Cara Bergstrom-Lynch

Biography

Dr. Bergstrom-Lynch is Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University. Her research and teaching interests focus on gender and sexuality, families, and interpersonal violence. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan and her B.A. in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Wellesley College.

Research Interests

• Gender and sexuality
• Families
• Interpersonal violence

Of Note

Dr. Bergstrom-Lynch's book, Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree: Confronting Social Inequalities, was recently published by Lexington Books.

Teaching Interests

• LGBTQ+ Families
• Social Inequalities
• Sociology of Gender

Publications

Bergstrom-Lynch, Cara. 2020. “Free to Be You and Me, Maybe: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents Doing Gender with Their Children.” Journal of Gender Studies. 29(3): 282-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2019.1635000

Bergstrom-Lynch, Cara. 2018. “Empowerment in a Bureaucracy? Survivors’ Perceptions of Domestic Violence Shelter Policies and Practices.” Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work. 33(1): 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109917716104

Bergstrom-Lynch, Cara. 2015. Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals Becoming Parents or Remaining Childfree: Confronting Social Inequalities. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (Paperback edition released July 2017)

Bergstrom-Lynch, Cara. 2012. “How Children Rearrange the Closet: Disclosure Practices of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Prospective Parents.” Journal of GLBT Family Studies. 8(2): 173-197.

Huang, Penelope, Wendy Manning, Pamela J. Smock, Cara Bergstrom-Lynch. 2011. “He Says, She Says? Gender and Cohabitation.” Journal of Family Issues. July; 32(7): 876-905.