Von Bakanic

Associate Professor of Sociology

Address: 88 Wentworth Street, Room 102
Phone: 843.953.7105
E-mail: bakanicv@cofc.edu


Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation: "Tracing Social Science: The Manuscript Review Process"

M.A., Sociology, University of South Carolina

B.A., University of South Carolina

Research Interests

  • Prejudice
  • Gender
  • Social Psychology
  • Science, Technology and Social Change

Courses Taught

  • SOCY 103:  Sociology of the Family
  • SOCY 271:  Introduction to Social Research
  • SOCY 272:  Making Sense of Sociological Data
  • SOCY 337:  Prejudice
  • SOCY 369:  African American Society and Culture
  • SOCY 379:  Content Analysis

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Lawyer, S. R., Bakanic, V., Burkett, T., Resnick, H. S & Kilpatrick, D. G. “Forcible, drug-facilitated, and incapacitated rape and sexual assault among undergraduate women.“  Journal of American College Health, 2010 Mar-Apr; 58(5):453-460.

Prejudice: Attitudes about Race, Class and Gender. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2009.

Career Issues and Internet Solutions for Women in Science and Engineering: An Internet Survey, in Proceeding of the International IPSI 2004 - Prague.  ISBN 86-7466

Other Publications

Von Bakanic, “Little Ado about Something: The gender Climate at the College of Charleston”  Cheek Vol III, Spring:5-6, 2009

Von Bakanic, Janet Key, Carolyn Morales, Pam Niesslein and Karin Roof. “Campus Climate Survey Executive Report.” Strategic Diversity Management Council, College of Charleston, 2007

Von Bakanic, Janet Key, Carolyn Morales, Pam Niesslein and Karin Roof “Campus Climate Survey 2006 Summary Report.”, Strategic Diversity Management Council, College of Charleston, 2007

AFeminist theories in David Knox Choices in Relationships 8th edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.(Pg. 21-22), 2004

Von Bakanic. APlanned Parenthood Federation of America@ in Judy Baer (Ed.) The Historical and Multi Cultural Encyclopedia of Female Reproductive Rights in the United States. Austin, TX: Greenwood Press. (Pp 156-159), 2002

“Pregnancy Discrimination Act" in Historical and Multi-Cultural Encyclopedia of Women’s Rights in the United States. Judith A. Baer (ed.) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002