School of Public Policy

Teaching

• Soc 204: Introduction to Sociology
• Soc 206: Social Problems & Issuesli>
• Soc 315: Research Design
• Soc 316: Quantitative Analysis
• Soc 471: Social Movements

Research Interests

• Social Movements
• Organizations
• Gender and Politics

Curriculum Vitae

Brief Vita

EDUCATION

• PhD – Sociology, University of California, Irvine (2010)
• Master of Arts – Sociology, University of California, Irvine (2006)
• Bachelor of Arts – Sociology, Oregon State University (2003)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Public Policy, Oregon State University (2015-present)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University -Carbondale (2011-2015)
• Faculty Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College (2010-2011)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

• Kretschmer, Kelsy. 2019. Fighting for NOW: Diversity and Discord in the National Organization for Women. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
• Kretschmer, Kelsy. 2017. “Should We Stay or Should We Go? Local and National Factionalism in the National Organization for Women” Qualitative Sociology 40(4): 403-423.
• Christopher Stout, Kelsy Kretschmer, and Leah Ruppanner. 2017. “Gender Linked Fate and the Marriage Gap in American Politics.” Political Research Quarterly 70(3): 509-522
• Kretschmer, Kelsy and Kristen Barber. 2016. “Men at the March: Feminist Movement Boundaries and Men’s Participation in Take Back the Night and SlutWalk.” Mobilization 21 (3): 283-321.
• Kretschmer, Kelsy. 2014. “Shifting Boundaries and Splintering Movements: Abortion Rights in the Feminist and New Right Movements.” Sociological Forum 29: 893-915.
• Barber, Kristen and Kelsy Kretschmer. 2013. “Walk Like a Man” Contexts 12 (2):40-45