Publications, Manuscripts Under Review & Works in Progress

Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Trina Smith, and Katja M. Guenther. 2007. “The Rise of the Child as an Individual in Global Society.” Youth, Globalization, and the Law. Eds. Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh and Ronald Kassimir. Stanford University Press. Pp.255-282.

Teaching Related Publications

Trina Smith. 2007. “Sociology of Gender Syllabus and Final Paper Assignments.” The Sociology of Gender: Syllabi and Other Materials. 6th Edition. Eds. Betsy Lucal and Amy Blackstone. American Sociological Association.

Trina Smith. 2006. “Do You Need Some Lipstick or Plastic Kitchen Bowls?: Women Selling to Women as a Work Strategy.” Work and Family: Strategies, Activities and Syllabi. Eds. Stephen Sweet and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes. American Sociological Association.

Service Related Publications

Smith, Trina. 2007. “Reflections on the 51st Session of the CSW.” Network News. Sociologists for Women in Society Newsletter, Volume XXIIII: No 1, p.28.
http://www.socwomen.org/newsletter/spring_07.pdf

Smith, Trina. 2005. “A Feminist Sociologist’s Reflections of Beijing +10”. Network News. Sociologists for Women in Society Newsletter, Volume XXII: No 1, p.9.
http://www.socwomen.org/newsletter/Spring2005.pdf

Manuscripts Under Review

Trina Smith. “Who Matters? Reproductive Rights and Sources of Legitimacy.”
    This paper details three organizations that best typify the differences in sources of legitimacy and inclusivity of diverse views and reproductive practices. This paper is important in adding to both feminist theories of globalization and neo-institutionalism with its focus on where sources of legitimacy can stem from.

 Works in Progress

Trina Smith. “Drawing Boundaries: Comparing Neighborhoods and Diversity.” 
    In this paper, based on the  ethnographic and interview data I collected  in two Twin Cities’ neighborhoods, I examine how diversity is a unifying or divisive force as people develop community in neighborhoods. My analysis shows that perceptions of diversity differ across the types of neighborhoods. Racially homogeneous neighborhoods tend to have more distinct racial and class boundaries rooted in lifestyle concerns. Diverse neighborhoods tend to embrace their diversity, but have pragmatic issues implementing social cohesion across diverse lines.

Trina Smith and Joseph Gerteis. “Experiencing Difference in American Neighborhoods.”
    Expanding upon the data and analysis of the paper above, this paper examines these issues in neighborhoods in all four American cities,  Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, and the Twin Cities, the project conducted fieldwork in.

Trina Smith. “Abortion Framing Battles: Who Deserves the Funding?”
    In this paper, I utilize social movement framing and key works on both sides of the abortion movement to analyze framing strategies used by two large organizations, one pro-choice and one pro-life, in the movement in their letters to the editor published in state wide newspapers. The paper also discusses an insider’s view of the creation of and submission of letters to editor as a social movement strategy.