Elise S. Lake
Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
P.O. Box 1848
University, MS  38677-1848

Phone: 662-915-7737
Office: Leavell 202
E-mail: 

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Education:
B.A. Anthropology (Linfield College 1974)
B.S. Psychology (University of WA 1978)
M.A. Sociology (University of WA 1981)
Ph.D. Sociology (University of WA 1989)

Teaching and research interests:
Sociology of Food and Eating, Crime and Deviance, Family, Social Psychology, Sociology of Literature

Courses I currently teach:
Soc 301           The Family
Soc 335           The Sociology of Food
Soc 431           Criminology
Soc 631           Studies in Deviant Behavior

Current research in progress:
More than Southern Grotesque: A Sociological Take on Harry Crews. Book manuscript. With Gary L. Long.

“Whatever Happened to Embonpoint? Representations of Diet and Body Ideals in Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1901-1931.”

“Lobbyists in the Lunchroom: Politics and the National School Lunch Program.”

“From Fed to Fat: Exploring the Linkages Between Federal Agricultural Policies and American Obesity.”

Publications:
Lake, Elise S. & Minjoo Oh. (2007). “The Sociology of Food & Eating.” Pp. 186-196 in C. Bryant and D. Peck (eds.), 21st Century Sociology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Lake, Elise S. (2001). “Having a Hard Time of It: Women in the Novels of Harry Crews.” Pp 79-93 in E. Bledsoe (ed.), Perspectives on Harry Crews. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.