Profile for Tyler Flockhart

Tyler Flockhart

Assistant Professor

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Specialty area(s)

Sociological Social Psychology, Health and Illness, Families, Gender, Race, Sexualities, and Qualitative Research Methods

Brief biography

Tyler Flockhart is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. He received his B.S. (2009) in Criminology from the University of Northern Iowa, M.S. (2012) in Sociology from Illinois State University and Ph.D. (2019) in Sociology from North Carolina State University. Dr. Flockhart’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of Sociological Social Psychology, Health and Illness, Gender, Race, Sexualities, Families, and Qualitative Research Methods. Professor Flockhart has published on a range of topics, including: racially conservative and extremist groups, inequalities in parent-LGB child relationships, the persistence of homophobia and heterosexism in popular television shows, and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).

Current courses at UWL

SOC 390: Social Theory

SOC 225: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, North Carolina State University

M.S., Sociology, Illinois State University

B.A., Criminology, University of Northern Iowa

Career

Teaching history

Sociology of Race, Sociology of Gender, Death and Dying, Institutional Inequalities in America, Sociology of Family, Research Methods, Sociological Theory, Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Juvenile Justice

Research and publishing

Flockhart, Tyler R, and Matthew Ezzell. 2025. “Palliative Emotion Work: Preserving Parent-LGB Child Relationships in an Age Of ‘Incomplete Acceptance.’” Qualitative Sociology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11133-025-09618-9

Flockhart, Tyler. 2022. “Preventive Emotion Work: How Inequalities Are Reproduced in Parent–LGB Child Relationships.” Pp. 1–22 in The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships, edited by T. Flockhart, A. Reiter, and M. Hassett. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2.ch001

Reprinted in:

Flockhart, Tyler R. 2025. "Preventive Emotion Work: How Inequalities Are Reproduced in Parent-LGB Child Relationships." Pp. 67–92 in Sociology Through Emotions: A Concise Reader, edited by Scott R. Harris. New York: Routledge.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003515104

Flockhart, Tyler, Abigail Reiter, and Matthew Hassett, eds. 2022. The Reproduction and Maintenance of Inequalities in Interpersonal Relationships. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4128-2

Flockhart, Tyler and Sinikka Elliott. 2020. “‘That’s What Google is For!’: How Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Young Adults Use Technology to Navigate Family Relationships.” Pp. 490-506 in Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age, edited by R. Kalish. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 10.4018/978‑1‑7998‑3187‑7.ch008

Reprinted in:

Flockhart, Tyler, and Sinikka Elliott. 2022. “‘That’s What Google Is For’: How Lesbian, Bisexual, and Gay Young Adults Use Technology to Navigate Family Relationships.” Pp. 490–506 in Research Anthology on Inclusivity and Equity for the LGBTQ+ Community, edited by Information Resources Management Association. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3679-0.ch025

Flockhart, Tyler and Abby Reiter. 2020. “Shameless Sexualities: The Incompleteness of Queer Acceptance as Depicted in a Popular Television Show” Pp. 130-148 in Shameless Sociology: The Sociology of a Popular Television Show, edited by P. Kirk and J. Weber. New Castle upon Tyne, UK.

McKinney, Kathleen, Maxine Atkinson, and Tyler Flockhart. 2017. “A Sampling of What Psychologists Engaged in SoTL Might Learn from Sociology.” Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology 3(2): 178-190. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000080

Brooks, Erinn, Kim Ebert, and Tyler Flockhart. 2017. “Examining the Reach of the Dominant Racial Ideology in the Post-Civil Rights Era.” The Sociological Quarterly 58(2):254-276. 10.1080/00380253.2017.1296340

Flockhart, Tyler, and Maxine Atkinson. 2016. “Gravestone Assignment.” TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.