Assistant Professor
Sociology & Criminal Justice

Derek Siegel

6000 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, (2024)

M.A. in Sociology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, (2019)

B.A. in Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies, American University, (2014)

Research Interests

Race, Gender, and Class; Family; Medical Sociology; LGBTQ Studies; Feminist Theory; Qualitative Methods

Articles

Siegel, D. P. (2025). Trans Women, Uterine Transplants, and “Biological Difference” In the USA: Notes from the Field. Medical Anthropology , pp. 1-6.
Siegel, D. P. (2024). Teaching Dobbs to Disrupt U.S. Hegemony and Build Feminist Solidarities. Radical Teacher 129 , pp. 51-59.
Siegel, D. P. (2024). Policing Motherhood, Controlling Families: Race, Reproductive Governance, and Trans Women’s Parenting Rights. Gender & Society 38 (1) , pp. 60-88.
Siegel, D. P. (2019). Transgender experiences and transphobia in higher education. Sociology Compass 13 (10).