Meredith G. F. Worthen is a Professor of Sociology and Sexualities/LGBTQ Studies scholar at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma and Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination.
Worthen was raised in Dallas, Texas. [1] She attended the University of Texas for her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., and completed her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2009. [1] [2]
In 2009, Worthen became an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and then received tenure in 2014. [1] She was promoted to full professor in 2019. [1]
Her research focus includes the study of stigma, [3] as well as deviance, feminist criminology, sexualities, and LGBTQ identities. [1] [4]
In 2016, she published the textbook Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination. [2] [5]
In her first empirical book, Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma, published in 2020, Worthen developed Norm-Centered Stigma Theory (NCST) as part of a sociological examination of stigma. [6]
After moving to Oklahoma, Worthen founded The Welcoming Project in 2011, [7] which became a nonprofit organization after initially being developed to promote the display of welcoming messages to people in the LGBTQ community at businesses and organizations, including on websites. [8] [1] In 2018, she created the Instagram account Me Too Meredith, to facilitate anonymous reporting of sexual harassment and assault. [9] [1] [2]
Worthen is married to her long-time partner and they have a daughter. [2]
Meredith G. F. Worthen is a Professor of Sociology and Sexualities/LGBTQ Studies scholar at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma and Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination.
Worthen was raised in Dallas, Texas. [1] She attended the University of Texas for her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., and completed her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2009. [1] [2]
In 2009, Worthen became an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and then received tenure in 2014. [1] She was promoted to full professor in 2019. [1]
Her research focus includes the study of stigma, [3] as well as deviance, feminist criminology, sexualities, and LGBTQ identities. [1] [4]
In 2016, she published the textbook Sexual Deviance and Society: A sociological examination. [2] [5]
In her first empirical book, Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies: An Intersectional Examination of LGBTQ Stigma, published in 2020, Worthen developed Norm-Centered Stigma Theory (NCST) as part of a sociological examination of stigma. [6]
After moving to Oklahoma, Worthen founded The Welcoming Project in 2011, [7] which became a nonprofit organization after initially being developed to promote the display of welcoming messages to people in the LGBTQ community at businesses and organizations, including on websites. [8] [1] In 2018, she created the Instagram account Me Too Meredith, to facilitate anonymous reporting of sexual harassment and assault. [9] [1] [2]
Worthen is married to her long-time partner and they have a daughter. [2]