Regina Werum
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7514
FAX: 404-727-7532
E-MAIL: rwerum@emory.edu
OFFICE: 204 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995
General Research Area: race and gender stratification in education; comparative international educational inequality; social movements.
Current Research: family, school/organizational, and institutional effects on educational outcomes; political mobilization and policy trends around homeschooling, public education, hate crimes, and gay rights.
Selected Publications:
Simon Cheng, Leslie Martin, and Regina Werum. Forthcoming (2007). "Adult Social Capital and Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany." American Journal of Education.
Werum, Regina and Lauren Rauscher. 2006. "How Status Competition Complicates Institutional Explanations of Higher Educational Expansion: A Caribbean Case Study." Pp. 239-280 in Alexander Wiseman and David P. Baker (eds.). The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory. New York: Elsevier Press.
Werum, Regina and Bill Winders. 2001. "Who's 'In' and Who's 'Out': State Fragmentation and the Struggle Over Gay Rights, 1974-1999." Social Problems 48:3:386-410.
Selected Courses