Deborah Sullivan

Retired Faculty or Staff,

The Sanford School

[email protected]

COWDN 201B TEMPE, AZ 85287-3701
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Long Bio

Associate Professor, School of Social and Family Dynamics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Education

Duke, 1976

Core Scholarly Themes

Health and Society

Research Interests

Deborah Sullivan's continuing research interests are threefold: social epidemiology, turf battles in medicine, and the consequences of commercialization of health care. Her past epidemiological research has focused on race/ethnic differences in infant mortality and homebirth outcomes. She has also chaired dissertations on race/ethnic differences in hypertension, social support and mental health of the elderly, and predictors of HIV testing. Sullivan's current epidemiological research focuses on social predictors of adolescent and young adult obesity. She is also interested in the role of the media and economic and regulatory changes in redefining the scope of medicine and the occupational turf battles that result. She has published books on childbirth and cosmetic surgery and chaired a dissertation on health instruction in women's magazines. Her current research projects in this area examine several aspects of the turf battle between nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists and the emergence of independent nurse midwives in New Zealand. Sullivan's research in the commercial sector in medicine has changed from cosmetic surgery to prescription drug advertising. She has a side interest in the sociology of the body.

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Deborah Sullivan, Leah Rohlfsen. Professional Politics and the Challenge of Anesthesia Availability in Rural Hospitals. Research in the Sociology of Health Care (2008).
Deborah Sullivan. Paying More for Less: Health Care in America. Teaching Medical Sociology (2008).
Deborah Sullivan. Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty. Strategies for Successful Writing (2007).
Deborah Sullivan, Ashley Crossman, Mary Benin. The Family Environment and American Adolescents' Risk of Obesity as Young Adults. Social Science & Medicine (2006).
Deborah Sullivan. Women’s Magazines Drive the Demand for Cosmetic Surgery. Cosmetic Surgery (2005).
Sullivan, Deborah Anne. Social Bodies: Tightening the Bonds of Beauty. Strategies for Successful Writing (2005).
. . Review of: Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery (2004).
Sullivan, Deborah Anne. Cosmetic Surgery: The Cutting Edge of Commercial Medicine in America. (2001).

Presentations

Deborah Sullivan and Leah Rohlfsen. The Alignment of Countervailing Powers in Anesthesia: How a Segment of American Nurses Became Independent Practitioners. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (Aug 2008).
Rohlfsen, Leah, Sullivan, Deborah. The Anesthesia Turf Battle: Gender Differences in Workplace Interactions. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (Apr 2006).
Sullivan, Deborah. Market Forces & Regulatory Changes: The Commercialization of Cosmetic Surgery. Surgical Solutions: Identity, Embodiment, and the Mainstreaming of Cosmetic Surgery (Mar 2006).
Sullivan, Deborah. The Epidemic: Cosmetic Surgery. Body Talk: ASU Speaks Out about Food, Identity, and Society (Oct 2005).
Sullivan, Deborah. Incorporating Information Technology in Undergraduate Assignments. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (Aug 2005).
Sullivan, Deborah. Population Aging and Health Care in the 21st Century. Arizona Funeral Directors Convention (Jun 2005).
Sullivan, Deborah. The Politics of Anesthesia: A Costly Turf War. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (Apr 2004).
Sullivan, Deborah. Aging Populations and Health Care in the 21st Century. Humanist Society of Greater Phoenix (Feb 2004).

Service

Campus Health Service Advirsory Committee, member (2008 - Present)
SSFD Personnel Committee, member (2008 - Present)
CLAS Quality of Instruction Committee, member (2007 - Present)
Campus Health Service Advisory Committee, member (2008 - 2009)
SSFD Personnel Committee, member (2008 - 2009)
New York Times, 2008, interviewed for an article about the impact of the recession on cosmetic medical procedures (2008 - 2008)
Sociology of Health and Illness, reviewer (2008 - 2008)
CLAS Committee on Quality of Instruction, member (2008 - 2008)
SSFD Honors Program Committee, member (2008 - 2008)
SSFD Undergraduate Sociology Program, Coordinator (2008 - 2008)
Forbes 2007, interviewed for an article about the impact of the recession on cosmetic medical procedures (2007 - 2007)
SSFD Leadership Committee, Member (2006 - 2007)
Journal of Adolescent Health, reviewer (2007)
Social Science and Medicine, reviewer (2007)
The New York Sun, 2007, interviewed about cosmetic surgery (2007 - 2007)
Newsweek 2007, interviewed about cosmetic surgery (2007 - 2007)
New York Times 2007, interviewed about cosmetic surgery (2007 - 2007)
Sociology Department, Undergraduate Coordinating Committee for School of Social and Family Dynamics Strategic Planning Committee (2004 - 2005)
Sociology Department, Affirmative Action Representative (2003 - 2005)
Sociology Department, Associate Chair (2000 - 2005)
Sociology Department, Undergraduate Director/Chair of the Undergraduate Committee (2000 - 2005)
Sociology Department, Chair, Search Committee for 2 Lecturers (2004 - 2005)
Promotion and Tenure review committee,Washington State University, Member (2004 - 2004)
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, Dissertation marker (2003 - 2004)
Women's Studies, Member, Search Committee for a position in women's health (2003 - 2004)
Sociology Department, Medical Sociology Exam Committee (2000 - 2004)
Glamour (English and Spanish Editions), Health, O, Interviewed about cosmetic surgery (2003 - 2003)
CLAS Committee on Committees, Member (2003)
National Science Foundataion, Proposal review (2003)
Sociology Department, Chair, Information Technology Search Committee (2003)
Sociology Department, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, Overseas dissertation committee member (2003)
University Career Services Advisory Board, Member (2003)