Gwen Sharp is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nevada State College, a public four-year undergraduate institution in Henderson, Nevada. She teaches a variety of courses including Principles of Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Conflict in the U.S., Gender and Society, Sex and Social Relations, Popular Culture, and Social Inequality. You can visit her faculty page here.
Her current research interests include food systems (particularly the U.S. beef and dairy industries), Black and American Indian land ownership and community development in rural areas, gendered presentations of the body in biology textbooks, and effective pedagogical techniques for classroom use.
She received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005.
