Theresa Hunt

Senior University Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
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
2026 Fall Courses
PSY 304A - SS RESEARCH METHODS I LAB
PSY 490 - CO-OP WORK EXPERIENCE
HSS 404 - THE SOCIAL MEDIA DILEMMA
PSY 495 - PSYCHOLOGY CAPSTONE
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
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.