Selected Works of Hank Nuwer Cited in Scholarly and Popular Press Publications, Dissertations, Theses, Books
Haidt, Jonathan. The Anxious Generation, Penguin, 2024.
Alonso, Johanna. “Legal Challenge Over Hazing at Univ. of Maryland,” Inside Higher Education, March 19, 2024.
Knight, Sean. “A Phenomenological Study of the Influence of Masculinity on Peer Accountability in Fraternities,” University of North Carolina Ed.D. dissertation, 2024.
Drayton, K. “Finer Women Don’t Haze: Hazing Disclosure Variations Based on External Environmental Factors,” Liberty University Ed.D. dissertation, 2024.
Jones, Madison. “Interview with Hank Nuwer,” Midwest Writers Workshop, Updated April 26, 2023. https://www.midwestwriters.org/2023/04/26/interview-with-author-hank-nuwer/
Steinbach, Paul. Longtime Database Keeper Hank Nuwer on Hazing,” Athletic Business, September 5, 2023. Link:
Gibson, C J., “Fraternal New Member Processes: An Alumni Perspective” (2023). Masters Theses. 4973. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/4973
Joseph, DeLisa A. “Teacher Perceptions of Hazing Among Middle and High School Students. Doctor of Education dissertation, Liberty University, 2022.
Mathews, Jana. The Benefits of Friends: Inside the Complex World of Today’s Fraternities and Sororities, University of North Carolina Press, 2022.
Tian, Richard. “Greek Life in American Higher Education: Abolish or Reform.” Swarthmore College Education thesis, 2022.
Cimino, Aldo et al. “Workplace Hazing,” Group & Organization Management, 2021.
Thebault, Reis. “A Freshman was `Hazed to Death,’” Washington Post, June 4, 2021.
Hermansdorfer, Paul Andrew, “Perceptions of Student Organization Advisors Regarding Hazing and Antihazing Law” (2020). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 1336. https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/1336
Kim, S. The Power of Groups in Youth Sports, Elsevier, 2020.
Meriweather Jason L. Dismantling Hazing in Greek-Letter Organizations, NASPA, 2020.
Oyarzun, Eduardo Valls, et al. Avenging Nature in Modern and Contemporary Art. Bowman & Littlefield, 2020.
Alexander, K. (2020). ‘“It’s Just a Prank, Bro!’: Examining College Hazing with Constructivist Grounded Theory and Qualitative Research Methods,” The Qualitative Report, 25(10): 3641-3656.
Ryan, Sarah, “HAZEducation: Reframing Hazing Education by Centering Connections” (2020). West Chester University Master’s Theses. 130. https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/all_theses/130
Alexander, K. & T. Opsal (2020). ‘“That’s Just What You Do’: Applying the Techniques of Neutralization to College Hazing,” Deviant Behavior, 42(10): 1295-1312. DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2020.1738649
Jackson, Jabari M. “Empowering Reporting of Misbehavior,” Master of Military Science Thesis, United States Army Command and General Staff College, 2019. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1106731.pdf
Kaplin, William A., et al. The Law of Higher Education, Jossey-Bass, 2019.
Fink, Jenni. “Fraternity-related Deaths Make Headlines,” Newsweek, November 22, 2019.
Tyus, Rebecca. “Understanding the Factors That Lead States to Adopt Anti-Hazing Laws,” Department of Political Science Honors Thesis, April 2, 2019.
Feur, Emily. “Hazing Definitions of Students and Administrators at Two Institutions Using a Four Frame Approach,” Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice: Vol. 14: Iss 2, Article 5.
Fetters, Ashley. “A Northwestern Student Took Her Own Life.” The Atlantic. January 14, 2019.
Svrluga, Susan. “Hit Them in Their Heart,” Washington Post, November 3, 2019.
Gregory S. Parks and Nicolette DeLorenzo, Hazing in High School Athletics: An Analysis of Victims, 29 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 451 (2019) Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/sportslaw/vol29/iss2/6
Perlow, Emily, “Plazing Inside the Fratriarchal Frame: American College Fraternity Men’s Gender Identity and Hazing” (2018). Doctoral Dissertations. 1266. https://doi.org/10.7275/11926569.0 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1266
Tingley, Keith et al. “Sorority and Fraternity Attitudes Towards Hazing and Initiation,” Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice, Vol 13, Issue 2, 2018.
Matkan, Alena. “Dedovschina on Trial,” Cambridge University Press online, November 20, 2018.
Jeckell, Aaron Slone, et al. “The Spectrum of Hazing and Peer Sexual Abuse in Sports: A Perspective,” Sage, 2018. First published in Sports Health in 2018 Nov-Dec; 10(6): 558–564.
Huysamer, Carolyn Ann. “A Grounded Theory of Hazing in Gauteng Secondary Schools,” Doctor of Education dissertation, University of South Africa, December 2018.
Spencer, Kyle. “Colleges and State Laws Are Clamping Down on Fraternities,” New York Times, June 5, 2018.
