Laura W. Steck, Ph.D.

Education

• B.A., Sociology/Religious Studies, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1996)
• M.A., Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1998)
• Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, University of Connecticut (2004)
• Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Sociology (2006)

Credentials

• Coordinator, Sociology/Behavioral Sciences

Courses

• Introduction to Sociology
• Gender and Society
• Ethnic and Minority Relations
• Sociology of Families
• Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

Research Interests

• College Students with Children
• Experiential Learning
• Institutional Ethnography
• Motherhood Ideology and Infant Feeding Practices
• Poverty in the United States

Recent Publications

• Steck, Laura West, Jennifer Engler, Mary Ligon, Perri Druen, and Erin Cosgrove. 2011. “Doing Poverty: Learning Outcomes among Students Participating in the Community Action Poverty Simulation Program.” Teaching Sociology. 39(3).
• Verrecchia, P.J. and Laura West Steck. Forthcoming. “Words Mean Things: The Social Construction of Reality and Restorative Justice.“In J. Charlton, P. Verrecchia, and D. Polizzi (Eds.) International Perspectives on Restorative Justice in Education. Ontario, Canada: Centre for the Study of Crime, Restorative Justice, and Community Safety.