Overview

Dr. Jodie Hertzog is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Wichita State University.  She has a long history with the Liberal Arts & Sciences reaching back to her own undergraduate training and is an advocate for promoting interdisciplinary perspectives and applied learning experiences.

Dr. Hertzog received her doctorate in Child Development and Family Studies from Purdue University.  She is an alumni of WSU’s Leadership Academy, has previously served in the roles of both Department Chair (2012-2021) and Undergraduate Coordinator (2012-2021), and was nominated for the Midwest Sociological Society's Jane Addams Outstanding Service Award. She has also been nominated for both the LAS John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award and the Academy of Effective Teaching Award at WSU, and was co-founder and faculty co-advisor to two registered student organizations (FOCUS: Feminists on Campus and Shocker Sociology Club).  In addition, she is co-founder and co-organizer of the annual state-wide interdisciplinary Kansas Gender & Sexuality Conference.  She currently serves as a member of WSU’s Prevention Advisory Board and as a member of WSU's Campus/Community Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking Coordinated Response Team. Her long history of advocating for DVSAS awareness and prevention received her recognition as a Suspenders4Hope Champion in 2024.

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Academic Interests and Expertise

Dr. Hertzog’s teaching and research specialties revolve around the areas of intimate relationships and families across the life course, intimate violence prevention strategies, gender issues (such as women’s health and reproductive labor), and qualitative research methods.  Based on previous experiences in various student affairs roles, Dr. Hertzog is particularly interested in promoting student engagement by bridging course concepts with the world around us.

Courses in Teaching Rotation:

  • Soc 308: Relationship Problems
  • Soc 315: Marriage & Families
  • Soc 337: Young Women's Health
  • Soc 399Y: Social Perspectives on Intimate Partner Violence
  • Soc 481: Cooperative Education Experience
  • Soc 514: Sociology Capstone
  • Soc 515: Family Diversity
  • Soc/Woms 516: Sociology of Gender
  • Soc 812: Advanced Research - Qualitative Methods
  • Soc 815: Seminar on Families
  • Soc 847: Seminar on Recent Developments in Sociology [with a focus on Addressing Intimate Partner Violence]
  • LASI 800: Research Goals & Strategies - Feminist Methods
Publications

Select Research Publications, Grant Reports, & Presentations:

Intimate Violence and Bullying Related:

Hill, T., Hertzog, J., & Simon, J. (2025). The Dark Side of Digital Dating: Mid- and Later-life Adult's

     Negative Experiences on Dating Apps. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society

     Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. 

Alberton, A., Hertzog, J., & Bila, A. (2024, May). Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19

     Pandemic: Impacts and challenges for Community Organizations and Survivors' experiences of

     Help-seeking, Access to Services, and Service Utilization. Report submitted to J. Mohanty,

     University of Windsor (P.I.) and team. [Funding from the New Frontiers in Research-Special

     Call for COVID Post-Recovery Projects, Government of Canada.]

Hertzog, J. (2022, April 14). How far have we come to Institutionalizing Healthy Relationship

     Education for Youth? Poster presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference, 

     Chicago, IL.  

Wiesner, S., & Hertzog, J. (2022). Building Connections for Addressing DVSAS on Campus

     through Service Learning and Curriculum Infusion. Paper presented at the 2022 virtual Gender &

     Sexuality in Kansas Conference (March 11) and poster presented at the Midwest Sociological

     Society Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (April 14).

Hertzog, J. (2020). Evidence-based Practice in Prevention: An intro to Social Norming & Bystander

     Engagement Strategies.  Zoom training for WSU student Prevention Ambassadors.

Hertzog, J. (2019, Fall). Institutionalizing prevention: A regional & national exploration of teen dating

     violence legislation. [Funded through Sabbatical, WSU.]

 Hertzog, J. (2018).  Exploring IPV within a Policy Context:  the Case of Kansas’ Domestic

     Violence Designation Tag.  Poster presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society,   

     Minneapolis, MN. [Funded through a Summer ARC Grant, WSU.]

 Quinn, K., & Hertzog, J. (2017).  Title IX Policy: A reflection on the framing of sexual

     misconduct on college campuses.  Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

     Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI.

 Hertzog, J. (2017).  Using Social Norms in Prevention.  Webinar sponsored by WSU’s

     Community Empowerment Institute.  {Invited Speaker}

 Hertzog, J., Rowley, R., & Harpel, T.  (2016). Is it bullying, teen dating violence or both? 

     Student, school staff & parent perceptions.  Children & Schools, 38, 21-29. [Partially funded by a

     RWJF Building Healthy Teen Relationships Grant.]

 Rowley, R. L., & Hertzog, J. L. (2016). From holding hands to having a thing to hooking up:

     Framing heterosexual youth relationships. Marriage & Family Review, 52(6), 548-562.

