When first asked what her biggest accomplishment has been in life Barbara answered "how wonderful my daughter is."When I clarified that I wanted to know what she thought her biggest accomplishment was professionally she said that would be her monograph Gender Vertigo This is because it was the end result of 20 years of research and data, it was received well, and read by many people.
The Council for Contemporary Families in which she is a big part of helps journalists find research that is appropriate for their stories and they also translate research and clinical work into terms that people can understand by issuing analysis of their policies. This Organization is very close to her expertise and research on the American Family that she examines in Gender Vertigo, and is a very important part of how she gives back to the community. This is why she is very proud of the growth and presence it has acquired.
As far as awards go, she has won:
The North Carolina State University Alumni Distinguished Research Professor Award
The College of Humanities and Social Science Distinguished Research Award
The NCSU Equity for Women Award
which is awarded for service towards the goal of women's equity. She won this "for her work establishing Women’s and Gender Studies, the Women’s Center, and the university affiliated day care center."
The Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award from Sociologists for Women in Society
which is given annually to a social scientist that helps to advance the study of women in society. She was given this award for "the lecture that has recently been published, entitled "A Gender as a Social Structure: Theory Wrestling with Activism" (Gender & Society, 2004).
And lastly, she has won the Katherine Belle-Boone Jocher Beard Award from the Southern Sociological Society
which recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the understanding of gender and society. She won it because of her "significant career of professional achievement to the understanding of gender and society."
Sources not previously cited:
The Southern Sociologist Awards Info
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