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Diplomas / Degrees

PhD Sociology, University of California, Berkeley (2001)
M.A. Sociology, University of California Berkeley (1989)
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (1981)
Bachelor of Musical Arts, University of Michigan (1977)

Recent Courses

First Year Seminar People,Power And Social Change
First Year Seminar People,Power, And Social Change
Gender: Roles And Identities
Independent Study History Of Domestic Violence Laws
Independent Study Law And Society
Independent Study Racism And Private Clubs
Independent Study Understanding Autism
Law And Social Inequality
Majors Seminar
Qualitative Research Methods
S/T: Gender And Care Work
Sociology Of Law

Teaching Specializations / Interests

Sociology of law, social research methods, disability studies, law and inequality, gender and carework

Book Chapters

Bush, Melanie and Deborah L. Little. (2009). Teaching toward Praxis and Political Engagement. In David Fasenfest (Eds.). Engaging Social Justice: Critical Studies of 21st Century Social Transformation. (pp. ). Leiden: Brill.

Little, Deborah L. (2007). From 'Giving Care' to 'Taking Care': Negotiating Care-Work at Welfare's End. In Maurice Hamington and Dorothy C. Miller (Eds.). Socializing Care: Feminist Ethics and Public Issues (Feminist Constructions Series). (pp. 121-141). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Recent Articles

Little, Deborah L. (2007, 9). Review of Global Dimensions of Gender and Carework, edited by Mary K. Zimmerman, Jacquelyn S. Litt, and Christine E. Bose. International Journal of Sociology of the Family, Vol, 33 No. 2, 358-61

Little, Deborah L. (2002, 7). Review of Alice O’Connor’s Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History. American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 108, Pp. 227-229

Little, Deborah L. (1999, 7). "Independent Workers, Dependable Mothers: Discourse, Resistance and AFDC Workfare Programs.". Social Politics, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 161-202

Conference Presentations and Papers

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Levy, Traci and Deborah L. Little (31 August 2008). “Who Cares and Other Tensions between a Public Ethic of Care and Disability Studies.” . American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 40

Bush, Melanie and Deborah Little. (03 August 2008). “Reflection on Organizing a Campus Delegation to the US Social Forum.” . Critical Sociology Conference, Co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. , Boston, 36

Little, Deborah L. and Linda Francis (01 August 2008). “Babies in the Ivory Tower.” . Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting. , Boston

Little, Deborah L. and Traci Levy. (18 June 2008). "Personal Assistant? Caregiver? A dialog between disability studies and care theory." . Society for Disability Studies Annual Meeting. , New York, 40

Little, Deborah L. (01 March 2007). “ ‘Sit home and collect the check:’ The role of race and class in explaining consumer behavior in an Independent Living Center.”. Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA

Other Scholarly / Artistic Work

Forthcoming:

Little, Deborah L. 2009. "Identity, Efficacy, and Disability Rights Movement Recruitment." Disability Studies Quarterly.

Little, Deborah L. 2009. “ 'Sit home and collect the check:' Race, Class, and the Social Construction of Disability Identity." Research in Social Science and Disability, Vol. 5.


Under Review:

Levy, Traci and Deborah L. Little. 2009. "Disability Studies and a Public Ethic of Care: A Dialogue on Language, Voice, and Care of the Self."

Honors and Accomplishments

Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, University of Michigan, 2001-2003.

Professional Activities

Member, National Steering Committee, Carework Network, 2007-2010.
Member, American Sociological Association, 2001 - present. Sections: Race, class, and gender.
Member, Eastern Sociological Society, 2005 to present.
Member, Carework Network, 2002 - present.
Member, Society for Disability Studies, 2003 - present.

Community and Corporate Leadership

Co-Facilitator, Building the World We Dream About, Pilot Anti-Racism Curriculum from the Unitarian Universalist Association, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook (UUFSB), 9/2007-12/2008.
Member, Journey Towards Wholeness Anti-Racism Taskforce, UUFSB, 2007 to present.

Chair, Worship Associates Committee, UUFSB, 2006 to 2007.
Member, Social Action Committee, UUFSB, 2003 to present.

Licenses & Certifications

Member, California State Bar Association