Education

• Ph.D. in Sociology, North Carolina State University
• M.S. in Sociology, North Carolina State University
• B.A. in Sociology & English, Guilford College

Research & Academic Interests

• Race, class & gender
• Sexualities
• Social psychology
• Organizations, occupations & work

Publications

• Buck, Alison. 2022. “The Price of Consent: Identity Wages in the Games Industry.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 51(6): 868-894. https://doi-org.libproxy.eku.edu/10.1177/08912416221085558
• Taylor, Tiffany, Jacob Church, Katrina Bloch, and Alison Buck. 2020. “Taking an Intersectional Approach to the Glass Ceiling: Gender, Race and Share of Management in US Workplaces.” Sex Roles 84: 312-325.
• Taylor, Tiffany, Brianna Turgeon, Alison Buck, and Katrina Bloch. 2019. “Spatial Variation in U.S. Labor Markets and Workplace Sex Segregation: 1980-2005.” Sociological Inquiry 89(4): 703-726.
• Taylor, Tiffany, Alison Buck, Katrina Bloch, and Brianna Turgeon. 2019. “Gender Composition and Share of Management: Tipping Points in US Workplaces, 1980–2005.” Social Science Journal 56(1): 48-59.
• Buck, Alison and Kylie Parrotta. 2014. “Students Teach Sex Ed: Introducing Alternative Conceptions of Sexuality.” Sex Education 14(2): 67-80.
• Buck, Alison and Kylie Parrotta. 2013. “Understanding Alienated Labor through Experiential Learning.” Teaching Sociology 41(4):360–69.

Associations, Affiliations & Work History

• Southern Sociological Society
• Anthropologists & Sociologists of Kentucky

• Affiliated faculty for the EKU Women & Gender Studies Program
• Affiliated faculty for the EKU African & African American Studies Program

Awards & Accolades

• Provost’s Faculty Internship, 2024-2025 Cohort
• EKU CLASS Faculty Development Grant, February 2023 & February 2024
• EngaGE Innovation & Transformation Grant, September 2022