Michelle Dietert

Michelle Dietert
Texas A&M University – Central Texas | TAMUCT · Department of Social Sciences

PhD in Sociology

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Introduction
I am interested in LGBTQ issues but particularly the experiences of trans and gender diverse people. For the past few years, I've focused on trans U.S. service members and their experiences.
Additional affiliations
August 2019 - December 2019
Southwestern University
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Description
  • Adjunct
January 2008 - present
Texas A&M University – Central Texas
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Education
August 2002 - May 2007
Texas Woman's University
Field of study
  • Sociology
August 1994 - August 1996
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Field of study
  • Women's Studies
August 1989 - August 1991
Texas Woman's University
Field of study
  • Psychology

Publications

Publications (10)
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On September 20, 2011, President Barack Obama repealed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy allowing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) people to openly serve in the U.S. military even though transgender service members were not afforded the same protections. On July 23, 2015, Obama's Secretary of Defense Ash Carter officially rescinded the transg...
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Several studies focusing on public attitudes toward transgender people have been conducted, but there has been minimal research on how heteronormativity might influence military-affiliated respondents' attitudes toward trans-gender service members. In this qualitative study, seven United States veterans participated in phone interviews from July 20...
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Purpose: There is a gap in social science literature addressing issues of access and quality of care for transgender military veterans. Psychologists, medical doctors, and other health professionals are beginning to address some of the barriers present in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system that affect veterans who are also transgender a...
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Although there have been studies that focus on the experiences of the gay and lesbian population serving in the United States military, few have focused on the experience of active duty transgender service members. Transgender individuals transgress the binary conception of gender by deviating from societal gender norms associated with assigned sex...
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Mainstream social constructions of gender tend to demand conformity by adhering to only two choices of gender identity—male or female. Transgender individuals transgress this binary conception of gender by deviating from societal gender norms associated with assigned sex at birth. Using a combination of face-to-face and telephone methodology to col...
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Mainstream social constructions of gender tend to demand conformity by adhering to only two choices of gender identity, male and female. Transgender individuals transgress this binary conception of gender by deviating from the societal gender norms associated with the sex assigned at birth. Using a combination of face-to-face and phone interviews t...

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