Professional Summary
Annie McGhee is a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati. Annie received her B.S. in Mathematics from Xavier University in 2019. She has also received her Master's in Sociology as well as graduate certificates in Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies and Film & Media Studies at U.C..
Her broad research interests include race and whiteness, gender, and cultural/media studies.
Her dissertation focuses on how white people interpret and negotiate depictions of people of color in the media. Her other current projects examine how video games are (re)produced and resisted as whitespaces, how audiences exclude women of color from participating in emerging fashion and beauty trends, and how trans people with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome understand their bodies, gender, and selves.
Her Master's Thesis examined how those who identify as LGBTQ negotiated their identities in sex education classes in private religiously-affiliated schools.
In her spare time, Annie enjoys reading, writing fiction and poetry, and running.
Annie McGhee CV
Education
B.S.: Xavier University Cincinnati, OH, 2019 (Mathematics)
Graduate Certificate: University of Cincinnati 2021 (Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)
M.A.: University of Cincinnati 2022 (Sociology)
Graduate Certificate: University of Cincinnati 2022 (Film & Media Studies)
Research and Practice Interests
Race and Ethnicity
Whiteness
Sex and Gender
Popular Culture and Media
Positions and Work Experience
2019 -2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2021 -2021 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2022 -2023 Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant for Ohio Policy Evaluation (OPEN). She is the project manager for the Patient Experience Survey Study, which focuses on patients’ experiences in seeking abortions in Ohio and surrounding states., University of Cincinnati,
2023 -2024 Assistant Editor, She works as an assistant editor for the academic journal, Social Problems., University of Cincinnati,
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Tamika Corinne Odum, Marta Bornstein, Abigail Norris - Turner, Hillary Gyuras, Katherine Rivlin, Sarah Bostic, Annie McGhee, Danielle Bessett (2024. ) Prior knowledge of and experience with self-managed abortion among people seeking abortion care in US midwestern states.Contraception, , More Information
Other Publications
Annie McGhee (2022. ) Review of Noncustodial Mothers, Gendered Institutions, and Social Change, by Jackie Krasas .29 (4 ) ,1219 --1222 Gender, Work, & Organization
Presentations
Colloquium
Danielle Bessett, Ayesha Casie-Chetty, Annie McGhee (10-16-2020). Understanding Abortion Embodiment: Reflections on Collaboration .UC.
Stephanie House-Niamke, Gabriel Lotarski, Beth McCune, Annie McGhee, Kearabetswe Mokoene, Kristin Newvine (11-17-2021). The Student Sociologist’s Guide to Conferences . North Central Sociological Association Fall Session,
Stephanie House-Niamke, Gabriel Lotarski, Beth McCune, Annie McGhee, Kearabetswe Mokoene, Kristin Newvine (2022). Students! How to Finish Your Dissertation or Thesis in Two Semesters or Less . North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, IN.
Paper Presentations
Annie McGhee (06-02-2021. ) Queering Motherhood: A Simple Favor .Conference.
Annie McGhee (2022. ) Caught on Camera: CCTV, Surveillance, and Police Identity .Conference.
Annie McGhee (2022. ) Echo Curricula: LGBTQ People's Reflective Accounts of Sex Education in Christian and Catholic High Schools .Indianapolis, IN. Conference.
Danielle Bessett, Ayesha Casie Chetty, Annie McGhee, Kathryn LaRoche, Angel Foster (2021. ) Out of Body: Abortion Embodiment Experiences .Conference.
Annie McGhee, Ashlyn Arthur (2024. ) Gender ‘cystphoria,’ dysphoria, and euphoria: The complex gender experiences of people with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) .Conference.
Annie McGhee (2024. ) Romance Writers of America: How Racialized and Ethnic Characters are (Re)Produced and Stereotyped .Conference.
Danielle Bessett, Annie McGhee, Jeremy Brenner-Levoy, Tamika Odum, Bridget Kearney, Katherine Rivlin, Alison Norris, and Abigail Norris Turner (2023. ) Imagining Abortion Illegality: The role of stigma and social support in Ohioans’ imagined abortion-seeking .Conference.
Annie McGhee (2023. ) Flapper Fashions in the Silent Era: Dress and Representation of Hollywood’s Leading Ladies .Conference.
Honors and Awards
2020 Niehoff Center for Film & Media Studies Grant Recipient
2021 Taft Graduate Summer Fellowship Taft Research Center Status:Recipient Type:Fellowship
2020 Taft Graduate Enrichment Award Taft Research Center Type:Grant
2024 Graduate Student Research Support Award Kunz Center for Social Research
2024 Graduate Student Award for Exemplary Initiative Graduate Student Government
2024 -2025 Norris Johnson Teaching Fellowship
2024 Research Fellowship Graduate Student Government
2023 Graduate Student Outstanding Service Award Sociology Student Lyceum
Service
North Central Sociological Association (Student Section Committee ) Committee Member Type:Service to Professional Associations 2021 -To Present
Sociology Department (Lyceum ) Treasurer-Elect Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2021 -2022
Sociology Department (Lyceum ) Vice President Type:Departmental Service 2022 -2023
Sociology Department (Lyceum ) President-Elect Type:Departmental Service 2023 -2024
Professional Affiliation
Popular Culture Association
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
North Central Sociological Association
Courses Taught
-SOC-3015 MEDIA AND SOCIETY
15-SOC-141 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY