Sam Kizer

Sam Kizer, portrait
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Bentley Annex 139, Athens Campus
College of Arts and Sciences
Sociology and Anthropology
samkizer@iu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington, 2024

M.A., Minnesota State University Mankato, 2016

B.A., High Point University, 2014

Research & Specialization

  • Critical autism studies
  • Narratives of sexualities
  • Sociology of gender
  • Accessibility in higher education
  • Neuroqueer theory

Courses Taught

  • SOC 2300 Social Inequalities and Social Change
  • SOC 2700 Social Justice
  • SOC 2800 Gender, Crime, and Law
  • WGSS 1000 Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • WGSS 2200 Introduction to LGBTQ Studies

Affiliations

  • Sociology and Anthropology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Publications

Kizer, James S. "Autism Speaks for Whom? Neoliberalism, Nonprofit Infrastructure, and the Economics of Autism Advocacy." Sociology Lens 37, no. 4 (2024): 592-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/johs.12481.