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About Elizabeth Bernstein

Elizabeth Bernstein is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Professor Bernstein's research and teaching focus on sociology of gender and sexuality; sociology of law; and contemporary social theory. Her current research explores the convergence of feminist, neoliberal, and evangelical Christian interests in the shaping of contemporary U.S. policies around the traffic in women.

Her research and scholarship have been recognized by awards from the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, AAUW, the Mellon Foundation, and the American Sociological Association.

She is on the editorial boards for Sociology Compass and The Scholar and the Feminist.

Articles by Elizabeth Bernstein

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Sex, secularism, and religious influence in U.S. politics

Elizabeth Bernstein and Janet R. Jakobsen, 25 August 2010

To promote gender equality, feminist alliance politics in the U.S. needs to challenge Protestant hegemony in both its religious and secular guises, while recognizing religious diversity both among and within religious traditions. Anti-trafficking policies illustrate the effects of the current neoliberal/conservative consensus