Swan, Stephanie A. “Community Readiness: A Case Study of University Communities Engaging in Hazing Prevention” (2014). University of Maine Doctoral Dissertation, 2018.
Ellis, Christopher Keith. “The Examination of Hazing Case Law As Applied Between 1980-2013,” University of Kentucky dissertation in Educational Policies and Evaluation, 2018.
Hechinger, John. True Gentlemen, Hachette, 2017.
Coulter, John A. Cadets on Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States, Texas A & M University Press, 2017.
Kuhne, Thomas. The Rise and Fall of Comradeship: Hitler’s Soldiers, Male Bonding and Mass Violence in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Strauss, Valerie. “Are Colleges Really Doing Enough to Stop Fraternity Hazing Deaths,” Washington Post, November 16, 2017.
Hartocollis, Anemona. “No Wild Parties, No Pledging, As Universities Crack Down on Fraternities’ Excesses, New York Times, December 15, 2017.
Kellie, Katie. “Four Ways to Crack Down on Hazing in Fraternities,” Time Magazine, June 7, 2017.
Bruni, Frank. “Their Pledges Die. So Should Fraternities.” New York Times, November 17, 2021.
Doyne, Shannon. “Should Fraternities Be Abolished?” New York Times, November 20, 2017.
Gilpin, Caroline Crosson. “Questions for `Prosecutors Take Tougher Stance in Fraternity Deaths,’” The New York Times Learning Network uses work of Hank Nuwer as a study guide in its article of the day. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/learning/questions-for-prosecutors-taking-tougher-stance-in-fraternity-hazing-deaths.html
Kellie, Katie. “These Are the Students Who Died in Hazing Deaths in 2017,” Time Magazine, June 7, 2017.
Faucett, Bill F. The Marching Chiefs of Florida State University. McFarland, 2017.
Wolf, L.A., et al. “Nurse Bullying and Hazing” in Int. Emergency Nursing, September 22, 2017.
Geltner, Ted. Blood, Bone and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews, University of Georgia Press, 2017.
Balee, William. Inside Cultures: A New Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Routledge, 2017.
Payne, Marissa. “`American Crime’ Producers Tackle High School Hazing,” Washington Post, January 27, 2016.
Stanmyre, Jackie F. Jesse Owens: Facing Down Hitler. Cavendish, 2015.
Hamilton, Ryan et al. “Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Predict Hazing Perpetration in University Athletics,” Journal of Sport Behavior 39 (2016).
Diamond AB, Callahan ST, Chain KF, Solomon GS. “Qualitative review of hazing in collegiate and school sports: consequences from a lack of culture, knowledge and responsiveness.” Br J Sports Med. 2016;50:149-153
Martin, Patricia Yancey. “The Rape Prone Culture of Academic Contexts: Fraternities and Athletics.” Gender and Society, Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 2016), pp. 30-43.
Anderson, Eric, et al. Out in Sport: The experiences of openly gay and lesbian athletes. Taylor & Francis, 2016.
Bronner, Simon J. Folklore: The Basics. Routledge 2016.
Sharoni, Simona, et al (eds.). Handbook on Gender and War. Elgar, 2016.
Keller, Kirsten M. et al. “Hazing in the U.S. Armed Forces,” Rand Corporation, August 11, 2015. Download copy at https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR941.html
Robbins, Alexandra. Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men, Dutton, 2015.
Alvarez, Devon M. “Death by Hazing: Should There be a Federal Law Against Fraternity and Sorority Hazing,” Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Summer 2015.
Yvo, B. R. B., Suzana, N. C., José D., M. M., Maria, M., Susana, P. B., & Osvaldo, S. (2015). “About Hazing in Higher Education,”. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 11(10). Retrieved from https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/view/6131
Martin, Scott C. (ed.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historic Persectives, SAGE, 2015.
Jenkins, Cameron Whitworth, “Academic Hazing In Music Education” (2014). University of Mississippi dissertation, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1086.
Alvarez, D.M., “Death by Hazing.” Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (1947-2900), 2015. https://jmrpublication.org/wp-content/uploads/JMR7-2.pdf
Keenan, J.F. How Colleges Can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015. Lengthy discussion of Nuwer’s body of work and ethical signicance.
Gurbacki, K., et al. “Hazed and Confused.” “Entertainment and Sports Law Review,” 2015.
Sperry, Lee. Mental Health and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions, Treatments and Well-Being. ABC-Clio, 2015.
Smart, Noelle Katherine. “Becoming `Bros’: Hegemonic Masculinity and Peer Effects in the Hazing Rituals of College Fraternities.” Lehigh University M.A. Sociology (2014), Theses and Dissertations.
Gipko, Jesse. “Road Narratives as Culture: Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, and William Least Heat Moon,” Duquesne University Theses and Dissertations, Fall 2014.
Finley, Laura L. School Violence, ABC-Clio, 2014.
Parks, Gregory S. and Rashawn Ray, Shayne E. Jones, Matthew W. Hughey. “Complicit in Their Own Demise,” Law & Social Inquiry, Vol. 39, No. 4 (Fall 2014), pp. 938-972.
