Sociology and Anthropology

Lora Ebert Wallace, Professor of Sociology

Lora Ebert Wallace

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2001

Dr. Ebert Wallace joined the Department in 2004.

Contact Info

Areas of Specialization

  • Medical sociology, family sociology, Sociology of women's health and reproductive health, and survey methods/quantitative methods

Courses

  • Soc 100 Introduction to Sociology
  • Soc 300 Minorities
  • Soc 360 Gender & Society
  • Soc 370 American Family
  • Sociology of Health courses:
    • Soc 424G Sociology of Mental Health
    • Soc/WS 430G Sociology of Women's Health
    • Soc 365 Sociology of Health & Illness
  • Social Methods courses:
    • Soc 323 Social Research Methods I
    • Soc 324 Social Research Methods II
    • Soc 531 Quantitative Methods

Selected Publications

  • Lora Ebert Wallace and Joy Ifeoma Ofuokwu. 2024. “Risk” Language in Breastfeeding Promotional Materials: U.S. State, Territorial, and Local Health Departments.” Health, Risk & Society, 26(3–4): 101–114. DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2024.2304834
  • Yetunde Salihu, Ejura and Lora Ebert Wallace. 2022. “Use and Attitudes Toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among University Students: The Role of Gender and Race.” Journal of American College Health: 1–10. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2115296
  • Wallace, Lora Ebert and Erin N. Taylor. 2021. “Risk language and infant feeding behaviors: a longitudinal analysis.” Women’s Reproductive Health, 8(4). DOI: 10.1080/23293691.2021.1976047
  • Taylor, Erin N. and Lora Ebert Wallace. 2017. "Risky Business: Breastfeeding Promotion Policy and the Problem of Risk Language." Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, March: 1–17.
  • Wallace, Lora Ebert and Erin N. Taylor. 2016. "Running a Risk: Expectant Mothers Respond to 'Risk' Language in Breastfeeding Promotion." Women's Reproductive Health, 3(1): 1–14.
  • Taylor, Erin and Lora Ebert Wallace. 2012. “For Shame: Feminism, Breastfeeding Advocacy, and Maternal Guilt.” Hypatia, 27: 76–98.
  • Wallace, Lora Ebert and Taylor, Erin. 2011. “Potential Risks of 'Risk' Language in Breastfeeding Advocacy.” Women & Health, 51(4): 299–320.
  • Robert J. Hironimus-Wendt and Lora Ebert Wallace. 2009. "The Sociological Imagination and Social Responsibility." Teaching Sociology, 37(1): 76–88.
  • Conger, Rand D., Ebert Wallace, Lora, Sun, Yumei, Brody, G., McLoyd, V., Simons, R.L. and Laknath Peris. 2002. "Economic Pressure in African-American Families: A Replication and Extension of the Family Stress Model." Developmental Psychology, 38(2): 179–193.
  • Wickrama, K.A.S., Lorenz, Frederick O., Ebert Wallace, Lora, Laknath Peris, and Glen H. Elder, Jr. 2001. "Family Influence on Change in Physical Health During the Middle Years: The Case of Onset of Hypertension." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63(2).
  • Rueter, Martha A., Scaramella, Laura, Ebert Wallace, Lora, and Rand D. Conger. 1999. "First Onset of Depressive or Anxiety Disorder Predicted by the Longitudinal Course of Internalizing Symptoms and Parent-Adolescent Conflict." Archives of General Psychiatry, 36(August): 726–732.