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Lisa Diane Brush

Lisa Diane Brush is an American Sociologist born January 17, 1963 in Los Angeles California. She served as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The University of Pittsburgh from 1994-2000 and then became an Associate professor at the University in 2000 to present. She published an interpersonal violence hardcover: Poverty, Battered Women, and Work in U.S Public Policy, July 28,2011 (Oxford Press), which highlighted her work on feminist sociological theories.

Life

Brush attended the University of Connecticut from 1981-1985, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

She then obtained a Ph.D from The University of Wisconsin-Madison in Sociology in 1993.

Brush is an Associate Professor at The University of Pittsburgh where she is interested in structures of inequality specifically relating to:

Sex and gender, political sociology, violence against women, social policy, feminist theories and class analysis.

She teaches both Undergraduate and Graduate classes such as:

Classical Sociological Theory; Post-Classical Sociological Theory; Research Design; Gender, Race, Class; Women in Society (Gender and Sexuality; Violence against Women); Gender and Social Policy in Cross-National Perspective.

Contributions/ Publications

Published an interpersonal violence hardcover: Poverty, Battered Women, and Work in U.S Public Policy, July 28,2011 (Oxford Press).

Awarded as Designated CHOICE Outstanding Title in 2011 for its feminist structural analysis that promotes human rights while showcasing the vicious cycle of abuse poor women in America are faced with.

Brush has over 34 research publications, and three hard covers published. These articles and works primarily focus on gender and sex as well as theories on violence against women and political sociology. These publications have landed her credibility for her research relating to feminist theory and research on cycles of domestic violence.

In April of 2004 Brush and her Co- Author Lorraine Higgins were given funds by the Federal Department of Justice to prepare a report titled, Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women: Battering, Work and Welfare.

Awards/ Recognition's

Warren Weaver fellow, (Rockefeller Foundation, 1993-94).

In 2010 given Annual Award from Sage Productions for Best Article published in Violence Against Women, which was guest edited by Brush.

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