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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.
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, Mixed Media, 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
Terrible Magnificent Sociology
Lisa Wade
Second Edition, E Book
Reinventing the introductory sociology textbook