Anne Hendershott
Encyclopedia
Anne B. Hendershott is an American
sociologist and author
. She is the author of several books, including The Politics of Deviance, The Politics of Abortion, and most recently Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education She has taught at the University of San Diego
and is currently Professor of Urban Affairs at The King's College in New York City
.
As a sociology professor at the University of San Diego
, a Catholic university, she contributed opinion articles to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hendershott taught at San Diego for 15 years before transferring to The King's College in New York City in 2008. Her articles have also appeared in National Review
magazine.
fellow Philip Gold reviewed that book for The Washington Times
favorably: "Here, the author notes correctly, while some forms of traditional deviance get defined out of existence or redefined as positive goods (homosexuality, for example), other hitherto acceptable activities are now stigmatized (smoking). Significantly, most of the work of defining up and down is now handled, not by traditional sources of authority, but by well-organized and well-funded advocacy groups, aided and encouraged by sensationalistic media, postmodern academics, and re-election-fixated politicians." For National Review
magazine, Carol Iannone
called The Politics of Deviance "in the blandly decadent America of the 21st century...welcome and indeed long overdue."
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sociologist and author
Author
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. She is the author of several books, including The Politics of Deviance, The Politics of Abortion, and most recently Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education She has taught at the University of San Diego
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs...
and is currently Professor of Urban Affairs at The King's College in New York City
New York City
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.
Career
Hendershott received her B.A. and M.S. degrees from Central Connecticut State University and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Kent State University. She is a devout Roman Catholic who was written extensively on abortion and the pro-life movement, she lives in Milford, Connecticut, with her husband.As a sociology professor at the University of San Diego
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs...
, a Catholic university, she contributed opinion articles to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Hendershott taught at San Diego for 15 years before transferring to The King's College in New York City in 2008. Her articles have also appeared in National Review
National Review
National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...
magazine.
Reception
The Politics of Deviance was generally well received. Patrick Rooney of the New Oxford Review said that, "'Anne Hendershott has a problem — she’s an academic with common sense, which places her at odds with her brethren and with the cultural elite generally." Discovery InstituteDiscovery Institute
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fellow Philip Gold reviewed that book for The Washington Times
The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...
favorably: "Here, the author notes correctly, while some forms of traditional deviance get defined out of existence or redefined as positive goods (homosexuality, for example), other hitherto acceptable activities are now stigmatized (smoking). Significantly, most of the work of defining up and down is now handled, not by traditional sources of authority, but by well-organized and well-funded advocacy groups, aided and encouraged by sensationalistic media, postmodern academics, and re-election-fixated politicians." For National Review
National Review
National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...
magazine, Carol Iannone
Carol Iannone
Carol Iannone is a conservative writer and literary critic. She first made her mark as a strong critic of feminism in articles such as "The Barbarism of Feminist Scholarship." She has published extensively in Commentary, National Review, First Things, Modern Age, The American Conservative, Academic...
called The Politics of Deviance "in the blandly decadent America of the 21st century...welcome and indeed long overdue."
Publications
- Moving for Work: The Sociology of Relocating in the 1990s (1995) ISBN 0819198110
- The Reluctant Caregivers: Learning to Care for a Loved One with Alzheimer's (2000) ISBN 0897897110
- The Politics of Deviance (2004) ISBN 1594030499
- The Politics of Abortion (2006) ISBN 1594031487
- Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education (2009) ISBN 1412808170