Heather Shay
Dr. Heather Shay is an associate professor of sociology at 51品茶. She began working at SCSU August 2023. She worked at Lake Superior State University, the University of South Carolina Beaufort, and Middle Tennessee State University previously.
Education
- PhD sociology, 2013, North Carolina State University
- MA sociology, 2003, Florida Atlantic University
- BA psychology/sociology, 2000, University of Kentucky
Research Interests
Her research interests include social inequality, social psychology and gaming.
Publications
- Buyukozturk, Bert and Heather Shay. Forthcoming. 鈥淪ocial Play? The Critical Role of Social Interaction in Geeky Games.鈥� Leisure Sciences.
- Shay, Thomas 鈥淏uddy鈥� and Heather Shay. 2022. 鈥淩PGs, Identity, and Writing Centers: Layering Realities in the Tutoring Center.鈥� Pp. 161-180 in Unlimited Players: The Intersections of Writing Center and Game Scholarship, edited by S. Vie and H. Ryan. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press.
- Cabaniss, Emily and Heather Shay. 2021. 鈥溾�橶e Share Our Stories and Risk Losing It All鈥�: Storytelling as Edgework in the Undocumented Youth Movement.鈥� Symbolic Interaction 44(2):292-309.
- Shay, Heather. 2017. 鈥淰irtual Edgework: Negotiating Risk in Role-Playing Gaming.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 46(2):203-29.
- Schwalbe, M. L. and Heather Shay. 2014. 鈥淒ramaturgy and Dominance.鈥� Pp. 155-180 in
Handbook of the Social Psychology of Inequality, edited by J. McLeod, E. Lawler, and
M. L. Schwalbe. NY: Springer.