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Kristin Haltinner Associate Professor

Positions

Associate Professor, Culture, Society and Justice , College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Affiliate Faculty, American Indian Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Affiliate Faculty, Africana Studies , Interdisciplinary Programs
Coordinator, Diversity and Inclusion Certificate 2013 -

A midwesterner, Dr. Haltinner came to UI after completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that she earned degrees in sociology (MA-American University) and Africana Studies and Psychology (BAs-Luther College). Kristin has worked and traveled in Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and other places throughout the world.

Kristin's research focuses on racial formation and right-wing social activism. She has done projects on both the TEA Party and militia organizing in the American southwest. In addition to her academic interests, Kristin has worked as an intern for Senator Feingold (D-WI), as an Americorps VISTA, and as an evaluation consultant for ExperienceCorps.

When not in the office, Kristin enjoys playing softball, doing yoga, and spending time with her family and friends.

Geographic Focus

People

member of

Publications

selected publications

academic article
- "It Wasn't Like a Big Light Bulb Moment": factors that contribute to changing minds on climate change. Rural Sociology. 2022
- Beyond religiosity: examining the relative effects of religiosity and religious ideation on climate skepticism (a research note). Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 37. 2022
- Predictors of Pro-environmental Beliefs, Behaviors, and Policy Support among Climate Change Skeptics. Social Currents. 9:180-202. 2022
- Adding the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints to analyses of climate change skepticism: a research note. Sociological Inquiry. 92:270-294. 2022
- How Believing That Climate Change Is a Conspiracy Affects Skeptics' Environmental Attitudes. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 63:25-33. 2021
- A Survey Instrument to Measure Skeptics' (Dis)Trust in Climate Science. Climate. 9:18. 2021
- The Nature and Nuance of Climate Change Skepticism in the United States*. Rural Sociology. 2021
- Climate skeptics’ identity construction and (Dis)trust in science in the United States. Environmental Sociology. 16-Jan. 2021
- How Believing Climate Change is a "Hoax" Shapes Climate Skepticism in the United States. Environmental Sociology. 2020
- Trust/distrust judgments and perceptions of climate science: A research note on skeptics' rationalizations. Public Understanding of Science. 29:53-60. 2020
- Right-Wing Ideologies and Ideological Diversity in the Tea Party. Sociological Quarterly. 59:449-470. 2018
- Tea Party Health Narratives and Belief Polarization: the Journey to Killing Grandma. AIMS Public Health. 4:557-578. 2017
- Trump's Tea Party. International Affairs Forum. 8. 2017
- Minutewomen, Victims, and Parasites: The Discursive and Performative Construction of Women by The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. Sociological Inquiry. 86:593-617. 2016
- Colorblindness, Nativist Organizing, and the Discursive Construction of Latino/Latinas in the United States. Journal of Mestizo and Indigenous Voices. 2015
- Floods, Invaders, and Parasites: Immigration Threat Narratives and Right-Wing Populism in the US, UK, and Australia. Journal of Intercultural Studies. 36:520-543. 2015
- Individual Responsibility, Culture, or State Organized Enslavement? How TEA Party Activists Frame Racial Inequality. Sociological Perspectives. 2015
chapter
- Unpacking the White Privilege Knapsack. Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America. Ed. Haltinner, Kristin. New York: Springer. 2014
- Gender Bending in the Classroom: Teaching About Sex and Gender Without Enforcing Gender Categories and Heteronormativity. Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America. Ed. Haltinner, Kristin. New York: Springer.

editor of

book
- No Perfect Birth: Trauma and Obstetric Care in the Rural United States. Lexington Books. 2021
- Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America. New York: Springer. 2014
- Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America. New York: Springer.
- Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America
chapter
- The Pedagogical challenge of teaching privilege, loss, and disadvantage in classrooms of invisible social identities. . Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary America. Springer. 2016
edited book
- Teaching Gender and Sex in Contemporary American

Research

principal investigator on

Understanding Climate Change Skepticism in the Pacific Northwest 2017 - 2018

Service

professional service activities

Student Disciplinary Hearing Board Chair

Background

education and training

B.A. in Africana Studies and Psychology, Luther College
M.A. in Sociology
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Minnesota

Contact

full name

Kristin Haltinner