Andi Stepnick is Professor of Sociology at Belmont University (where she served as chair of the department from 2003-2010). She earned her Ph.D. from Florida State University. She teaches classes in the Sociology of Gender, Family Problems: the Sociology of Health, Illness & the Body; Restorative Justice; Visual Sociology; and Men, Masculinity & Media. She researches gender and social movements, popular culture, and pedagogy. Since 2002, she has organized and facilitated a variety of workshops and seminars on workplace diversity issues.