Elizabeth Heger Boyle

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D. : Sociology, Stanford University, 1996 -
• J.D.: magna cum laude, University of Iowa, 1987 -
• B.S.: Sociology, summa cum laude, University of Iowa, 1983 -
• M.A: Sociology, University of Iowa, 1987 -

Specialties

• Children’s and Women’s Rights
• Reproductive Health
• Sociology of Law
• Globalization

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Chair: UMN College of Liberal Arts Council of Chairs, 2014-15..
• Chair: Membership Committee, ASA Human Rights Section, 2016-18..
• Chair: Publications Committee, Law & Society Association, 2011-13..
• Council member: American Sociological Association (ASA) Human Rights Section, 2016-18..
• Trustee: Board of Trustees, Law & Society Association, 2011-13..
• : UMN Sociology Department Chair, 2012-17..
• : UMN Faculty Liaison to the State Legislature, 2010-12..
• Council Member: Sociology of Law Section, ASA, 2013-15..
• : Ex-officio, UMN Faculty Consultative Committee, 2010-12..
• Chair: Nominations Committee, Sociology of Law Section, ASA, 2014..

Research

• IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys Project: Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, this project enhances the ability to conduct comparative research with DHS data for scholars and policymakers around the globe.
• IPUMS PMA: Recent data from the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 project makes it possible to assess short- and long-term changes in women’s interest in and access to family planning, water, and sanitation. This project unlocks the PMA data for easy comparative research by scholars and policymakers around the globe..
• Women's Health in the Global Arena: Transnational organizations from the International Planned Parenthood Association to the Roman Catholic Church have gotten involved in shaping women's health policies around the world. How has this affected governments’ regulation of women's health and what are the actual implications for women?.

Awards

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Awards

• Faculty Mentoring Award, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, 2011, 1998.

Courses

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Courses

• Soc 4171 - Sociology of International Law
• Soc 4101W - Sociology of Law
• Soc 3241 - Global Perspective on Women's Health
• Soc 3801 - Sociological Research Methods
• Soc 8171 - Topics: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights