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Lisa Wade

Lisa Wade is a professor at Tulane University with appointments in Sociology, the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and the Newcomb Institute. An accomplished scholar, award-winning teacher, and public sociologist, she is well known for delivering conversational yet compelling translations of sociological theory and research. She’s the author of Terrible Magnificent Sociology and American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus.

Lisa Wade

Books by Lisa Wade

American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
Lisa Wade
Paperback, 2018
“[American Hookup] conveys exceptionally well the perverse callousness of hookup culture.”— The New York Times
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions
Lisa Wade, Myra Marx Ferree
Second Edition, Paperback, 2019
The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses.
American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
Lisa Wade
E Book, 2017
“[American Hookup] conveys exceptionally well the perverse callousness of hookup culture.”— The New York Times
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions
Lisa Wade, Myra Marx Ferree
Second Edition, E Book, 2019
The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses.
Terrible Magnificent Sociology
Lisa Wade
First Edition, Paperback, 2021
Find yourself in the fascinating.
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions
Lisa Wade, Myra Marx Ferree
Third Edition, Paperback, 2023
The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions
Lisa Wade, Myra Marx Ferree
Third Edition, E Book, 2022
The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses
Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions
Lisa Wade, Myra Marx Ferree
Third Edition, E Book, 2022
The new gold standard for sociology of gender courses
Terrible Magnificent Sociology
Lisa Wade
Second Edition, Paperback, 2025
Reinventing the introductory sociology textbook