Sociology

Ana Prata

Ana Prata
Full-Time Faculty
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(818) 677-3296
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SN 317

Biography

Education

  • Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Minnesota, 2007.
  • B.A./B.S. in Sociology from Nova University of Lisbon, 1996.
  • Specialty Areas: Political Sociology, Social Movements, Gender and Sexuality, Theory, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Network Analysis, Southern Europe.

Courses Taught

Graduate Courses
  • Political Sociology (SOC 370)
  • Studies in Contemporary Sociology (SOC 670)

Undergraduate Courses

  • Introductory Sociology (SOC 150)
  • Political Sociology (SOC 370)
  • Sociological Theory I (SOC 430)
  • Sociological Theory II (SOC 468)
  • Practicum in Work and Society (SOC 482)
  • Field Study and Reports (SOC 498)

Selected Publications and Presentations

Prata, Ana. 2019. “Caught in the wave? Sexual harassment, sexual assault, and the #MeToo movement in Portuguese politics”. Paper presented at European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) Amsterdam, July, 4, 2019.
Prata, Ana , André Freire and Sofia Serra-Silva. 2018. “Gender and political representation before and after the Recession, 2008-2017”. Paper presented at ECPR 2018 General Conference, 22-25 August, 2018, Hamburg, Germany.

Freire, André, Ana Prata and Sofia Serra-Silva. 2018. “Gender and political representation before and after the Great Recession, 2008-2017”. Paper presented at IX Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP), April 18-20, 2018, Braga, Portugal.

Prata, Ana. 2017. “The construction of political discourse during the Portuguese economic crisis: a gendered approach (2008-2014)”. Paper presented at the the 2017 Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), May 4-6, Miami.

Prata, Ana. 2016. “Gender, Politics and the Crisis in Europe”. Paper presented at the 8th Pan-European Conference on the European Union, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), 15-18 June, University of Trento, Italy.

Prata, Ana. 2015. “Political and media discourse on the Portuguese economic crisis and austerity policies – a discourse analysis of parliamentary debates and news coverage (2008-2014)". Paper presented at the 22nd International Conference of Europeanists - Contradictions: Envisioning European Futures, July 8-10, 2015, Paris, France.

Prata, Ana. 2015. “Southern European Women and the Economic Crisis - Assessing Problems, Policies and Practices". Paper presented at the 4th European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), 11-13 June, 2015, Uppsala, Sweden.

Prata, Ana. 2015. “Contesting Portugal’s Bodily Citizenship". Paper Presented at the Social Movements and Political Action Group” at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, April 2015.

Prata, Ana. 2014. “Southern European Women and the Economic Crisis – Assessing Problems, Policies, and Practices (2008-2014).”. Paper presented at the 18th International Sociological Association of Sociology (ISA) World Congress, July 2014, Yokohama, Japan.

Prata, Ana. 2014. “Problematizing sex trafficking in the U.S. and Portugal: media framing, standing, and policy responses.”. Paper presented at the Sociologists for Women and Society (SWS) Winter Meeting, February 2014, Nashville, Tennessee.

Prata, Ana. 2013. “The Struggle for Autonomy and Bodily Citizenship in Portugal”. Paper presented at the Council of European Studies, the 20th International Conference of Europeanists, June 2013, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Prata, Ana. 2013. “The Struggle for Autonomy and Bodily Citizenship in Portugal”. Paper presented at the Conference on Gender, Sexuality and the Body: critical perspectives organized by the Portuguese Institute of Social Sciences (ICS).

Prata, Ana. 2012. “Advancing Sociological Theory through Teaching”. Paper presented the California Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Advances in Sociological Theory Session, November 9th, Riverside, CA.

Prata, Ana. “Look who’s talking? A case study of media representation and framing on the abortion issue by Portuguese MP’s”. Paper presented at Women & Politics - Gender Policies and Strategies of Visibility of Women in Parliament (Portuguese Parliament Conference), May 8th, Lisbon, Portugal (May 2012).

