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'''Jean Halley''' (born June 16, 1967) is an American writer and sociologist based in New York City. Her work revolves around issues of [[social power]], violence and [[Major trauma|trauma]]. Halley is also a [[professor]] of sociology at the [[College of Staten Island]] and the [[Graduate Center]] of the [[City University of New York]].<ref>[http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/HALLEY_JEAN.html Associate Professor of Sociology and Chairperson Sociology and Anthropology] ''College of Staten Island'' Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref>
'''Jean Halley''' (born June 16, 1967) is an American writer and sociologist based in New York City. Her work revolves around issues of [[social power]], [[violence]], [[Psychological trauma|trauma]], [[gender]], and [[animal studies]]. Halley is also a [[professor]] of sociology at the [[College of Staten Island]] and the [[Graduate Center]] of the [[City University of New York]].<ref>[https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Page-Elements/Academics-Research-Centers-Initiatives/Doctoral-Programs/Sociology/Faculty-Bios/Jean-Halley Full Professor of Sociology and Anthropology] ''College of Staten Island'' Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Halley was born in 1967, in [[Washington D. C.]] and grew up in [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]].<ref name="harper">[http://harpers.org/archive/2013/11/killing-deer/ Harper's Magazine- Memoirs- Killing dear] ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> She attended [[Colorado College]] and received her [[bachelor's degree]] in [[psychology]], with [[Minor (academic)|minors]] in Spanish and [[women's studies]] , in 1989.<ref>[https://jeanhalley.academia.edu/JeanHalley/CurriculumVitae Psychology major with minors in Spanish and women's studies from Colorado College] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref> She earned her master's degree in theology at [[Harvard University]] in 1992 and her doctorate in sociology at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY]] in 2003.<ref>[http://wagner.edu/newsroom/seeing_white/ Halley holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center and a master’s degree in theology from Harvard University.]''Wagner College Newsroom'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>
Halley was born in 1967, in [[Washington D. C.|Washington DC]] and grew up in [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]].<ref name="harper">[http://harpers.org/archive/2013/11/killing-deer/ Harper's Magazine- Memoirs- Killing dear] ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> She attended [[Colorado College]] and received her [[bachelor's degree]] in [[psychology]], with [[Minor (academic)|minors]] in Spanish and [[women's studies]], in 1989.<ref>[https://jeanhalley.academia.edu/JeanHalley/CurriculumVitae Psychology major with minors in Spanish and women's studies from Colorado College] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref> She earned her master's degree in theology at [[Harvard University]] in 1992 and her doctorate in sociology at the [[Graduate Center, CUNY]] in 2003.<ref>[http://wagner.edu/newsroom/seeing_white/ Halley holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center and a master's degree in theology from Harvard University.]''Wagner College Newsroom'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Halley frequently uses elements of memoir in relating the topics of her books to her own biography.<ref name="sage" /> Her book about touching children, [[breastfeeding]], children's sleep and contemporary childrearing advice, ''Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy'' was published in July 2007 by the [[University of Illinois Press]].<ref>[http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/53yfd4tm9780252032127.html Boundaries of Touch Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy] ''The University of Illinois Press'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> Her second book ''The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social'' was published in 2007. She co-edited the book with Patricia Ticineto Clough.<ref>[https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-affective-turn The Affective Turn at Duke University Press] ''[[Duke University Press]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> In ''Wire'' her [[autoethnographic]] piece in that volume, Halley challenges traditional modes of story telling that develop in linear fashion and that use binary oppositions as a way of describing or knowing the world.<ref>[https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/politicalfeeling/files/2007/09/clough-intro-affective-turn-final.pdf Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social by Patricia Ticineto Clough and Jean Halley] p.261-264. Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref>
Halley frequently uses elements of memoir in relating the topics of her books to her own biography.<ref name="sage" /> Her book about touching children, [[breastfeeding]], children's sleep and contemporary childrearing advice, ''Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy'' was published in July 2007 by the [[University of Illinois Press]].<ref>[http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/53yfd4tm9780252032127.html Boundaries of Touch Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy] ''The University of Illinois Press'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> With Patricia Ticineto Clough, Halley coedited ''The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social'' in 2007.<ref>[https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-affective-turn The Affective Turn at Duke University Press] ''[[Duke University Press]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> In "The Wire" her [[autoethnographic]] piece in that volume, Halley challenges traditional modes of storytelling that develop in linear fashion and that use binary oppositions as a way of describing or knowing the world.<ref>[https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/politicalfeeling/files/2007/09/clough-intro-affective-turn-final.pdf Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social by Patricia Ticineto Clough and Jean Halley] p.261-264. Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref>


