About
Faye Linda Wachs- is a professor of Sociology in the Department of Psychology & Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She has also served as a visiting assistant professor at the University of North Florida, Loyola Marymount and the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Wachs received her Phd. in Sociology from the University of Southern California, along with a graduate certificate in gender studies. Dr. Wachs’ published work focuses on gender equity, health, fitness, media, sport, sexuality and consumerism. Her book, Body Panic: Gender, Health and the Selling of Fitness, co-authored with Shari Dworkin was the recipient of the North American Society for Sport Sociology (NASSS) Distinguished Book Award in 2010. She is the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 2012 Provost Award Winner for Distinguished Service as well as the 2009-10 Cal Poly Pomona College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences Outstanding Advisor. Dr. Wachs is the former president of an international academic organization, the North American Society for Sport Sociology, and also served as secretary for the same organization. She has also held committee appointments in the Pacific Sociological Association, and in Alpha Kappa Delta, the international sociological honor society.
Dr. Wachs is a mixed methodologist, with experience with survey research, focus groups, in-depth interviewing, content and textual analysis, and participant-observation.
Dr. Wachs was the Co-PI on a NSF GSE/RES Grant that examined the effects of stereotype threat on girls’ math performance. She was also the primary grant writer of, and faculty liaison for, a Department of Education Carol M. White Physical Education Grant. This grant provided teacher training, equipment, and afterschool physical education programs in Pomona.
In her spare time, Dr. Wachs enjoys hiking, running, biking, sailing, knitting/crocheting/sewing and spending time with her family and dogs.
Joined
January 2016