Prata, Ana. “Abortion Claim-Making and Service Providing in Democratizing Portugal”. Paper presented at the Eighteenth International Conference for Europeanists, June 20-22, 2011 - Barcelona, Spain.

Prata, Ana and Amy Denissen. “Responses to Trafficking: law enforcement and women’s state agencies in two port-cities”. Roundtable at the Human Trafficking Forum, March 20th, CSUN.

Prata, Ana. “Prostitution discourses and policy in Portugal”. Paper presented at 2nd European Conference on Politics and Gender (European Consortium for Political Research) in Budapest (January 2011)

Prata, Ana. “Democratizing and Demonizing: the Struggle for Abortion rights in Spain and Portugal's new democracy.” Paper presented at 2nd European Conference on Politics and Gender (European Consortium for Political Research) in Budapest (January 2011)

Prata, Ana and Amy Denissen. “Responses to Trafficking: law enforcement and women’s state agencies in two port-cities”. Paper presented at Annual European Sociological Association Meeting in Lisbon (September 2009)

Discussant of “Movements, Culture, & Meaning-Making” and organizer of “Author Meets Critics: It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest & Politics by Francesa Polletta”. Paper presented at 80th Annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association in San Diego (April 2009).

“Silence and Voice: the Struggle for the Abortion Right in the Portuguese Democratization” (“Silêncio e Voz- A Luta pela Reivindicação do Aborto na Democratização Portuguesa”) Paper presented at the First Feminist Meeting in Lisbon (June 2008).

“Cooking Citizenship: An analysis of political and gender re-socialization in Portuguese magazines, 1965-1985.” Paper presented at 79th Annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association in Portland (April 2008).

“Unlikely Citizens, Likely Alliances: Women's Organizations, Women’s Policy Agencies and Political Parties in Democratic Transitions.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting in New York (August 2007).

“Network Diversity – A discussion on the core networks of confidents” (co-authored with Sadie Pendaz) Poster presentation at the American Sociological Association Meeting in New York (August 2007)

“The Service-provision, Legislation, and Implementation of Reproductive Rights in Spain and Portugal”. Paper presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio (April 2006).

“Women’s Movements in Times of Democratic Expansion”. Paper presented at Sociologists for Women and Society Winter Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico (January 2006).

“Friends in High Places? - The Trajectories of the Spanish and Portuguese Women’s Movements". Paper presented at the Doctoral Seminar of Yuste Foundation in Yuste, Spain (July 2005).

“Women’s Movements in Times of Democratic Expansion – A Comparative Assessment of the Spanish and Portuguese cases”. Paper Presented at the Society for Comparative Research, 2005 Graduate Student Retreat in Budapest (July 2005).

“Women’s Movements and Engendering Democracy in the Spanish and Portuguese Cases”. Paper presented at the 99th American Sociological Association Meeting in San Francisco (August 2004).

“Compreender a Democracia através da Análise dos Movimentos Sociais” [Understanding democracy through an analysis of social movements]. Paper presented at the Annual Portuguese Political Science Association Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal (January 2004).

“Unlikely Citizens? Women's Political Organizations in the Transition to Democracy" Paper presented at the International Conference Series Impossible Citizens and Unlikely Alliances: Gender, Genre and Global Politics at the Humphrey Institute at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (May 2002).

“Women's Political Organization in the Transition to Democracy: An Assessment of the Italian and Spanish Cases”. Paper presented at the International Social Sciences Conference in Hawaii (June 2002).

“Social Movements’ Mobilization and Political Culture in Countries with an Authoritarian Legacy - A Comparative Study of Italy, Spain and Portugal”. Paper Presented at the 7th Spanish Annual Congress of Sociology in Salamanca, Spain (September 2001).

Research and Interests

  • European Women’s Movements
  • State Feminism in Southern Europe and Latin America
  • Global Human Trafficking
  • Reproductive Rights