Denise Bullock, Ph.D.

Chair of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography
Associate Professor of Sociology
268 Tom Raper Hall
(765) 973-8618
debulloc@iue.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002
• M.A. Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1993
• B.A., Sociology, Central Methodist College, Fayette, Missouri, 1979

Current Teaching Interest

Denise regularly teaches a range of courses including: Social Theory, Society and the Individual, Gender Inequality, Queer Identities and Communities, Deviant Behavior and Social Control, Religion and Society, Senior Capstone, and Qualitative Research.

Current Research Interest

Theoretically, Denise is a symbolic interactionist and a postmodernist. Her primary research areas of emphasis are Sexualities; Identity, Social Inequality; Social Control and Deviance. Her current research focuses on gender and sexual identity transitions as well as continued research on early pornography.

Recent Publications

• Evans, Margaret Thomas, Denise Bullock, Mengie Parker and, Natalia Rybas.  (Accepted/Forthcoming) “Implementing Self-Study Review Feedback” in The Department Chair by Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley
• Bullock, Denise. May 2018.  Book Review:  Porno Chic and the Sex Wars: American Sexual Representation in the 1970s. Journal of the History of Sexuality. JHS 27:2.
• Bullock, Denise, Katherine Miller Wolf, Wazir Mohamed, and Marc Wolf.  2017. “Igniting the Passion: Examples for Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography”, Book Chapter in Best Practices in Online Teaching & Learning Across Disciplines. Fairfax, VA: George Mason University Press

Recent Presentations

• Bullock, Denise. “The (Un)Becoming Body: Management of Body/Gender/Identity for Trans, Gender Queer, and Gender Fluid Individuals.” Presented at Midwest Sociological Society conference in Chicago April 18, 2019.
• Bullock, Denise. “Hierarchies of Body?: How Individuals and Trans Organizations Mitigate Constructions of a Gender/Body Hierarchy” Presented at Midwest Sociological Society conference in Chicago April 18, 2019.
• Evans, Margaret Thomas and Denise Bullock. “Implementing Feedback from Program Reviews” to be presented at the Academic Chairs Conference in Houston Tx, February 2019.
• Bullock, Denise.  2018.  “Representations of Class in Early Pornography” presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Conference in Minneapolis, MN, March 25, 2018.
• Bullock, Denise. 2017. “Visualizing the Phallocentric Turn in Early Pornography” paper/ presentation to Midwest Sociological Society conference in Milwaukee, April 2, 2017.
• Bullock, Denise. 2017. “Igniting the Passion in Online Classes” paper/presentation to Midwest Sociological Society conference in Milwaukee, March 30, 2017.

 

Selected Fellowships and Honors

• 2017 Helen Lees Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 2005 Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award