Constance L. Shehan

Professor, Sociology
Ph.D. Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 1981

Areas of Interest: Sociology of the Family, Gender and Gender Stratification

Office: 3227 Turlington
Mailing Address: PO Box 117330, Gainesville, FL 32611-7330
Voice: (352) 392-0265 ext. 254
FAX: (352) 392-6568
E-mail: shehan@soc.ufl.edu
Individual Web Page: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/shehan/

My research and teaching focus on my interests in gender, families, work, and aging. Much of my research has examined women’s experiences in “work” (both paid labor and unpaid labor in the home), highlighting the causes and consequences of the gendered division of household and family labor and the relationship between women’s work and health. Over the past several years, I’ve been examining the impact of the structural characteristics of jobs on personal and family well-being, focusing on women and men in the ministry. My newest projects focus on gender and aging, particularly women’s roles as caregivers to adult sons with HIV/AIDS and on aging women’s body images.