Francine Banner
Biographic Data
| ID | 6544083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francine Banner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francine |
| FAMILY NAME | Banner |
| SIGNATURE | BANNER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan–Dearborn |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1497-440X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reflection: The Courage to Have (Im)Possible Conversations
This essay reflects on the 2025 (Im)Possible Conversations exhibition, film installation, and symposium from the perspective of a Sociology professor who served as a panel moderator and member of the symposium advisory board. The essay explores the ways in which the practice of restorative narrative influenced the event, focusing particularly on the process of planning and conducting a roundtable session on restorative justice. Drawing connection…
A vision of the possible”: The life and works of Gray Cavender
This essay is a tribute to the life and career of Dr. Gray Cavender
Homeless Group Representation in Detroit’s Problem-Solving Court
The proliferation of problem-solving courts reflects a growing recognition that traditional punitive institutions tend to perpetuate cycles of poverty. Problem-solving courts expand the types of knowledge and resources available to court actors to help them address clients’ basic needs, provide ongoing support, and reduce recidivism. But the same qualities that enable judicial flexibility and collaboration can also undermine court goals, affectin…
Can Respectful Employees Create Equitable Institutions? Promoting a Culture of Respect in the Higher Education Workplace
This paper describes challenges to changing the culture around yellow zone sexual harassment in the higher education workplace. The yellow zone comprises harassment that is often undetected or misunderstood but nonetheless is harmful. Based on a random sample, we surveyed 4554 staff and faculty at a large Midwestern university after they completed a mandatory online training module, assessing perceptions of sexual harassment, reactions to the tra…
Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict and Memory in Everyday Life
Trauma is a universal human experience. While each person responds differently to trauma, its presence in our lives nonetheless marks a continual thread through human history and prehistory. In Critical Trauma Studies, a diverse group of writers, activists, and scholars of sociology, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies reflects on the study of trauma and how multidisciplinary approaches lend richness and a sense of deeper understanding…
Beauty Will Save the World’: Beauty Discourse and the Imposition of Gender Hierarchies in the Post‐War Chechen Republic
This paper utilises the case study of the recent Miss Chechen Beauty pageant in order to discuss the ways in which gendered discourses and practices have affected the situation of women in the post‐war Chechen Republic. Although, on the surface, they appear to have little in common, the paper draws on connections between women's bodies and nation‐states in order examine practices such as beauty pageants, honor killings, and government‐enforced mo…
Uncivil wars: ‘Suicide bomber identity’ as a product of Russo-Chechen conflict
We are fighting very cruel people – beasts in the guise of human beings who do not and do not want to understand in what time and world they live. Our response must be equal to the threat they pres
Uncivil wars: ‘Suicide bomber identity’ as a product of Russo-Chechen conflict
We are fighting very cruel people – beasts in the guise of human beings who do not and do not want to understand in what time and world they live. Our response must be equal to the threat they pres
Can Respectful Employees Create Equitable Institutions? Promoting a Culture of Respect in the Higher Education Workplace
This paper describes challenges to changing the culture around yellow zone sexual harassment in the higher education workplace. The yellow zone comprises harassment that is often undetected or misunderstood but nonetheless is harmful. Based on a random sample, we surveyed 4554 staff and faculty at a large Midwestern university after they completed a mandatory online training module, assessing perceptions of sexual harassment, reactions to the tra…
Beauty Will Save the World’: Beauty Discourse and the Imposition of Gender Hierarchies in the Post‐War Chechen Republic
This paper utilises the case study of the recent Miss Chechen Beauty pageant in order to discuss the ways in which gendered discourses and practices have affected the situation of women in the post‐war Chechen Republic. Although, on the surface, they appear to have little in common, the paper draws on connections between women's bodies and nation‐states in order examine practices such as beauty pageants, honor killings, and government‐enforced mo…
Uncivil wars: ‘Suicide bomber identity’ as a product of Russo-Chechen conflict
We are fighting very cruel people – beasts in the guise of human beings who do not and do not want to understand in what time and world they live. Our response must be equal to the threat they pres
Beauty Will Save the World’: Beauty Discourse and the Imposition of Gender Hierarchies in the Post‐War Chechen Republic
This paper utilises the case study of the recent Miss Chechen Beauty pageant in order to discuss the ways in which gendered discourses and practices have affected the situation of women in the post‐war Chechen Republic. Although, on the surface, they appear to have little in common, the paper draws on connections between women's bodies and nation‐states in order examine practices such as beauty pageants, honor killings, and government‐enforced mo…
Critical Trauma Studies: Understanding Violence, Conflict and Memory in Everyday Life
Trauma is a universal human experience. While each person responds differently to trauma, its presence in our lives nonetheless marks a continual thread through human history and prehistory. In Critical Trauma Studies, a diverse group of writers, activists, and scholars of sociology, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies reflects on the study of trauma and how multidisciplinary approaches lend richness and a sense of deeper understanding…
Can Respectful Employees Create Equitable Institutions? Promoting a Culture of Respect in the Higher Education Workplace
This paper describes challenges to changing the culture around yellow zone sexual harassment in the higher education workplace. The yellow zone comprises harassment that is often undetected or misunderstood but nonetheless is harmful. Based on a random sample, we surveyed 4554 staff and faculty at a large Midwestern university after they completed a mandatory online training module, assessing perceptions of sexual harassment, reactions to the tra…
Homeless Group Representation in Detroit’s Problem-Solving Court
The proliferation of problem-solving courts reflects a growing recognition that traditional punitive institutions tend to perpetuate cycles of poverty. Problem-solving courts expand the types of knowledge and resources available to court actors to help them address clients’ basic needs, provide ongoing support, and reduce recidivism. But the same qualities that enable judicial flexibility and collaboration can also undermine court goals, affectin…
A vision of the possible”: The life and works of Gray Cavender
This essay is a tribute to the life and career of Dr. Gray Cavender
Reflection: The Courage to Have (Im)Possible Conversations
This essay reflects on the 2025 (Im)Possible Conversations exhibition, film installation, and symposium from the perspective of a Sociology professor who served as a panel moderator and member of the symposium advisory board. The essay explores the ways in which the practice of restorative narrative influenced the event, focusing particularly on the process of planning and conducting a roundtable session on restorative justice. Drawing connection…
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