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Stevenson, Amanda Jean

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Research

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  • Dr. Stevenson studies the impacts of and social responses to family planning and abortion policy in the contemporary United States.

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Teaching

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  • SOCY 1016 - Sex, Gender, and Society 1
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2021
    Examines status and power differences between the sexes at individual and societal levels. Emphasizes historical context of gender roles and status, reviews major theories of gender stratification. Same as WGST 1016.
  • SOCY 2061 - Introduction to Social Statistics
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Introduces students to quantitative analysis of social phenomena. Emphasizes understanding and proper interpretation of graphs; measures of central tendency, dispersion, and association; and the concept of statistical significance. Assumes students have only limited mathematical background.
  • SOCY 7111 - Data III--Advanced Data Analysis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019
    Denotes third graduate course in sequence of quantitative methods. Following basic inferential statistics (SOCY 5111) and multivariate regression analysis (SOCY 6111), students study advanced statistical techniques such as event history analysis, multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling, and latent class analysis. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours when topics vary.
  • WGST 1016 - Sex, Gender, and Society 1
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2021
    Examines status and power differences between the sexes at individual and societal levels. Emphasizes historical context of gender roles and status, reviews major theories of gender stratification. Same as SOCY 1016.

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