William Rocque Ph.D.
About Dr. Rocque
My research focuses on masculinity, nationalism and identity, especially as they intersect with race and social class. I am currently examining these themes in American gun culture and the US prison system. This research marks a transition from previous research that I began in graduate school on the social organization of autism, but also builds on it in that all of my research is motivated by a desire to reveal facets and dynamics of power to better understand the social forces that shape our lives and our society.
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder
- B.A., Psychology, State University of New York, Albany
Areas of Expertise
- Masculinity studies
- Crime and violence
- Sociology of guns and gun culture
- Social conflict and social problems
- "Deviance” and social reaction
- Social construction of autism
- Social theory
- Qualitative research
Publications
Rocque, Bill. 2010. "Science Fictions: Figuring Autism as Threat and Mystery in Medico-Therapeutic Literature." Disability Studies Quarterly, 30(1)
Rocque, Bill. 2010. "Mediating selfhood: Exploring the construction and maintenance of identity by mothers of children labeled with autism spectrum disorder." Disability and Society, 25(4)
Larsen, Sandra and Bill Rocque. (2009 March/April). "Faculty Development for Institutional Change: Lessons from an Advance Project." Change, 18-26