Elizabeth (Betsy) Erbaugh holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of New Mexico, an M.A. in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a B.A. in Philosophy and Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University. A recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the University of New Mexico Office of the Graduate Dean, and the Anita L. Mishler Education Fund, she has taught a broad range of courses in Sociology and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at the University of New Mexico, Grinnell College, Butler University and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Dr. Erbaugh has presented her work at meetings of the American Sociological Association, the National Women's Studies Association, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, the Race, Gender and Class Conference at Southern University New Orleans, and the Los Angeles Queer Studies Conference, among other fora. Her work appears in Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives alongside the work of scholars such as Patricia Hill Collins and Catharine MacKinnon. Dr. Erbaugh’s dissertation, Queering Anti-Violence Politics, was a finalist for the 2008 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Queer Studies.

Research

Social institutions and movements for social change tend to center the identities and experiences of some groups while marginalizing others. How do marginalized groups construct their own identities and confront inequities? What impact do their efforts have? How do gender, sexuality, race and class figure into these constructions and interventions? Dr. Erbaugh uses sociological and interdisciplinary research methods to investigate how social networks and community-based organizations construct collective identities, social problems and solutions.

Projects

African American Women and Reproductive Health
Women of color reproductive health study with Dionne Bensonsmith, Scripps College; Kesho Scott, Grinnell College; and Elizabeth Stewart, Mayo Clinic.
 
Networks of Risk and HIV
Institute for Research on Social Issues, IUPUI

• Bell, David, Elizabeth B. Erbaugh et al. "Comparing Sampling Designs for Research with Hidden Populations," under revision for re-submission to Sociological Methods and Research.

LGBTQ Community Organizing Against Intimate Partner Violence

• "Queering Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence." Pp. 451-459 in Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2nd edition. L.L. O'Toole, M.L. Kiter Edwards & J.R. Schiffman, eds. New York: NYU Press. 2007.
• "Intimate Partner Violence in Queer, Transgender and Bisexual Communities." Pp. 415-422 in Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. N.A. Jackson, ed. New York: Routledge. 2007.
• Queering Anti-Violence Politics: LGBTQ Community Organizing Against Intimate Partner Violence (doctoral dissertation, Finalist, SUNY Press Prize in Queer Studies, 2008).
• "Queer Confrontations: Heteronormativity and the Construction of Intimate Partner Violence as a Social Problem,” article in preparation.
• "Negotiating Intersectionality in Queer Community Organizing," article in preparation.

Gender in Community Organizing for Economic Justice

• "Women's Community Organizing and Identity Transformation." Race, Gender and Class 9(1):8-32. 2002.

Initiating Undergraduates into the Research Process
Article under review with co-authors David Cook-Martin, Karla Erickson and Susan Ferguson, Grinnell College

Teaching (see courses)

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Associate Faculty, Sociology, 2011-present
Butler University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Sociology, 2009-2011
Grinnell College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, 2007-2009
University of New Mexico, Instructor & Advisor, Sociology, Women Studies, Peace Studies, 2001-2007

Interdisciplinary Program Building

Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies

• Butler University, Gender Studies Curriculum Committee (new undergraduate major)
• Grinnell College, Gender & Women's Studies Committee (new undergraduate major)
• University of New Mexico, Women Studies Executive Committee

Peace Studies

• University of New Mexico, Program Committee & Advisor (new minor, internship component)
• University of Notre Dame, Conference Organizer, Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace

Mentoring & Student Research

Kelsey Truman, Presenter, Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University
Erin Duran, Mentored Advanced Project in Gender Variance, Burkle Award Winner, Grinnell College
Erin Duran & Steven Cross, Workshop Presenters, Midwest BLGTA Campus Conference 2009, Grinnell College
Evelyn Gandara, Burkle Award Winner, Posse Foundation Graduate, Grinnell College
Juan Garcia, Mellon-Mays Fellow, Grinnell College

Honors & Fellowships

• Finalist, Dissertation/First Book Prize in Queer Studies, SUNY Press, 2008.
• Outstanding Teacher of the Year Nominee, UNM Department of Sociology, 2006.
• Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 2004-2005.
• Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies, 2003.
• Kroc Scholarship (full tuition, room, board and stipend), Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1997-98.
• Young Professional Certificate, Nonprofit Management & Community Development Institute, Tufts University, June 1996.
• Anita L. Mishler Education Fund Fellowship, Boston Foundation, 1994.
• Everett Public Service Internship (stipend), 1991.