Theresa Hunt
Senior University Lecturer, Humanities & Social Sciences
415 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
About Me
Theresa Hunt (PhD, Rutgers University) is a Senior University Lecturer in the Science, Technology and Society program at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has published articles and book chapters on the globalization of youth movements, gender parity in post-secondary education, and women’s activism in state revolutions. Her work has appeared most recently in the journal Social Movement Studies, the edited collection Digital Sociologies (Chicago University Press, 2017), and the forthcoming volume Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring (NYU Press, 2020).
Education
Ph.D. ; Rutgers University ; Global Affairs ; 2012

M.A. ; Rutgers University ; ; 2002

B.A. ; Rutgers University ; ; 2000

2025 Fall Courses
HSS 404 - STS SEM: THE SOCIAL MEDIA DILEMMA

PSY 304A - SS RESEARCH METHODS I LAB

PSY 490 - CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE

STS 205 - INTRO TO RESEARCH METHODS

PSY 495 - SENIOR SEMINAR

PSY 304 - SS RESEARCH METHODS I

Past Courses
ENGL 102: ENGLISH COMPOSITION: INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FOR RESEARCH

HSS 403: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE

HSS 403: LIT SEM:

HSS 403: LIT SEM: MULTICULTURALISM & LITERATURE

HSS 403: LIT SEM: MULTICULTURALISM AND LITERATURE

HSS 403: LIT SEM: MULTICULTURALISM IN LITERATURE

HSS 403: LIT SEM:MULTICULTURALISM AND LITERATURE

HSS 403: LIT SEM:MULTICULTURALISM IN LI

HSS 404: HUMANITIES, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR

HSS 404: STS SEM: THE SOCIAL MEDIA DILEMMA

HSS 408: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY

HSS 408: STS SEM:

HSS 408: STS SEM: DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

HSS 410: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR

HUM 101: WRITING,SPEAKING, THINKING I

HUM 102: WRITING, SPEAKING, THINKING II

PSY 304: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS I

PSY 304A: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS I LAB

STS 205: INTRO TO RESEARCH METHODS

STS 205: INTRO TO RESEARCH METHODS - HONORS

STS 221: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

STS 304: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

STS 304: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

STS 304: WRITING SCI TECH & SOC

STS 304A: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS LAB

STS 308: GLOBALIZATION

STS 308: GLOBALIZATION - HONORS

STS 308: TECH & GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

In Progress
Romanticizing Resilience: Girlhood and Consumerism in the 21st Century
IRB-approved ongoing research examining social media trends, influencer marketing, and impact on adolescent self-perception. Rounds 1 and 2 of survey data collected; currently developing interview protocol and scheduling interviews.

Journal Article
Theresa A. Hunt. 2022. "Mothers, daughters, boundaries, and divides: Tracing the concept of difference and generation in women's activism." Women's Studies International Forum / Elsevier , vol. Volume 95 .

Theresa A. Hunt. 2018. "A movement divided: SlutWalks, protest repertoires and the privilege of nudity." Social Movement Studies / Routledge , vol. 17 , no. 5 , pp. 541–55.

Theresa A. Hunt. 2017. "A network of one’s own: Young women and the creation of youth-only transnational feminist spaces." Young / Sage Journals , vol. 25 , no. 2 , pp. 1107-123.

Chapter
Theresa A. Hunt. "Mapping the Egyptian women’s anti–sexual harassment campaigns." "Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring," NYU Press, 2020.