Judith G. Stacey (born 1943) is an author and Professor Emerita of Social and Cultural Analysis and Sociology at

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. Her primary focus areas include gender, family, sexuality, feminist and queer theory, and ethnography. Her book ''Unhitched'' explores family configurations that deviate from the standard Western concept of "marriage", including polygamous families in South Africa, the Mosuo people in

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, and intimacy and parenthood among gay men in

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. She has published many works. She is perhaps most known for her paper, co-authored with Timothy Biblarz, titled "(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?" This study found that children with gay or lesbian parents "are well-adjusted, have good levels of self-esteem and are as likely to have high educational attainments as children raised in more traditional heterosexual families."

Life

Stacey received her bachelor's degree from the

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in 1964. She received her

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in history from the

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in 1968, and her

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from

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in 1979. In 1971, Stacey founded the women's studies program at Richmond College (which became the

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). She was on the faculty of the

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from 1979–1997 and was the Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies and Professor of Sociology at the

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(1997-2008) before moving to NYU in 2003. In recognition of her scholarship in ''Patriarchy and Socialist Revolution in China'' (1983), Stacey received the

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for feminist scholarship in 1985. She has also written for ''

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'' and ''

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'.''

Selected bibliography

Books

*''Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China'' (2011) *''In The Name Of The Family'' (1996) *''Brave New Families'' (1990) *''Patriarchy and Socialist Revolution in China'' (1983)

Journal articles

*Biblarz, Timothy J.; Stacey, Judith (2010).
How Does the Gender of Parents Matter?
. ''Journal of Marriage and Family''. 72 (1): 3–22. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00678.x.

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1741-3737. *Stacey, Judith. 1993. “Good Riddance to ‘The Family’: A Response to David Popenoe.” ''Journal of Marriage and Family'' 55 (3): 545–47. *Stacey, Judith (1988).
Can there be a feminist ethnography?
. ''Women's Studies International Forum''. 11 (1): 21–27. 1988-01-01. doi:10.1016/0277-5395(88)90004-0.

0277-5395. *Stacey, Judith; Thorne, Barrie (1985). “The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology.” ''Social Problems'' 32 (4): 301–16. doi:10.2307/800754.

References

External links

Faculty page at New York University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stacey, Judith American women writers American sociologists American women sociologists 1943 births Living people University of Michigan alumni 21st-century American women New York University faculty University of California, Davis faculty University of Southern California faculty College of Staten Island faculty Brandeis University alumni