Joseph F. Healey is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. He received his Ph. D. in sociology and anthropology from the University of Virginia. An experienced, innovative teacher of numerous race and ethnicity courses, he has written articles on minority groups, the sociology of sport, social movements, and violence. He is also the author of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class (SAGE) and Statistics: A Tool For Social Research.
Andrea "Andi" Stepnick is Professor of Sociology at Belmont University. She researches gender and social movements, popular culture, and pedagogy. She regularly conducts a variety of workshops and seminars on workplace diversity issues. Her work has appeared in Teaching Sociology, Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia, Teaching Social Problems, The Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, and The American Sociological Association′ s Guide for Teaching Sociology of the Body. In fall 2007, she initiated two new community service programs at Belmont to help Nashville′ s homeless population and to work towards prison reform. Andi teaches classes in the Sociology of Gender; Family Problems; the Sociology of Health, Illness & the Body; Restorative Justice; Visual Sociology; and Men, Masculinity & Media. In 2005-06, she earned one of Belmont′ s most prestigious teaching awards, the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award, for her contributions to students′ intellectual, personal, and professional needs
