Loyola University Chicago

Associate Professor of Sociology Email: afigert@luc.edu

Anne Figert came to Loyola University Chicago in 1991 after completing her Ph.D. at Indiana University at Bloomington. Her research interests include health, medicine, sociology of science, and gender.

Much of Professor Figert's writing has been published in books and journals relating to framing of women's health issues, scientific authority, and teaching sociology. She has also been actively involved in community based research with HIV/AIDS organizations.

Some Recent Publications and Research Reports

"Science Constructs PMS" in Social Problems: Constructionist Readings edited by Donileen Loseke and Joel Best. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter. 2003

Anne E. Figert and Eric R. Wright. 2001 "Addressing Lesbian and Gay Issues in the Medical Sociology Curriculum." Pp. 265-272 in A Handbook for Teaching Medical Sociology , Third Edition, edited by Robin Moremen. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center. 2001

"Unique Challenges to Evaluation Work in Ministry Settings" Final Report to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. 2002

Report to AIDS Pastoral Care Network regarding the "HIV/AIDS Prevention with Latino Faith Communities in Chicago" Project. With Jacqueline Beale-DelVecchio of CURL. 2001

Books

Building Community: Social Science in Action. edited with Phil Nyden, Mark Shibley and Darryl Burrows. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. 1997

Women and the Ownership of PMS: The Structuring of a Psychiatric Disorder. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter. 1996

Current Research on Occupations and Professions , volume 9 "Getting Down to Business" (co-edited with Helena Lopata), Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc. 1996

Teaching Publications

Anne E. Figert and Eric R. Wright. 2001 "Addressing Lesbian and Gay Issues in the Medical Sociology Curriculum." Pp. 265-272 in A Handbook for Teaching Medical Sociology , Third Edition, edited by Robin Moremen. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center. 2001

"A Handbook for Teaching Medical Sociology". Distributed by the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center (edited with Bernice A. Pescosolido and Gregory Weiss). 1997

"The Sociology of AIDS: Six Lectures and Materials for Instructors and Students." A White Papers Series distributed by the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, (edited with Bernice A. Pescosolido and Eric R. Wright). 1991a

"A Handbook for Teaching Medical Sociology". Distributed by the American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, (edited with Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol A. Boyer, Ann Dill and Eric R. Wright). 1991b