Alina Hechler

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Kentucky, 2025
• Graduate Certificate in College Teaching and Learning, University of Kentucky, 2019
• Graduate Certificate in Social Theory, University of Kentucky, 2019
• M.A., American Studies, The University of Alabama, 2017
• B.A., American Studies and Political Science, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2015

Courses Taught

• ASO 201: Intro to Social Research
• SOC 153: Sociology in a Global Context
• SOC 201: Social Problems
• SOC 202: Social Deviance
• SOC 203: Sociology of Gender
• SOC 221: Sexualities

Research Interests

• Affect Studies
• Immigration
• LGBTQ Studies
• Moral Panics
• Nationalism
• Populism
• Right-Wing Campaigns