Associated Resources

Irenee Beattie

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

Irenee Beattie

Primary contact information

Secondary contact information

  • Name: Tonya Luiz
  • Title: Public Information Representative
  • Email: tluiz@ucmerced.edu
  • Primary Phone: (209) 228-4408
  • Secondary Phone: (209) 658-9101

Associated Topics

Background

Irenee Beattie’s area of expertise can be best described as the sociology of education. Specifically, she studies inequality as it relates to race, ethnicity and gender. Here areas of interest include law and social policy, and adolescent transitions to adulthood. In studying adolescent transitions, she examines risk behaviors such as substance use and promiscuity.