Elise Lake
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
Phone Number: (662)915-7737
Email: salake@olemiss.edu
http://socanth.olemiss.edu/2011/10/elise-s-lake/

Key Words: Sociology of Food and Eating, Crime and Deviance, Family, Social Psychology, Sociology of Literature

Research Description: Current research in progress

• "More than Southern Grotesque: A Sociological Take on Harry Crews." Book manuscript. With Gary L. Long.
• “Whatever Happened to Embonpoint? Representations of Diet and Body Ideals in Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1901-1931.”
• “Lobbyists in the Lunchroom: Politics and the National School Lunch Program.”
• “From Fed to Fat: Exploring the Linkages Between Federal Agricultural Policies and American Obesity.”

Honors Theses:

Hovan, Margaret Rose (2018) Attitudes towards Plastic Surgery in College Men and Women (full text)

Hersh, Garrett (2016) Cultural Implications of Starbucks Consumption in China: Why do Chinese Have a Latte on their Mind? (full text)

Cosenza, Brittany Lee (2013) "Shame on You: How Media Affects the Formation of Negative Body Image in Adolescent Women" (full text)

Wilkerson, Drew Tyler (2009) "The Demographics of College Majors"