Regina Davis-Sowers
Inclusive Excellence Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Sociology
Office: O'Connor Hall 302
Phone: 408/554-4510
email: rdavissowers@scu.edu
Dr. Davis-Sowers’s research is in the areas of: the study of family roles, causes and prevention of domestic violence, black humor, sexuality and sexual practices, and the Black family. She has been published in The Journal of Sex Research and Sexuality and Culture. Also, her work has appeared in two books: Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader (2004) and Readings in Family Theory (2005). She is currently preparing a manuscript for publication consideration from chapters in her dissertation on Black aunts raising their nieces and nephews, and she just received a Faculty-Student Assistant Research (FSRAP) award for research on the use of black humor in magazine cartoons.
At Santa Clara she teaches Principles of Sociology, Social Problems in the U. S., Sociology of Family, and Quantitative Methods and Applied Statistics.
CURRICULUM VITAE
E-mail this page