Alison Happel-Parkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 149721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Happel-Parkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Happel-Parkins |
| SIGNATURE | HAPPEL-PARKINS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Memphis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How the liminal spaces between family and school shape students’ questioning
Would You Wear That to Church?!”
This study investigated how Black middle school girls negotiated an after-school club, with a specific focus on ways of knowing and acting as “ladies.” Drawing from Fordham’s intersectional analyses of the histories and politics behind her conceptualization of “those loud black girls,” we explore and critique the ways in which the girls were subjects of, and subjected to, context-specific discourses of race, class, and gender. Critical race theor…
Epistles of dyspareunia
Dyspareunia is painful attempted or completed vaginal-penile intercourse, and vaginal pain from other forms of touch. Because there is a persistent underlying message of shame and taboo surrounding female sexual pleasure in some Christian-informed cultural contexts, we sought to examine how self-identified Christian women in the Midsouthern USA conceptualise and experience dyspareunia. Data were collected through initial surveys and semi-structur…
Methodological Drag
The authors, the only two qualitative research specialists in their college of education, discuss and analyze their performances in methodological drag. Drawing on Butler's concepts of performativity and performance, methodological drag is a performance in which qualitative methodologists convincingly masquerade as situated within epistemological, theoretical, and methodological frameworks, even those that they may not situate themselves in perso…
Using Popular Culture Texts in the Classroom to Interrogate Issues of Gender Transgression Related Bullying
This article examines how undergraduate instructors of pre-service educators can address complex issues of sexuality and sexual orientation within the classroom. First, we explain our own backgrounds and positionalities to provide a context for our ensuing ideas and discussions. Second, by reviewing the literature on homophobic bullying, we outline why it is imperative that preservice teachers understand and mobilize around issues of gay, lesbian…
Using Popular Culture Texts in the Classroom to Interrogate Issues of Gender Transgression Related Bullying
This article examines how undergraduate instructors of pre-service educators can address complex issues of sexuality and sexual orientation within the classroom. First, we explain our own backgrounds and positionalities to provide a context for our ensuing ideas and discussions. Second, by reviewing the literature on homophobic bullying, we outline why it is imperative that preservice teachers understand and mobilize around issues of gay, lesbian…
Methodological Drag
The authors, the only two qualitative research specialists in their college of education, discuss and analyze their performances in methodological drag. Drawing on Butler's concepts of performativity and performance, methodological drag is a performance in which qualitative methodologists convincingly masquerade as situated within epistemological, theoretical, and methodological frameworks, even those that they may not situate themselves in perso…
Using Popular Culture Texts in the Classroom to Interrogate Issues of Gender Transgression Related Bullying
This article examines how undergraduate instructors of pre-service educators can address complex issues of sexuality and sexual orientation within the classroom. First, we explain our own backgrounds and positionalities to provide a context for our ensuing ideas and discussions. Second, by reviewing the literature on homophobic bullying, we outline why it is imperative that preservice teachers understand and mobilize around issues of gay, lesbian…
Methodological Drag
The authors, the only two qualitative research specialists in their college of education, discuss and analyze their performances in methodological drag. Drawing on Butler's concepts of performativity and performance, methodological drag is a performance in which qualitative methodologists convincingly masquerade as situated within epistemological, theoretical, and methodological frameworks, even those that they may not situate themselves in perso…
Epistles of dyspareunia
Dyspareunia is painful attempted or completed vaginal-penile intercourse, and vaginal pain from other forms of touch. Because there is a persistent underlying message of shame and taboo surrounding female sexual pleasure in some Christian-informed cultural contexts, we sought to examine how self-identified Christian women in the Midsouthern USA conceptualise and experience dyspareunia. Data were collected through initial surveys and semi-structur…
Would You Wear That to Church?!”
This study investigated how Black middle school girls negotiated an after-school club, with a specific focus on ways of knowing and acting as “ladies.” Drawing from Fordham’s intersectional analyses of the histories and politics behind her conceptualization of “those loud black girls,” we explore and critique the ways in which the girls were subjects of, and subjected to, context-specific discourses of race, class, and gender. Critical race theor…
How the liminal spaces between family and school shape students’ questioning
Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Autoethnography (1 work) · Class (philosophy) (1 work) · Clinical Psychology (1 work)