Published on Brock University (http://www.brocku.ca)
Shauna Pomerantz, Associate Professor
Office: AS 459
Extension: 5371; Email: spomerantz@brocku.ca
Education:
PhD, University of British Columbia
MEd, University of New Brunswick
BEd, University of New Brunswick
BA, York University
Research Interests:
Sociology of education
Youth cultural studies and girls' studies
Feminist and post-feminist theories
Postmodern, poststructural, and postcolonial theories
Popular culture: music, videos, film, books, technologies, zines, scenes
Intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, class, age, sexuality
Identity, identification, and subjectivity
Youth moral panics and media analyses
Social justice and critical pedagogy
Qualitative research methodologies
Teaching Areas:
Girls’ Studies
Sociology of Youth
Qualitative Research
Feminist Theories
Identity and embodiment
Popular Culture in Child and Youth Studies
Selected Publications:
Currie, Dawn H., Kelly, Deirdre M. & Pomerantz, Shauna. (2009). 'Girl power': Girls reinventing girlhood. New York: Peter Lang.
Pomerantz, Shauna. (2008). Girls, style, and school identities: Dressing the part. New York: Palgrave.
Pomerantz, Shauna & Raby, Rebecca (forthcoming). The post-nerd: Reading smart girls in post-feminist popular culture. In Clare Bradford & Mavis Reimer (Eds.), Girls, Texts, Cultures. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier Press.
Currie, Dawn H., Kelly, Deirdre M., & Pomerantz, Shauna (2011). "Skater girlhood: Resignifying feminity, resignifying feminism." In Rosalind Gill & Christina Scharff (Eds.), New Femininities: Postfeminism, neoliberalism and subjectivity. London: Palgrave.
Pomerantz, Shauna. (2008). "Style and girl culture." In Claudia Mitchell & Jacqueline Reid-Walsh (Eds.), Girl culture: An encyclopedia. (64-72). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Kelly, Deirdre M., Pomerantz, Shauna & Currie, Dawn H. (2007) "You can break so many more rules." The identity play and work of becoming girl skaters. In Michele Donnelly & Michael Giardina (Eds.), Youth cultures & sport: Identity, power, and politics (113-126). New York: Routledge.
Links:
http://www.brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies/ri-pomerantz.html