In 2011, she co-authored ''Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race'' with Amy Eshleman and Ramya Vijaya.<ref>[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442203082/Seeing-White-An-Introduction-to-White-Privilege-and-Race Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race at Rowman & Littlefield] ''[[Rowman & Littlefield]] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref> Her fourth book ''The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows: Meat Markets'' was published in 2012 by [[Palgrave Macmillan]].<ref>[http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9780230115187 The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows Meat Markets at Palgrave Macmillan] ''[[Palgrave Macmillan]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> In this book Halley weaved together a social history of the American beef cattle industry, with her memoir of growing up in Wyoming in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business.<ref name="sage">[http://qix.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/07/12/1077800416658065.extract Book Review: The parallel lives of women and cows, by J. Halley] ''[[Sage Journals]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>
In 2011, she co-authored ''Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race'' with Amy Eshleman and Ramya Vijaya.<ref>[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442203082/Seeing-White-An-Introduction-to-White-Privilege-and-Race Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race at Rowman & Littlefield] ''[[Rowman & Littlefield]] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref> A second edition came out in 2022.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538143971/Seeing-White-An-Introduction-to-White-Privilege-and-Race-Second-Edition|title=Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race, Second Edition|language=en-us}}</ref> Her fourth book ''The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows: Meat Markets'' was published in 2012 by [[Palgrave Macmillan]].<ref>[http://www.palgrave.com/la/book/9780230115187 The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows Meat Markets at Palgrave Macmillan] ''[[Palgrave Macmillan]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> In this book, Halley weaves together a social history of the [[Meat industry|American beef cattle industry]], with her memoir of growing up in [[Wyoming]] in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business.<ref name="sage">[http://qix.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/07/12/1077800416658065.extract Book Review: The parallel lives of women and cows, by J. Halley] ''[[Sage Journals]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>


Halley has co-authored her fifth book, ''Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege'', with Amy Eshelman. The book was published in 2017 by [[Rowman & Littlefield]].<ref>[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442233539/Seeing-Straight-An-Introduction-to-Gender-and-Sexual-Privilege Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege] ''Rowman & Littlefield'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>
Halley co-authored her fifth book, ''Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege'', with Amy Eshleman. The book was published in 2017 by [[Rowman & Littlefield]].<ref>[https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442233539/Seeing-Straight-An-Introduction-to-Gender-and-Sexual-Privilege Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege] ''Rowman & Littlefield'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref> Halley has published numerous [[scholarly article]]s and in popular [[literary magazine]]s including ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'' and ''[[The Antioch Review]]''.<ref name="harper" /><ref>[http://review.antiochcollege.org/summer-2013 Editors list at The Antioch Review] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://review.antiochcollege.org/summer-2013/recalculating-berkshires|title=Recalculating the Berkshires {{!}} Antioch Review|website=review.antiochcollege.org|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Halley|first1=Jean|last2=Segal|first2=Lore|date=2018|title=Recalculating Amy|journal=The Antioch Review|volume=76|issue=4|pages=611–616|doi=10.7723/antiochreview.76.4.0611|issn=0003-5769|jstor=10.7723/antiochreview.76.4.0611}}</ref> She has given interviews on multiple radio stations including [[NPR]] and [[Northern Spirit Radio]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2012/04/05/150062609/in-trayvon-martin-case-whos-considered-white In Trayvon Martin Case, Who's Considered White?] ''[[NPR]].org'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref><ref>[https://www.northernspiritradio.org/spirit-action/privilege-being-and-seeing-white-making-racism-visible The Privilege of Being (and Seeing) White – Making Racism Visible] ''[[Northern Spirit Radio]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wamc.org/post/51-1593-sociologist-studies-horse-crazy-girls|title=51% #1593: A Sociologist Studies Horse Crazy Girls|last=Dunne|first=Allison|website=www.wamc.org|date=February 5, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>


As a child and young adult, Halley spent much of her time [[horseback riding]] in the Rocky Mountains. Her book, ''Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses|isbn = 978-0820355276|last1 = Halley|first1 = Jean O'Malley|year = 2019| publisher=University of Georgia Press }}</ref> was published in 2019 with the University of Georgia Press explores the passion many girls have for horses. Most recently, in 2022, she coauthored ''The Roads to Hillbrow: Making Life in South Africa's Community of Migrants'' with Ron Nerio. Halley has won a number of awards for teaching and civic engagement.
Halley has published multiple [[scholarly article]]s and in popular [[literary magazine]]s including ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'' and ''[[The Antioch Review]]''.<ref name="harper"/><ref>[http://review.antiochcollege.org/summer-2013 Editors list at The Antioch Review] Retrieved 2016-12-08</ref> She has also given interviews on multiple radio stations including [[NPR]] and [[Northern Spirit Radio]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2012/04/05/150062609/in-trayvon-martin-case-whos-considered-white In Trayvon Martin Case, Who's Considered White?] ''[[NPR]].org'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref><ref>[http://www.northernspiritradio.com/northernspiritradio/index.asp?command=ShowInfo&ID=603751855096 The Privilege of Being (and Seeing) White – Making Racism Visible] ''[[Northern Spirit Radio]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>

