Sociology

Amy Denissen - Recent Publications

Denissen, Amy M. and Abigail C. Saguy. 2014. "Gendered Homophobia and the Contradictions of Workplace Discrimination for Women in the Building Trades." Gender & Society 28(3): 381-403.

Boyns, David, Amy M. Denissen and Alexandra Gerbasi. 2011. “Economic Crisis and the California State Public University: The Institutional, Professional and Personal Effects on Faculty and Students.” In The CSU Crisis and California’s Future edited by Patricia Gándara and Gary Orfield, UCLA Civil Rights Project. http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/college-access/diversity/the-csu-crisis-and-californias-future-authors-and-abstracts 

Denissen, Amy M. 2010. “The Right Tools for the Job: Constructing Gender Meanings and Identities in the Male-Dominated Building Trades.” Human Relations 63(7): 1051-69. 

Denissen, Amy M. 2010. “Crossing the Line: How Women in the Building Trades Interpret and Respond to Sexual Conduct at Work.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 39: 297-327. 

Agency Reports 

Denissen, Amy M. and Anita Yuan. 2009. “The Los Angeles Community and Faith Based Construction Initiative: More Evidence for Progress in a Changing Economy.” Report for the City of Los Angeles Labor Committee on Construction Opportunity. 

Denissen, Amy M. and Anita Yuan. 2008. “Construction Apprenticeship Training in Los Angeles: Evidence for Progress in a Changing Economy.” Report for the City of Los Angeles Labor Committee on Construction Opportunity. 

Denissen, Amy M. and Vanesa Estrada. 2006. “Construction Apprenticeship Training in Los Angeles: An Examination of the California Apprenticeship Database.” Report for the City of Los Angeles Labor Committee on Construction Opportunity.