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Tulane Sociology


Mimi Schippers

Associate Professor (Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Director, Women's Studies Program

206 Newcomb Hall
Phone: (504)862-3011
Fax: (504)865-5544
Email: mimi@tulane.edu

Research Interests

Sexuality, Gender, Social Theory, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Culture

Current Research Projects

I am currently conducting an ethnographic study of the corners of St Ann and Bourbon Streets in New Orleans to explore how gender and sexuality are negotiated in face-to-face interaction when the straight world of Bourbon Street meets the queer world of Bourbon Street.

Selected Publications


Mimi Schippers. “Doing Power/Doing Difference: Negotiations of Race and Gender in a Mentoring Program.”  Symbolic Interaction 31(1), 2008.

Mimi Schippers. “Recovering the Feminine Other: Femininity, Masculinity, and Gender Hegemony.”  Theory and Society 36. 2007.


Courses Taught

Gender and Society (Soci 104) 
The Sociology of Sexuality (Soci 607) 
Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Theory
Issues in the Sociology of Gender (Soci 606)
Advanced Feminist Theories
Research in Women's Studies		 Dr. Mimi Schippers 


Tulane University, Department of Sociology, 220 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5820 menrigh@tulane.edu