Kelsy Kretschmer
Biographic Data
| ID | 312258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelsy Kretschmer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelsy |
| FAMILY NAME | Kretschmer |
| SIGNATURE | KRETSCHMER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oregon State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3505-3332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Organizing privacy
The digital revolution has reshaped activism over the last thirty years and yet we know little about how social movement groups weigh the benefits and risks of new digital technologies. With an increase in the use of digital tools, we have also seen an increase in digital surveillance and security threats. Here, we ask how organizational culture and structure intersect to shape activists’ adoption of technologies, particularly Privacy Enhancing T…
States of Abortion Talk
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022 reversed 50 years of precedent by allowing states to formulate their own abortion policies. This resetting of abortion policy created a new raft of opportunities and threats across the states for both pro-life and pro-choice supporters. In this study, we aim to analyze how public discourse around abortion responded to this changed political context. Using a dat…
Conflict and Factionalism in Peace Movements
Social movements in the United States are carried by broad coalitions of organizations with different goals, methods, and constituencies. Factionalism and conflict are inevitable, and effective movements must find ways to manage rivalries and conflict. The history of the peace movement reveals conflicts among organizations operating with some shared purposes, sometimes precipitated by internal factors, and sometimes precipitated by external shock…
Defining Sexual Misconduct
Linked Fate and Social Identity
The recent social and political inequalities women face in the United States have raised new questions about how distinct groups of women respond to a changing landscape. Here, we assess how racial and political differences shape women's social identity as women and its association with support for abortion and the MeToo movement. Using original survey data, we find that for both Black and white women, gender-linked fate-the belief that one's fat…
The Link Between Familial Care, the Covid Pandemic and Gender Linked Fate
In this research note, we assess whether White and Black women who left the labor force to take care of family during the COVID-19 pandemic display higher levels of gender linked fate. The COVID pandemic compounded existing inequality in domestic labor as many women were forced to leave the workforce when schools moved to remote learning and many daycares closed. The gendered impact of the pandemic may have disproportionately fostered a sense of …
Push Back, Move Forward
Gender Linked Fate, Race/Ethnicity, and the Marriage Gap in American Politics
In this study, we explore the predictors of gender linked fate with a focus on marital status for different racial/ethnic groups. We argue that marriage alters women’s perceptions of self-interest by institutionalizing their partnerships with men and consequently leading women to feel less connected to other women. We assess our hypothesis using the 2012 American National Election Study. While we find that married white women and Latinas have sig…
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Local and National Factionalism in the National Organization for Women
Men at the March
In this article, we examine newspaper coverage of Take Back the Night and SlutWalk sexual assault protests to assess how boundaries around men's participation in feminist events have changed over time, as well as how these changes shape movement messages in the press. Our analysis of Take Back the Night reveals that organizers are more likely to insist on boundaries excluding men's participation, and the coverage often focuses on the public contr…
Movement Factions. Players and Processes
Shifting Boundaries and Splintering Movements
Social movement boundaries are fundamentally about deciding who “we” are by defining who we are not. However, newly salient issues in a movement community can shift these boundaries by changing the membership criteria for both insiders and outsiders. Through a comparative case study of two relatively conservative feminist organizations, Women's Equity Action League ( WEAL ) and Feminists for Life ( FFL ), I examine how shifting boundaries around …
Organizing around Gender Identities
This article studies gender movements. The discussion focuses on social movements and not entirely on feminism or women’s movements, looking at the ways that gendered identities help shape movements, along with the ways that movements function in gendered environments. Next, it identifies and differentiates antifeminist, nonfeminist, and feminist movements, before studying the role of gender in each. The article also lists a wide range of movemen…
Contested Loyalties
In this article, the author investigates the innovative survival strategies of two organizations, both of which claim loyalty to parent institutions while simultaneously attempting to undermine those institutions in a larger political arena. The author asks how and why these organizations are able to maintain this precarious position. Findings indicate that the organizations manage to balance institutional insider and outsider status in three mai…
Platform Leadership
The authors identify and describe a distinct type of social movement leadership, oriented toward promotion of a distinct position or set of arguments rather than toward any kind of grassroots mobilization. Platform leaders mold their organizations into vehicles that facilitate their interaction with mass media and mainstream political institutions. These leaders serve as the sole voice for their organizations in making public claims and exercise …
Gender Linked Fate, Race/Ethnicity, and the Marriage Gap in American Politics
In this study, we explore the predictors of gender linked fate with a focus on marital status for different racial/ethnic groups. We argue that marriage alters women’s perceptions of self-interest by institutionalizing their partnerships with men and consequently leading women to feel less connected to other women. We assess our hypothesis using the 2012 American National Election Study. While we find that married white women and Latinas have sig…
Men at the March
In this article, we examine newspaper coverage of Take Back the Night and SlutWalk sexual assault protests to assess how boundaries around men's participation in feminist events have changed over time, as well as how these changes shape movement messages in the press. Our analysis of Take Back the Night reveals that organizers are more likely to insist on boundaries excluding men's participation, and the coverage often focuses on the public contr…
Shifting Boundaries and Splintering Movements
Social movement boundaries are fundamentally about deciding who “we” are by defining who we are not. However, newly salient issues in a movement community can shift these boundaries by changing the membership criteria for both insiders and outsiders. Through a comparative case study of two relatively conservative feminist organizations, Women's Equity Action League ( WEAL ) and Feminists for Life ( FFL ), I examine how shifting boundaries around …
Platform Leadership
