Professor Vela-McConnell Publishes on Sex Abuse Scandals

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Professor James Vela-McConnell recently published “Behind Closed Doors: Organizational Secrecy, Stigma, and Sex Abuse within the Catholic Church.” The article was published in vol. 48 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction. The volume’s edition title is Oppression and Resistance: Structure, Agency, Transformation.

This is the second scholarly publication by Professor Vela-McConnell this semester!