     [Partially funded by a RWJF Building Healthy Teen Relationships Grant.]

 Simon, J., & Hertzog, J. (2016).  Not the handsome prince: Constructions of the Trafficker/Hero in

     the dark erotic romance.  Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

     Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

 Niblack, J. & Hertzog, J. (2015).  Factors that Influence Bystander Behavior in the Cyberbully

     Context, in S. Blair, P. Claster, & S. Claster (Eds.) Technology and Youth (Sociological Studies of

     Children and Youth, Volume 19). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 47-72.

 Hertzog, J., Simon, J., & Harpel, T.  (2015, November).  Blurred lines: The construction and

     romanticization of sex trafficking in popular dark erotic romance novels.  Paper presented at the

     2015 Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Albuquerque, New

     Mexico.

 Hertzog, J., & Rowley, R.  (2014). My Beliefs of My Peers Beliefs:  Exploring the Gendered Nature of

     Social Norms in Adolescent Romantic Relationships.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(2),         

     348-368. [Partially funded by a Sedgwick County Crime Prevention Grant.]

Hertzog, J., & Yeilding, R. (2009). College Women’s Perceptions of Rape Vulnerability, Awareness of

Substance-Facilitated Sexual Assault, Peer Communication, and Use of Commonly Advocated

Risk Reduction Strategies. College Student Journal, 43, 59-73.

Hertzog, J., & Williams, R. (2007). Applying Sociology through Social Marketing: Student Reflections

on an Intimate Violence Awareness Project. Teaching Sociology, 35(2), 166-173.

Gender & Society:

Simon, J., Small, S., & Hertzog, J. (2021, March 24). (Re)presentation of Women in Sport Media.  

     Facebook Live presentation. Presented as part of WSU CHAMPS/Department of Sport

     Management’s first annual Women in Sports week programming. {Invited talk, authors listed in

     order of presentation}.

Pettis, P., & Hertzog, J. (2019). Strategies of Embodiment and Resistance: An Intersectional

     Approach to Gay Men’s Body Image Development. Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of

     the Midwest Society, Chicago, IL.   

Goen, C., & Hertzog, J. (2016).  That’s what she pinned: Gender stereotypes and Pinterest. 

     Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.

Simon, J., & Hertzog, J. (2016). Not the Handsome Prince: Constructions of the Trafficker/Hero in

the Dark Erotic Romance. Poster presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. 

Hertzog, J., & Simon, J. (2015).  Battle of the book boyfriends: Constructions of masculinity in     

popular romance novels.  Paper presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest

Sociological Society, Kansas City, KS.

 Gallardo, R., & Hertzog, J.  (2015). Perceptions of the “cougar” constructed on public internet

forums.  Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society,

Kansas City, KS.

Hertzog, J., Curtis, K., & Tiemeyer, S.* (2010, April). The Benefits of Campus-Community

Collaborations for Learning Activism. Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the

Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Illinois. (*Last two authors are listed in alphabetical

order and were equal contributors.)

Hertzog, J., Wright, D., & Beat, D. (2008). There's a policy for that: A comparison of the organizational

culture of workplaces reporting incidents of sexual harassment.  Behavior & Social Issues,

17(2), 169-181.

Hertzog, J. (2008). “What about the Gray Area:” College Women’s Reflections on the Sex Talk and

Abstinence. Families in Society, 89(2), 312-322.

Technology-medited Relationships in Mid- and Later-life:

Hill, T., Wilson, D., & Hertzog, J. (2024, November). Computers and Connectedness: Digital

technology and relationships in later life. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of

the National Council on Family Relations, Bellevue, WA. [*Selected as the 2024 NCFR Issues in

Aging Focus Group Professional Paper award winner.]

Hill, T., Hertzog, J., & Simon, J. (2024, Oct. 18). Intersections of Age & Gender in Mid- and Later-life

Adults’ Perceptions of Online Dating. Paper presented at the 2024 Gender & Sexuality in

Kansas Conference, Wichita, KS.

Hertzog, J., Hill, T., & Simon, J. (2024, April). Love Bytes in the Golden Years: Mid- and Later-life

Adult’s Perspectives on Digital Dating Practices. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological

Society Annual Conference, Des Moines, IA.

Steinke, E., Mosack, V., Hertzog, J., & Wright, D. (2013). A Social-Cognitive Sexual Counseling

Intervention Post-MI – Development and Pilot Testing. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 49, 

162-170. [Funding source: Gridley-Hoover Pilot Research Program, Regional Institute of Aging,

WSU.]

Harpel, T., & Hertzog, J. (2010). “I thought my heart would burst”: The role of ultrasound

technology on expectant grandparenthood. Journal of Family Issues, 31(2), 257-274.