Graduated with Ph.D., June 2018. Previous Instructor, SOC 287 and SOC 402 Contact Information sdief@uw.edu Personal Website Fields of Interest Education Gender Life Course Masculinity Qualitative Methods Religion Sexuality Biography Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2018 Research Selected Research Diefendorf, Sarah. 2018. "Evangelical Sexual Politics in Trump’s America." Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.Adviser: Sarah Quinn, Adviser: Julie Brines, Adviser: Judith A. Howard Resources & Related Links personal website here A Conversation with the Woman who Studies Evangelical Male Virgins What Happens to Men who are Abstinent Until Marriage? Affiliations Home Department Sociology Related News Related News Sarah Diefendorf, PhD '18, draws on social science research in an op-ed about masculinity and Brett Kavanaugh's response to allegations of sexual assault (September 26, 2018) Diefendorf honored with ASA Section Award for research on sexuality among evangelicals (July 27, 2017) 2016 - 2017 Graduate Student and Faculty Department Awards Recipients (May 30, 2017) Sarah Diefendorf's work appears in Gender and Society October 2015: 29(5) (September 15, 2015)