Research interests
Pamela Bettis’ current research focuses on how
the concept of “nice” operates in the lives
of adolescent girls and women. In general, her research
explores the intersection of gender, youth cultures,
and schooling.
Teaching/professional interests
Bettis teaches and coordinates Diversity, Classroom
Management, and Classroom Life for secondary education
majors. At the graduate level, she teaches
courses on gender, youth cultures, and education.
Recent accomplishments
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Books
- Bettis, P.J. & Adams, N. G. (2005).
Geographies of Girlhood: Identities
In-Between. Mawhaw, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
- Adams, N.G. & Bettis, P.J. (2003).
Cheerleader! An American Icon. New York:
Palgrave/McMillan.
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Articles
- Bettis, P.J. & Adams, N.G invited and in
press). Alpha girls and cheerleading:
Negotiating new discourses with old practices.
Journal of Girlhood Studies (inaugural
issue).
- Bettis, P.J. & Adams, N.G. (In
press). Troubling boys and Alpha girls:
The continual worries over gender and
schooling. In S. Tozer, B. Gallegos, A.
Henry, P. Groves Price, M. Bushnell Greiner (Eds.)
The Handbook of Social Foundations of
Education.
- Bettis, P.J. & Adams, N.G.
(2007, Invited Book Review).
Alpha Girls: Understanding the New American Girls
and How She is Changing the World. Teachers
College Record. March 28, 2007.
http:/www.tcrecord.org
- Bettis, P.J., & Adams, N. G. (2006). Short
skirts and breast juts: Cheerleading and
eroticism in schools. Sex Education
6(2), 121-133.
Educational background
- Ph.D Educational Theory and Social Foundations,
University of Toledo, 1994
- M. Ed. Secondary Education, University of Arkansas,
1983
- B. A. Political and Social Thought of the Western
Hemisphere. University of Virginia, 1977
