![]() ![]() ![]() American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus is the definitive account of collegiate hookup culture. She has also published four book-length projects. Lisa is the author of over two dozen research papers, book chapters, and educational essays. ![]() From 2006 to 2019, she was a professor of sociology at Occidental College. in Philosophy from the University of California in Santa Barbara. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Lisa earned an interdisciplinary M.A. discourse about female genital cutting in Africa. Her research agenda has involved four main areas: hookup culture on college campuses, feminist theories of sexuality, the relationship between biology and society, and U.S. Lisa Wade is an Associate Professor at Tulane University with appointments in Sociology, the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, and the Newcomb Institute. ![]()
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