Emerging Media and Technology (including Public Perceptions)

Julia McQuillan is Willa Cather Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She evaluates fundamental social psychological theories with multiple kinds of research designs and analyses, including interdisciplinary work with art, to study social inequality with the goal of changing structures and practices to increase equity and wellbeing. She enjoys teaching introductory sociology and multidisciplinary research collaboration to fund and publish research on several topics, including fertility and infertility, gender, health, public understanding of science, and more recently the implications of innovations in food science, bioeconomy, robotics, and engineering. Her work on fertility and infertility examined the psychosocial dynamics and health disparities of fertility and infertility in women, including the impact on marriage and divorce. (Updated May 2025)