Sam Kizer
Assistant Professor of Instruction in Sociology
Bentley Annex 151, Athens Campus
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington, 2024
M.A., Minnesota State University Mankato, 2016
B.A., High Point University, 2014
Research & Specialization
- Critical autism studies
- Narratives of sexualities
- Sociology of gender
- Accessibility in higher education
- Neuroqueer theory
Courses Taught
- SOC 2300 Social Inequalities and Social Change
- SOC 2700 Social Justice
- SOC 2800 Gender, Crime, and Law
- WGSS 1000 Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGSS 2200 Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
Affiliations
- Sociology and Anthropology; Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Publications
Kizer, James S. "Autism Speaks for Whom? Neoliberalism, Nonprofit Infrastructure, and the Economics of Autism Advocacy." Sociology Lens 37, no. 4 (2024): 592-600. .