Overview

Dr. Jodie Hertzog is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Wichita State University.  She has a long history with the Liberal Arts & Sciences reaching back to her own undergraduate training and is an advocate for promoting interdisciplinary perspectives and applied learning experiences.

Dr. Hertzog received her doctorate in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University.  She is an alumni of WSU鈥檚 Leadership Academy, has previously served in the roles of both Department Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator (2012-2021), has been a nominee for both the LAS John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award and the Academy of Effective Teaching Award at WSU, and is co-founder and faculty co-advisor to two registered student organizations (FOCUS: Feminists on Campus and Shocker Sociology Club).  In addition, she is co-founder and co-organizer of the annual Gender & Sexuality in Kansas state-wide interdisciplinary conference.  She currently serves as a member of WSU鈥檚 Prevention Advisory Board and as a member of WSU's Campus/Community Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking Coordinated Response Team.

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Academic Interests and Expertise

Dr. Hertzog鈥檚 teaching and research specialties revolve around the areas of intimate relationships and families across the life course, intimate violence prevention strategies, gender issues (such as women鈥檚 health and reproductive labor), and qualitative research methods.  Based on previous experiences in various student affairs roles, Dr. Hertzog is particularly interested in promoting student engagement by bridging course concepts with the world around us.

Courses in Teaching Rotation:

  • Soc 308: Relationship Problems
  • Soc 315: Marriage & Families
  • Soc 337: Young Women's Health
  • Soc 399Y: Social Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence
  • Soc 481: Cooperative Education Experience
  • Soc 514: Sociology Capstone
  • Soc 515: Family Diversity
  • Soc/Woms 516: Sociology of Gender
  • Soc 812: Advanced Research - Qualitative Methods
  • Soc 815: Seminar on Families
  • Soc 847: Seminar on Recent Developments in Sociology [with a focus on Addressing Intimate Partner Violence]
  • LASI 800: Research Goals & Strategies - Feminist Methods
Publications

Select Research Publications & Presentations:

Intimate Violence Related:

Hertzog, J. (2022, April 14). How far have we come to Institutionalizing Healthy Relationship

     Education for Youth? Poster presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference, 

     Chicago, IL.

Wiesner, S., & Hertzog, J. (2022). Building Connections for Addressing DVSAS on Campus

     through Service Learning and Curriculum Infusion. Paper presented at the 2022 virtual Gender &

     Sexuality in Kansas Conference (March 11) and poster presented at the Midwest Sociological

     Society Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April 14).

Hertzog, J. (2020). Evidence-based Practice in Prevention: An intro to Social Norming & Bystander

     Engagement Strategies.  Zoom training for WSU student Prevention Ambassadors.

Hertzog, J. (2020). Institutionalizing prevention: A regional & national exploration of teen dating

     violence legislation. [Sabbatical research project.  Manuscript in progress.]

 Hertzog, J. (2018).  Exploring IPV within a Policy Context:  the Case of Kansas鈥 Domestic

     Violence Designation Tag.  Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society,   

     Minneapolis, MN. [Research funded through Summer ARC Grant].

 Quinn, K., & Hertzog, J. (2017).  Title IX Policy: A reflection on the framing of sexual

     misconduct on college campuses.  Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

     Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI.

 Hertzog, J. (2017).  Using Social Norms in Prevention.  Webinar sponsored by WSU鈥檚

     Community Empowerment Institute.  {Invited Speaker}

 Hertzog, J., Rowley, R., & Harpel, T.  (2016). Is it bullying, teen dating violence or both? 

     Student, school staff & parent perceptions.  Children & Schools, 38, 21-29.

 Rowley, R. L., & Hertzog, J. L. (2016). From holding hands to having a thing to hooking up:

     Framing heterosexual youth relationships. Marriage & Family Review, 52(6), 548-562.

 Simon, J., & Hertzog, J. (2016).  Not the handsome prince: Constructions of the Trafficker/Hero in

     the dark erotic romance.  Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

     Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

 Niblack, J. & Hertzog, J. (2015).  Factors that Influence Bystander Behavior in the Cyberbully

     Context, in S. Blair, P. Claster, & S. Claster (Eds.) Technology and Youth (Sociological Studies of

     Children and Youth, Volume 19). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 47-72.

 Hertzog, J., Simon, J., & Harpel, T.  (2015, November).  Blurred lines: The construction and

     romanticization of sex trafficking in popular dark erotic romance novels.  Paper presented at the

     2015 Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Albuquerque, New

     Mexico.

 Hertzog, J., & Rowley, R.  (2014). My Beliefs of My Peers Beliefs:  Exploring the Gendered Nature of

     Social Norms in Adolescent Romantic Relationships.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(2),         

     348-368.  

Gendered Issues Related:

Simon, J., Small, S., & Hertzog, J. (2021, March 24). (Re)presentation of Women in Sport Media.  

     Facebook Live presentation. Presented as part of WSU CHAMPS/Department of Sport

     Management鈥檚 first annual Women in Sports week programming. {Invited talk, authors listed in

     order of presentation}.

Pettis, P., & Hertzog, J. (2019). Strategies of Embodiment and Resistance: An Intersectional

     Approach to Gay Men鈥檚 Body Image Development. Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of

     the Midwest Society, Chicago, IL.  {Manuscript in progress}

Goen, C., & Hertzog, J. (2016).  That鈥檚 what she pinned: Gender stereotypes and Pinterest. 

     Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

 Hertzog, J., & Simon, J. (2015).  Battle of the book boyfriends: Constructions of masculinity in

     popular romance novels.  Paper presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological

     Society, Kansas City, KS.

 Gallardo, R., & Hertzog, J.  (2015). Perceptions of the 鈥渃ougar鈥 constructed on public internet

     forums.  Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas

     City, KS.