The authors identify and describe a distinct type of social movement leadership, oriented toward promotion of a distinct position or set of arguments rather than toward any kind of grassroots mobilization. Platform leaders mold their organizations into vehicles that facilitate their interaction with mass media and mainstream political institutions. These leaders serve as the sole voice for their organizations in making public claims and exercise …
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Local and National Factionalism in the National Organization for Women
Linked Fate and Social Identity
The recent social and political inequalities women face in the United States have raised new questions about how distinct groups of women respond to a changing landscape. Here, we assess how racial and political differences shape women's social identity as women and its association with support for abortion and the MeToo movement. Using original survey data, we find that for both Black and white women, gender-linked fate-the belief that one's fat…
Contested Loyalties
In this article, the author investigates the innovative survival strategies of two organizations, both of which claim loyalty to parent institutions while simultaneously attempting to undermine those institutions in a larger political arena. The author asks how and why these organizations are able to maintain this precarious position. Findings indicate that the organizations manage to balance institutional insider and outsider status in three mai…
The Link Between Familial Care, the Covid Pandemic and Gender Linked Fate
In this research note, we assess whether White and Black women who left the labor force to take care of family during the COVID-19 pandemic display higher levels of gender linked fate. The COVID pandemic compounded existing inequality in domestic labor as many women were forced to leave the workforce when schools moved to remote learning and many daycares closed. The gendered impact of the pandemic may have disproportionately fostered a sense of …
Platform Leadership
The authors identify and describe a distinct type of social movement leadership, oriented toward promotion of a distinct position or set of arguments rather than toward any kind of grassroots mobilization. Platform leaders mold their organizations into vehicles that facilitate their interaction with mass media and mainstream political institutions. These leaders serve as the sole voice for their organizations in making public claims and exercise …
Contested Loyalties
In this article, the author investigates the innovative survival strategies of two organizations, both of which claim loyalty to parent institutions while simultaneously attempting to undermine those institutions in a larger political arena. The author asks how and why these organizations are able to maintain this precarious position. Findings indicate that the organizations manage to balance institutional insider and outsider status in three mai…
Organizing around Gender Identities
This article studies gender movements. The discussion focuses on social movements and not entirely on feminism or women’s movements, looking at the ways that gendered identities help shape movements, along with the ways that movements function in gendered environments. Next, it identifies and differentiates antifeminist, nonfeminist, and feminist movements, before studying the role of gender in each. The article also lists a wide range of movemen…
Movement Factions. Players and Processes
Shifting Boundaries and Splintering Movements
Social movement boundaries are fundamentally about deciding who “we” are by defining who we are not. However, newly salient issues in a movement community can shift these boundaries by changing the membership criteria for both insiders and outsiders. Through a comparative case study of two relatively conservative feminist organizations, Women's Equity Action League ( WEAL ) and Feminists for Life ( FFL ), I examine how shifting boundaries around …
Men at the March
In this article, we examine newspaper coverage of Take Back the Night and SlutWalk sexual assault protests to assess how boundaries around men's participation in feminist events have changed over time, as well as how these changes shape movement messages in the press. Our analysis of Take Back the Night reveals that organizers are more likely to insist on boundaries excluding men's participation, and the coverage often focuses on the public contr…
Gender Linked Fate, Race/Ethnicity, and the Marriage Gap in American Politics
In this study, we explore the predictors of gender linked fate with a focus on marital status for different racial/ethnic groups. We argue that marriage alters women’s perceptions of self-interest by institutionalizing their partnerships with men and consequently leading women to feel less connected to other women. We assess our hypothesis using the 2012 American National Election Study. While we find that married white women and Latinas have sig…
Should We Stay or Should We Go? Local and National Factionalism in the National Organization for Women
Push Back, Move Forward
The Link Between Familial Care, the Covid Pandemic and Gender Linked Fate
In this research note, we assess whether White and Black women who left the labor force to take care of family during the COVID-19 pandemic display higher levels of gender linked fate. The COVID pandemic compounded existing inequality in domestic labor as many women were forced to leave the workforce when schools moved to remote learning and many daycares closed. The gendered impact of the pandemic may have disproportionately fostered a sense of …
Linked Fate and Social Identity
The recent social and political inequalities women face in the United States have raised new questions about how distinct groups of women respond to a changing landscape. Here, we assess how racial and political differences shape women's social identity as women and its association with support for abortion and the MeToo movement. Using original survey data, we find that for both Black and white women, gender-linked fate-the belief that one's fat…
Defining Sexual Misconduct
Conflict and Factionalism in Peace Movements
Social movements in the United States are carried by broad coalitions of organizations with different goals, methods, and constituencies. Factionalism and conflict are inevitable, and effective movements must find ways to manage rivalries and conflict. The history of the peace movement reveals conflicts among organizations operating with some shared purposes, sometimes precipitated by internal factors, and sometimes precipitated by external shock…
Organizing privacy
The digital revolution has reshaped activism over the last thirty years and yet we know little about how social movement groups weigh the benefits and risks of new digital technologies. With an increase in the use of digital tools, we have also seen an increase in digital surveillance and security threats. Here, we ask how organizational culture and structure intersect to shape activists’ adoption of technologies, particularly Privacy Enhancing T…
States of Abortion Talk
The Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022 reversed 50 years of precedent by allowing states to formulate their own abortion policies. This resetting of abortion policy created a new raft of opportunities and threats across the states for both pro-life and pro-choice supporters. In this study, we aim to analyze how public discourse around abortion responded to this changed political context. Using a dat…
Political science (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social movement (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Public relations (4 works)