Jo Reger

Professor of Sociology and Department Chair
521 Varner
(248) 370-2575

Curriculum Vitae
[email protected]

Research Interests
Social movements, gender, qualitative methods, theory

Selected Publications

Reger, Jo, 2025. What is Feminist Sociology? UK: Polity Press.

Reger, Jo. 2021. Gender and Social Movements. UK: Polity Press.

Reger, Jo. 2012. Everywhere and Nowhere: Contemporary Feminism in the United States, New York: Oxford University Press.

Reger, Jo, Rachel Einwohner and Kelsy Kretschmer, editors, 2025. Handbook of Gender and Activism, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Reger, Jo, editor, 2019, Nevertheless, They Persisted: Feminisms and Continued Resistance in the U.S. Women’s Movement, New York: Routledge.

Reger, Jo, 2024. “Lesbian Feminist Music and Meaningful Community Work,” Popular Music and Society, Refereed, online, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007766.2024.240884, 47 (4) pp. 402-421. 

Reger, Jo and Sam Heintz. 2024. “The Power of Song: Music and the Construction of a Politicized Lesbian Identity,” Sexuality & Culture, Referred, 28: (1): 134-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-023-10104-z*

Invited Presentations

“Making Music, Making Community: Lesbians, Feminists and Women’s Music” University of Michigan, Social Movements workshop, April 11, 2018.

“Accidental Scholar: Life Lessons Learned in the U.S. Women’s Movement,” Gender and Sexuality Conference Keynote, St. Lawrence University, New York, March 2, 2018.

“Racism, Homophobia and Transphobia in U.S. Feminism” Young Feminist Council, Rochester Hills Public Library, January 24, 2018.

“What Women’s Movements do for the World”, and “How Can Women’s Movements Change Society (And How to Study Them?)” Distinguished Scholar lectures, Social Science Faculty, Chinese University at Hong Kong, March 25-April 1, 2017.

“Making Music, Making Community: Lesbians, Feminism and Women’s Music,” Intellectual Events Committee, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 25, 2017.

Courses Taught
SOC 100  Intro to Sociology
SOC/WGS 336 Sociology of Gender
SOC 400  Sociological Theory
WGS 200 Intro to Women & Gender Studies
WGS 301 Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movement
WGS 320 Feminist Theory
WGS 321 Methods of Feminist Analysis

Additional Links
March 2019: Cited in New York Times article
March 2019: Cited in Time magazine
March 2014: Keynote Address to Wayne State University Sociology Department's Student Award & Research Day