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Diane Wolf

Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
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Email:  dlwolf @ ucdavis.edu
Office: 2267 SS&H
Phone: 752-1158

Office hours: R 2-3:30, or by apt.


Research Interests

  • Gender and Family Studies
  • Fieldwork Methodology
  • Children of Immigrants; Memory and Trauma; Jewish Studies
     

The thread that links all my research and publications is that of family dynamics amidst structural transformations, usually with a focus on gender.   My recent book, Beyond Anne Frank:  Jewish Families in Postwar Holland (U.C. Press, 2007) analyzed childhood memory, family dynamics and trauma during and after war and genocide.  Given my interest in fieldwork methodology, I am working on a piece that focuses on the reaction to my book from those I interviewed and other members of the public; it discusses what occurs when history challenges memory among individuals who then feel misrepresented by the researcher.  I am also writing a chapter for a methods book focused on Children in Religion that will discuss the issue of children's agency as well as children and memory.  My interest in the interrelationships between identity, memory and trauma is also reflected in a book I co-edited, also in 2007:   When Sociology Confronts the Holocaust:  Memories and Identities in Jewish Diasporas (Duke University Press).   Currently, Yen Le Espiritu and I are writing a  comparative piece on collective memory and children of survivors, analyzing the Holocaust and the Vietnam War.  Finally, I am beginning research on  whether/how Jewish parents decide to circumcise their sons which will look at gender, family and cultural change.

 

Recent Publications

  • Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden Children and Postwar Families in Holland. UC Press (2007)
  • Sociology Confronts  the Holocaust: Identities and Memories in Jewish Diasporas.   Co-edited with Judith Gerson.  Duke Univ. Press (2007)
  • Feminizing Global Research Globalizing Feminist Research: Methods and  Practice Under Globalization in Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory  and Praxis.   Sage Publications.  2006.  (With Jennifer Bickham Mendez).