Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Heather M. Fitz Gibbon, Chair
A.B. Kenyon 1981; M.A., Ph.D. Northwestern 1983, 1988.
Heather Moir Fitz Gibbon is a professor of sociology at The College of Wooster, where she joined the faculty in 1990. Her areas of expertise include gender roles and the family, urban sociology, childcare, children and the family, and women and work. Her current research focuses on definitions of motherhood within the welfare system. Much of her research has been published, including “Reassessing Commitments to Work and Family in a Changing Economy” in Qualitative Sociology and several book chapters.
A member of Sociologists for Women in Society, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the American Sociological Association, Fitz Gibbon has received several awards, including a University Fellowship from Northwestern University. In addition, she was named “Friend of Young Children” by the Wayne County Association for the Education of Young Children and has been named to “Who's Who in American Teachers.”
Courses Taught:
- Sociological Perspectives
- Sociology of Gender
- Urban Sociology
- Social Psychology
- Research Methods
- Theory and Application in I.S.
e-mail: hfitzgibbon@wooster.edu
