Research Interests

Sexuality, Gender, Family, Culture, Mixed Methods, Pedagogy

Education

BSocSci in Sociology, University of Manchester

Study abroad, Australian National University

M.A. and Ph.D., Georgia State University

Awards & Distinctions

2022 Russell Sage Summer Institute Early Career Fellow 2022 

2020 Purdue University Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence Fellowship 2021 

2020 Graduate Contributions to the Sociological Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology 

2019 Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award, SAGE Publishing. $800 2019 Certificate for Teaching Excellence, Center for Excellence In Teaching and Learning, GSU 

2018 Georgia State University Center for Teaching and Learning, Pedagogy Research Grant, $3000 PI Dr. Mindy Stombler 

2018 Georgia Institute of Technology Division of Student Life, Make a Difference Award 

2018 “Empathy change assessment in introductory college course: A research design” The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Teaching Social Problems Graduate Student Paper Award 

2017 “Syllabi for a Diverse Society”The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Teaching Social Problems Graduate Student Paper Award

Courses

Methodology 1 (Fall)

Understanding Research (Spring)

Problems and Professional Issues (Spring)

Dissertation Proposal

Dissertation Seminar

Publications

Harvey, Penny. 2019 “Let’s talk about porn: The perceived effect of online mainstream pornography of LGBTQ youth”, pp. 31-52 in Gender, Sexuality and Race in the Digital Age, Edited by Farris, D. N., D'Lane, R., & Herrera, A. P: Springer.
+ Featured in Springers LGBTQ+ Pride campaign 2020

Rockwell, Ashley., Chris Vidmar, Penny Harvey, and Leanna Greenwood. 2019. “Empathy Change among students in Introductory Sociology Classes; Pedagogy, Style, and Content.” Teaching Sociology 47(4), 284-302.
+ Featured in 2020 Contexts Magazine

Seelman, Kristie., Shanna Karrati, Penny Harvey, and Matthew Bakko. 2020 “Trans Men's Access to Knowledgeable Providers and Experiences in Health Care Settings: Differences by Demographics, Mental Health and Degree of Being "Out" to Providers.” Health and Social Work

Harvey, Penny & Ingraham Natalie, 2021 “LGBTQ+ Family Expansion in the Age of COVID-19: A Brief Report” Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health

Harvey, Penny., Juhwan Seo, Emily Logan, 2022 “Queer at Camp: The Impact of Summer Camps on LGBTQ Campers in the United States.” Gender and Research

Harvey Penny., Sally Johnston, Ryan Decarsky, 2022 “Deaf Identity Salience: Tracing Daphne's Deaf Identity Salience through Switched at Birth” Culture and Psychology

Harvey, Penny, Erielle Jones, Daniel Copulsky, (Forthcoming) “How Sexual Partners Perceive Gender Shapes Gender Roles and Performance: the Relational Nature of Gender, the Pervasiveness of Heteronormative Sexual Scripts, and the Impact on Sexual Pleasure” Archives of Sexual Behavior 

Harvey, Penny, 2022 “Lost Moments: The broader effects of a lingering pandemic on young children, their caregivers, and their families.” in Corona Chronicles Edited by Kenneth Varner

Tillewein Heather, Brittany Brashear, Penny Harvey “The Link Between Centrality, Gender Identity, and Sexual Pleasure” Sexologies