She spent much of her time horseback riding as a child and young adult. She has also given talks on a work in progress: "Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses".<ref>[http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/view/10.1057/9781137358806.0016&amp;preventCache=1429920000043 My Not-At-All-Private Metamorphosis: On the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Public School Spaces] Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>
Halley has won a number of awards for teaching and civic engagement and sits on the board of Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, published by the [[University of California Press]].<ref>[http://dcqr.ucpress.edu/content/editorial Departures in Critical Qualitative Research -Editorial board] ''[[University of California Press]]'' Retrieved on 2016-12-08</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Jean Halley
BornJean Halley
(1967-06-16) June 16, 1967 (age 57)
Washington D.C.
OccupationSociologist, writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColorado College
Harvard University
Notable worksThe Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social
Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race
PartnerJacob Segal
ChildrenIsaiah Halley-Segal
Kathleen Halley-Segal
Website
www.jeanhalley.net

Jean Halley (born June 16, 1967) is an American writer and sociologist based in New York City. Her work revolves around issues of social power, violence, trauma, gender, and animal studies. Halley is also a professor of sociology at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.[1]

Early life and education

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Halley was born in 1967, in Washington DC and grew up in Wyoming and Montana.[2] She attended Colorado College and received her bachelor's degree in psychology, with minors in Spanish and women's studies, in 1989.[3] She earned her master's degree in theology at Harvard University in 1992 and her doctorate in sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY in 2003.[4]

Career

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Halley frequently uses elements of memoir in relating the topics of her books to her own biography.[5] Her book about touching children, breastfeeding, children's sleep and contemporary childrearing advice, Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy was published in July 2007 by the University of Illinois Press.[6] With Patricia Ticineto Clough, Halley coedited The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social in 2007.[7] In "The Wire" her autoethnographic piece in that volume, Halley challenges traditional modes of storytelling that develop in linear fashion and that use binary oppositions as a way of describing or knowing the world.[8]

In 2011, she co-authored Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race with Amy Eshleman and Ramya Vijaya.[9] A second edition came out in 2022.[10] Her fourth book The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows: Meat Markets was published in 2012 by Palgrave Macmillan.[11] In this book, Halley weaves together a social history of the American beef cattle industry, with her memoir of growing up in Wyoming in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business.[5]

Halley co-authored her fifth book, Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege, with Amy Eshleman. The book was published in 2017 by Rowman & Littlefield.[12] Halley has published numerous scholarly articles and in popular literary magazines including Harper's Magazine and The Antioch Review.[2][13][14][15] She has given interviews on multiple radio stations including NPR and Northern Spirit Radio.[16][17][18]

As a child and young adult, Halley spent much of her time horseback riding in the Rocky Mountains. Her book, Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses[19] was published in 2019 with the University of Georgia Press explores the passion many girls have for horses. Most recently, in 2022, she coauthored The Roads to Hillbrow: Making Life in South Africa's Community of Migrants with Ron Nerio. Halley has won a number of awards for teaching and civic engagement.

References

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  1. ^ Full Professor of Sociology and Anthropology College of Staten Island Retrieved 2016-12-08
  2. ^ a b Harper's Magazine- Memoirs- Killing dear Harper's Magazine Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  3. ^ Psychology major with minors in Spanish and women's studies from Colorado College Retrieved 2016-12-08
  4. ^ Halley holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center and a master's degree in theology from Harvard University.Wagner College Newsroom Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  5. ^ a b Book Review: The parallel lives of women and cows, by J. Halley Sage Journals Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  6. ^ Boundaries of Touch Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy The University of Illinois Press Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  7. ^ The Affective Turn at Duke University Press Duke University Press Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  8. ^ Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social by Patricia Ticineto Clough and Jean Halley p.261-264. Retrieved 2016-12-08
  9. ^ Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race at Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield Retrieved 2016-12-08
  10. ^ Seeing White: An Introduction to White Privilege and Race, Second Edition.
  11. ^ The Parallel Lives of Women and Cows Meat Markets at Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  12. ^ Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Sexual and Gender Privilege Rowman & Littlefield Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  13. ^ Editors list at The Antioch Review Retrieved 2016-12-08
  14. ^ "Recalculating the Berkshires | Antioch Review". review.antiochcollege.org. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  15. ^ Halley, Jean; Segal, Lore (2018). "Recalculating Amy". The Antioch Review. 76 (4): 611–616. doi:10.7723/antiochreview.76.4.0611. ISSN 0003-5769. JSTOR 10.7723/antiochreview.76.4.0611.
  16. ^ In Trayvon Martin Case, Who's Considered White? NPR.org Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  17. ^ The Privilege of Being (and Seeing) White – Making Racism Visible Northern Spirit Radio Retrieved on 2016-12-08
  18. ^ Dunne, Allison (February 5, 2020). "51% #1593: A Sociologist Studies Horse Crazy Girls". www.wamc.org. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  19. ^ Halley, Jean O'Malley (2019). Horse Crazy: Girls and the Lives of Horses. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820355276.
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