ALISON DAHL CROSSLEY PHD
Clayman Institute
Stanford University
Alison Dahl Crossley PhD is the Executive Director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She is the author of the books Finding Feminism: Millennial Activists and the Unfinished Gender Revolution (NYU Press, 2017) and Feminism in the United States: A Concise Introduction (Routledge, 2024).
Crossley's areas of expertise include gender, social movements, and feminism. She has been quoted in the New York Times and USA Today, featured on NPR, and her book has been covered in Publishers Weekly, the Women's Media Center, Inside Higher Ed, and Curve Magazine. Her speaking engagements have included Barnard College, Stanford University, University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of California-Santa Cruz. She has published scholarly articles and chapters about online feminism, the continuity of the feminist movement, and emerging forms of political contestation.
She holds a BA from Smith College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, highest honors), an MA in Media and Communications from the University of London, Goldsmiths College, and an MA and PhD in Sociology (emphasis in Feminist Studies) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Crossley's areas of expertise include gender, social movements, and feminism. She has been quoted in the New York Times and USA Today, featured on NPR, and her book has been covered in Publishers Weekly, the Women's Media Center, Inside Higher Ed, and Curve Magazine. Her speaking engagements have included Barnard College, Stanford University, University of California-Santa Barbara, and the University of California-Santa Cruz. She has published scholarly articles and chapters about online feminism, the continuity of the feminist movement, and emerging forms of political contestation.
She holds a BA from Smith College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, highest honors), an MA in Media and Communications from the University of London, Goldsmiths College, and an MA and PhD in Sociology (emphasis in Feminist Studies) from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
News and Publications
Crossley, Alison Dahl. 2020. Street Protest, COVID-19 and Intersectionality. The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Crossley, Alison Dahl. Forthcoming. "Feminism and the American Dream." The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream. Edited by Robert C. Hauhart and Mitja Sardoc.
Hart, Chloe, Alison Dahl Crossley, Shelley J. Correll. 2018. "Study: When Leaders Take Sexual Harassment Seriously So Do Employees" Harvard Business Review, December 14, 2018
Hart, Chloe Grace, Alison Dahl Crossley, Shelley J. Correll. 2018. "Leader Messaging and Attitudes toward Sexual Violence." Socius 4: 1-11
Alison gave a book talk at UC-Santa Barbara (November 2018)
Alison presented her research at the American Sociological Association Annual Meetings in Philadelphia (August 2018)
Alison gave book talks at Stanford University and Barnard College (October 2017)
Alison spoke about her research on "Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller" (October 2016)
Crossley, Alison Dahl. 2020. Street Protest, COVID-19 and Intersectionality. The Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Crossley, Alison Dahl. Forthcoming. "Feminism and the American Dream." The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream. Edited by Robert C. Hauhart and Mitja Sardoc.
Hart, Chloe, Alison Dahl Crossley, Shelley J. Correll. 2018. "Study: When Leaders Take Sexual Harassment Seriously So Do Employees" Harvard Business Review, December 14, 2018
Hart, Chloe Grace, Alison Dahl Crossley, Shelley J. Correll. 2018. "Leader Messaging and Attitudes toward Sexual Violence." Socius 4: 1-11
Alison gave a book talk at UC-Santa Barbara (November 2018)
Alison presented her research at the American Sociological Association Annual Meetings in Philadelphia (August 2018)
Alison gave book talks at Stanford University and Barnard College (October 2017)
Alison spoke about her research on "Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller" (October 2016)
