organization for the Society for the Study of Social Problems. 1997 Annual Meeting.
1997	Roundtable Discussant, Connections Between Kin Family Division. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Toronto, Canada.
1997	School Daze: African American Grandparents Raising Their Adolescent Grandchildren. Pacific Sociological Association, April 1997.
1996	Oppositional Cultures: African American Grandparents Raising Their Adolescent Grandchildren. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 1996.
1996	Ideology and Allegory: "The Space Traders" in Introductory Sociology. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 1996.
1996	"Space Traders": Understanding the Consequences of Race Ideologies in the Introductory Class. Midwest Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL. April 1996.
1996	Paper Presentation at Michigan Women's Studies Association 1996 Annual Meeting, Dearborn, MI. March 1996.

Dissertation Committee:

1996 to present

Methodologist on the Dissertation Committee of Toby A. Turner, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

 

Professional Service:

2000	National Science Foundation Review Panel. Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement. July 24-27. Washington, DC.
2000	Roundtable Organizer. Race, Gender, and Class Section. American Sociological Association Annual Meetings. August.
2000	Session Organizer, Teaching About Family Violence. Midwest Sociological Association. Chicago, Illinois. April.
2000 to present	Secretary, Sociologists for Women in Society
1998	Session Organizer, Newly Emergent Family Forms for the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. April.
1997	Session Organizer, Professional Workshop: Strategies for Surviving Graduate School for the American Sociological Association. 1997 Annual Meeting. August, Toronto, Canada.
1997	Session Organizer, Newly Emergent Family Forms: Discourses and Social Organization for the Society for the Study of Social Problems. 1997 Annual Meeting.
1997 to 1998	Feminist Activism Award Chair, Sociologists for Women in Society
1998 to 1999	Alfred McClung Lee Scholarship Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems
1997 to 1999	Publications Committee Chair, Sociologists for Women in Society
1999 to present	Editorial Board, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
1996	Editorial Board, Gender & Society

 

University Service:

2000 to present	Department of Behavioral Sciences Executive Committee
1998 to 2000	Master of Liberal Studies Advisory Committee
1996 to 2000	UMD Agenda for Women
1993 to present	Women's Studies Faculty Experiential Education Committee
1995 to present	African and African American Studies Faculty
1993 to 1998	Department of Behavioral Sciences Grievance Committee
1994 to 1996	Provost's Committee on Family Mentoring
1997 to 1998	Provost's Committee on Teaching and Learning Department of Behavioral Sciences Executive Committee Alternate

 

Recent Public Service:

2000, 1999,1998	Women on the Move: College is an Option
2000	Henry Ford Community College, National Women's History Month Panelist. Feminism in the 21st Century.
2000	Dingell-Rivers Women's Health and Life Forum, Session Organizer
2000	National Lifer's Association Presentation on Domestic Violence. Scott Correctional Facility.
1998	"Transitions" UPN Channel 50. "Race" with Honors Program Students.
1998	Speaker for AFSME Local #207, Detroit, MI.
1997	"Transitions" UPN Channel 50. Domestic Violence Panel Discussion. Lecture, Relationship Violence as Gendered Phenomena, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. Sponsored by Women's Studies and Crisis Assistance Response and Education Program. February 1997.
1996	Presenter, Women's 1996 Health and Life Forum, Sponsored by Congresspeople John Dingell and Lynn Rivers, UMD, May 18, 1996.
1996	Presenter, Sexual Harassment, The Children's Center Staff Development Day, Detroit, MI May 21, 1996.

 

Current Memberships in Professional Organizations: 

Pacific Sociological Association
Academic Women Writers
Michigan Sociological Association
Mid-West Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
American Sociological Association (ASA)