Professor Pruitt Presents at Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt presented two papers at the Rural Sociological Society's Annual Meeting, July 31-August 3 in New Orleans.  The papers were "Urbanormativity, Spatial Privilege, Judicial Blind Spots and Abortion Law" and "Law Stretched Thin: Access to Justice in Rural America." Professor Pruitt also agreed to continue to serve as co-chair of the Gender Research and Interest Group of RSS for the coming year. 

Lisa R. Pruitt is a professor at UC Davis School of Law whose recent scholarship explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts.