Paige L. Sweet | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Illinois Chicago |
| Thesis | "Traumatizing Politics: Legibility & Survivorhood after Domestic Violence" (2018) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | The Politics of Surviving:How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath (2021) |
Paige L. Sweet (born 1987) [1] is a sociologist at the University of Michigan,working in the areas of gender and sexuality,knowledge,gender-based violence. [2] Sweet has received attention for her work [3] on gaslighting in relationships and the workplace. [4] [5] [6] She is the author of The Politics of Surviving:How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath (University of California Press,2021). [7]
In 2018,Sweet received her PhD in sociology from the University of Illinois Chicago. [8]
Sweet is the author of the article “The Sociology of Gaslighting”published in the American Sociological Review (2019),for which she received an award from the American Sociological Association. [9] She has written the book The Politics of Surviving:How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and its Aftermath (2021). [10] [11] [12]
As of 2020,she teaches at the University of Michigan,where she studies gaslighting in relationships and in the workplace. [13] She argues that gaslighting is mostly a sociological phenomenon made possible by social inequalities,including gender. [14] [15] She has related gaslighting to sexual situations, [16] medicine, [17] [18] the legal system, [13] and to the work place. [13]