Rebecca A. DiBennardo
Curriculum VitaeI am a theorist of sexuality, gender, law, and politics, who analyzes how institutional structures interact with sexual identity and behavior. My current research examines how interactions between law, medicine, and media construct and regulate sexual predation, and the implications of this regulation for victims, sex offenders, and broader understandings of sexual violence.
Fields of Study
Sociology of Law, Sexualities, Gender, Cultural Sociology
Publications
DiBennardo, Rebecca. “Ideal Victims and Monstrous Offenders: News Media and the Rise of Sexual Predator Discourse.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World: 4 (2018): 1-20.
DiBennardo, Rebecca and Abigail C. Saguy. “How children of LGBQ parents negotiate courtesy stigma over the life course.” Journal of International Women’s Studies 19, no. 6 (2018): 290-304.
Parcesepe, Angela M., Aira Toivgoo, Mingway Chang, Marion Riedel, Catherine Carlson, Rebecca DiBennardo, and Susan S. Witte. "Physical and sexual violence, childhood sexual abuse and HIV/STI risk behaviour among alcohol-using women engaged in sex work in Mongolia." Global Public Health 10, no. 1 (2015): 88-102.
DiBennardo, Rebecca, and Gary J. Gates. "Research note: US census same-sex couple data: Adjustments to reduce measurement error and empirical implications." Population Research and Policy Review 33, no. 4 (2014): 603-614.
Raven, Maria Catherine, Colleen C. Gillespie, Rebecca DiBennardo, Kristin Van Busum, and Brian Elbel. "Vulnerable patients’ perceptions of health care quality and quality data." Medical Decision Making 32, no. 2 (2012): 311-326.
Grants and Awards
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2019-2020
Dorothy L. Meier Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2018-2019
UCLA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017-2018
UCLA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016-2017
UCLA Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant, 2016
UCLA Department of Sociology Graduate Fellowship, 2010-2016
UCLA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2014-2015
UCLA Department of Sociology Summer Fellowship, 2014
UCLA Center for the Study of Women Travel Grant, 2014
UCLA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2013-2014
UCLA Department of Sociology Summer Fellowship, 2013
UCLA Graduate Research Mentorship (with Prof. Kim Crenshaw), 2012-2013
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (with Prof. Megan Sweeney), 2012
Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Grant-in-Aid, 2011
UCLA Williams Institute Small Grant, 2011
UCLA Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2011
NYU Dean’s Scholarship, 2009-2010
NYU Graduate Assistant Fellowship, 2008-2009
Louise Van Loon Fellowship for Graduate Study, 2008-2009
National Compton Mentor Fellowship, 2005-2006
Advisors
Abigail Saguy
Degrees
Ph.D., Sociology, UCLA 2020; C.Phil. Sociology, UCLA 2014; M.A. Sociology, UCLA 2012; M.P.A. Health Policy, New York University 2010; B.A. International Studies (with honors), Vassar College 2005