Women's and Gender Studies
Dr. Melissa Freiburger
Women's Studies Part-time Instructor 
Email: freiburger@ucmo.edu
Education:
Ph.D. - Sociology, University of Kansas, 2010
M.A. - Sociology, University of Central Missouri, 2002
B.A. - Sociology, Missouri Southern State University - 1999
Specializations:
Social inequality, carework, feminist theory, qualitative methods. Dr. Freiburger's current research examines the gendered and classed dimensions of the family/school relation through an examination of how mothers' carework is shaped by the institutional goal to produce "school ready" children.
WGS Related Courses Taught:
WS 2000 - Race, Class and Gender
ART 5250 - Feminist Scholarship in the Social Sciences: Theory and Method
