Sarah Catherine Billups

Graduate Student in Sociology
University of Minnesota

The Politics of Pink

by Sarah Catherine Billups on Oct. 2, 2019 at There's Research on That
Originally posted October 13, 2015. October brings cozy sweaters, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, and lots of pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s a worthy campaign: approximately 1 in 8 women will receive a breast cancer diagnosis in her lifetime. But how has breast cancer gained such visibility when others—even other forms of cancer—plague the population […]

Restorative Justice in the Classroom

by Sarah Catherine Billups on Sept. 14, 2018 at There's Research on That
Originally Posted September 14, 2016. It’s September, which means students are zipping up their backpacks and sharpening their pencils for a new school year. For many kids, however, disciplinary actions like suspension and detention make school feel less like a place of learning and more like a minefield for getting into trouble. Some schools are experimenting […]

“I Do” for Round 2?

by Sarah Catherine Billups on Aug. 24, 2018 at Discoveries
Zhenchao Qian and Daniel T. Lichter, “Marriage Markets and Intermarriages: Exchanges in First Marriages and Remarriages,” Demography, 2018 While we often think of marriage as a commitment to one partner forever, second marriage is not uncommon. Even so, the pool of potential partners may be different for those never married than it is for those […]

Queer in the Country

by Sarah Catherine Billups on June 25, 2018 at There's Research on That
From PRIDE parades to drag brunch, we tend associate queer people and queer-friendly places with cities. While some LGBTQ individuals do migrate to the metros, many also reside in rural America. Social scientists illustrate how queerness in the country functions differently than in the hustle and bustle of the city. Distinguishing urban and rural is […]

Trying Stigma on For Size

by Sarah Catherine Billups on June 4, 2018 at Discoveries
Katelynn Bishop, Kjerstin Gruys, and Maddie Evans, “Sized Out: Women, Clothing Size, and Inequality,” Gender & Society, 2018 While consumers are aware that sizing for women’s clothing varies by company and even item, women still use clothing sizes to assess how their bodies meet cultural beauty standards. Rather than writing off the anxieties about buying […]
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Sarah Catherine Billups is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her research areas include culture, gender, and homeownership. Sarah Catherine is an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at the Minnesota Population Center. She is also involved the Sociology department’s Kids’ Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS), a multi-method project on children’s extra-curricular activities. Her dissertation work investigates why single women buy homes more than single men do. In her free time, “S-Cat” is a segway tour guide and DIY guru.