Sociology

"Defining Love: Cultural Constructs or Universal Prototypes?" Forthcoming presentation at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 2005.

(With M. L. deUriarte and J. L. Benevides), Diversity Disconnects: From Newsroom to Classroom. Ford Foundation grant-funded monograph with national distribution, 2003.

"Addressing Diversity Disconnects," Invited guest speaker for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, 2003.

(With Mercedes Lynn deUriarte), Falling Through the Media Grid: Secondary Narratives in the Definitions of Latino Families” in Till Death Do Us Part: A Multicultural Anthology on Marriage, 1999.

"It’s Only a Joke: The Stand-up Comedy of Women of Color" in Mediated Women: Representations in Popular Culture, 1999.

Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991; recipient of the Robert K. Merton Book Award, American Sociological Association, Sociology of Science, Knowledge, and Technology, 1993; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Book Award, 1993; and 1992 C. Wright Mills Book Award Honorable Mention.

“Reproductive Hazards and Fetal Exclusion Policies After Johnson Controls.” Stanford Law and Policy Review 12 (Winter 2001):117-142.

“Competing Conceptions of Safety: High-Risk Workers or High-Risk Work?” In Illness and the Environment, edited by Steve Kroll-Smith, Phil Brown, and Valerie J. Gunter. New York: New York University Press, 2000.

“Preventive Law by Corporate Professional Team Players: Liability and Responsibility in the Work of Company Doctors.” Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy 15 (Spring 1999):525-607.

“Collective Memories of the Trauma of Political Disappearance: Reflections on the Case of the Disappeared Political Detainees in the Aftermath of Uruguay’s State Terror (1985-2001).” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, (August 2007)

“Piecing Memories Together. The Female Political Prisoners’ Testimonial Project after State Terror and Policies of Oblivion in Uruguay (1997-2004).” Special Issue of Social Identities, “Emerging Subjectivities Under Neo-liberal Global Capitalism” (September 2006)

“The Traumatic Memories of the Disappeared and the Paradoxes of Transitional Politics of Memory and Oblivion in Uruguay (1973-2001),” Patricia Schiaffini (ed.) Oldenborg Center for International Relations Working Paper Series (May 2006)

“Memorias que insisten: La intersubjetividad de la Memoria y los Hijos de Detenidos Desaparecidos por la Dictadura Militar Argentina (1976-1983).” in Flier and Groppo (eds). La Imposibilidad del Olvido: Recorridos de la memoria en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay (August 2001)

The Sociology Writing Group (2008). A Guide to Writing Sociology Papers. 6th edition, R. Giarrusso (ed.). New York: Worth Publishers.

Feng, D., Silverstein, M., Giarrusso, R., McArdle, J., & Bengtson, V. L. (2006). Attrition of older parents in a three-decade study of multigenerational families. Journals of Gerontology: Social Science, 61, S323-S328.

Schmeeckle, M., Giarrusso, R., Feng, D., & Bengtson, V. L. (2006). Rethinking the ties that bind: Adult children’s perceptions of step and ex-step parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 595-610.

Taylor, B., Giarrusso, R., & Bengtson, V. L. (2006). Portraits of Paternity: Older fathers involvement with adult children over time. In Bedford and Turner (Eds.) Men in relationships: Life course and life span perspectives. Springer: New York

Giarrusso, R., & Bengtson, V. L. (2006). Self-Esteem. In James E. Birren (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gerontology, 2^nd ed., California: Academic Press.

(with R. Duff), "The Costs of Going Global: The Cases of Shanghai and Bangkok." Proteus: A Journal of Ideas, Spring 2006.

(with M. Hong), "Shanghai's Lilong and Longtang: Through the Eyes of a Sociologist." Asian Profile, vol. 34(3), June, 2006.

(with R. Duff), "Transgenderism in Cabaret and Culture: From Bangkok to Las Vegas." Popular Culture Review, August, 2004.

(with R. Duff), “Modulated Participant-Observation: Managing the Dilemma of Distance in Field Research.” Field Methods, 14(2), May 2002.

"From Egalitarian Sexual Ethics to Gender Politics? An Evaluation of Michels' Contribution," Introduction written for Sexual Ethics: A Study of Borderland Questions [1914] by Robert Michels, Transaction Books, 2002.

"Gender, Race & Ethnicity: Let's Not Forget Class" in Race, Sex &Class in the World Cultures: An Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Journal, Winter 1995.

Introduction to "Teaching Sociology in the CSU: Its Attractions, Constraints, and Values," Special Issue of California Sociologist, Winter/Summer 1993.

Co-editor, Studies of Development and Change in the Modern World, Oxford University Press, 1989.

The Woman Question in Classical Sociological Theory, University Press of Florida, 1988.

Since 2002, Dr. Lever contributes to annual surveys posted on msnbc.com and elle.com--topics include: Office Sex and Romance; Sex and Body Image; CyberSex and Romance; Gender, Work and Power; Love, Lust and Loyalty; and Gender and Money. Her students are exposed to survey development and analysis at all stages.

(With D. E. Kanouse and S. H. Berry), "Racial and Ethnic Segmentation of Female Prostitutes in Los Angeles County," Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 2005.

(With RAND colleagues), "Drawing a Probability Sample of Female Prostitutes in LA County." Journal of Sex Research,1999.

Soccer Madness: Brazil's Passion for the World's Most Popular Sport, Waveland, 1995.