Binkley, Collin. “Ohio State’s Marching Band Culture: Innocent Fun or Abuse?” Columbus Dispatch, July 27, 2014.
Cantalupo, Nancy Chu. “Masculinity and Title IX,” Maryland Law Review, 73, 887 (2014). https://ioa.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/Masculinity-and-Title-IX.pdf
Chamberlain, Brandon W. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper: Reforming Criminal Hazing Laws Based on Assumption of Care,” 63 Emory Law Journal, 2014. https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1233&context=elj
Stuart, Susan P. 35 “Warriors, Machismo, and Jockstraps: Sexually Exploitative Athletic Hazing and Title IX in the Public School Locker Room,” W. New Eng. L. Rev. 377 (2013).
Gregory S. Parks and Tiffany F. Southerland, The Psychology and Law of Hazing Consent, 97 Marq. L. Rev. 1 (2013).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/mulr/vol97/iss1/3
Hechinger, John. “Fraternities Scuttle Proposals to Ban Freshman Rush After Drinking Deaths,” “Bloomberg News,” October 5, 2013.
Chrzan, Janet. Social Drinking in Cultural Context, Routledge, 2013.
Sumner, David E. and Holly G. Miller. Feature and Magazine Writing: Action, Angle and Anecdotes, Blackwell, 2013.
Goldberg, Suzanne B. Sexuality and Equality Law. Ashgate Publishing, 2013.
Manzanedo, Arturo. “The Persistence of Hazing in the Military,” U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Master of Military Studies Thesis, 2013.
Pensado, Jaime M. Rebel Mexico: Student Unrest and Authoritarian Political Culture During the Long Sixties, Stanford University Press, 2013.
Bishop, Christopher R. “Swedish Student Life in Uppsala: Intersection of Ritual and Play I Identity Formation.” University of Wisconsin Ph.D. Dissertation in Scandinavian Studies.
Klein, Jessica. The Bully Society and the Crisis of Bullying in America’s Schools, NYU Press, 2013.
Young, C.J. “Minding the Realm: William Least Heat Moon and the Blue Highways of Public Memory,” South Shore Review, 2013.
Lundsen, Richard. Hazing: Rituals of Bondage, Create Space, 2013.
McCann, Michelle Roehm. Boys Who Rocked the World, Simon and Schuster, 2012.
Crumm, David. The New Bullying, Michigan State University, 2012.
McCreary, Gentry Russell. “The Impact of Moral Judgment and Moral Disengagement on Hazing Attitudes and Bystander Behavior in College Males.” University of Alabama Doctor of Philosophy dissertation in Educational Leadership, 2012.
Winerip, Michael. “When a Hazing Goes Very Wrong,” New York Times Magazine, April 12, 2012.
Bronner, Simon J. Campus Traditions: Folklore, University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Johnson, Jay. “Through the Liminal: A Comparative Analysis of Communitas and Rites of Passage in Sport Hazing and Initiations.” The Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, Vol. 36, No. 3 (2011), pp. 199-227.
Grimes, Ronald L. Ritual, Media, and Conflict, Oxford Ritual Studies, 2011.
Kronsell, A., & Svedberg, E. (Eds.). Making Gender, Making War: violence, military and peacekeeping practices. Routledge, 2011.
Cimino, A. (2011) The Evolution of Hazing: Motivational Mechanisms and the Abuse of Newcomers. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 11, 241-267.
Anderson, Eric, et al. “Male Team Sport Hazing Initiations in a Culture of Decreasing Homohysteria,” Journal of Adolescent Research, July 2011.
Harper, Shaun R. College Men and Masculinities, Jossey-Bass, 2010.
Brown, Tamara, Gregory S. Parks, et al (eds.). “African American Fraternities and Sororities: The Legacy and the Vision,” University of Kentucky Press, 2010.
Fields SK, Collins CL, Comstock RD. “Violence in youth sports: hazing, brawling and foul play.” Br J Sports Med. 2010;44:32-37.
Cimino, Aldo. “On the Perception of Newcomers,” Human Nature, June 10, 2010.
Waldron, Jennifer L. and Christopher L. Kowalski. “Crossing the Line: Rites of Passage, Team Aspects, and Ambiguity of Hazing, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, (80), 2, June 2009, 291-302.
Fields, Sarah K. et al. “Violence in Youth Sports: Hazing, Brawling, and Foul Play,” Journal of Sports Medicine, October 25, 2009.
Davies, Jonathan. Culture and Power: Tuscany and Its Universities, 1537-1609, Brill, 2009.
Calliens, Johan. Crossings: David Mamet’s Work in Different Genres and Media, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009.
Cheney, Peter. “Ontario Teens’ Charges in Hazing,” Toronto Globe and Mail, September 10, 2009.
Williams, Preston. “Abuse Survives in a Haze of Mixed Messages (Hank Nuwer Q & A), Washington Post, February 12, 2009. Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021003442.html
Kimmell, Michael. Guyland, HarperCollins, 2008.
Parks, Gregory S. Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century, University of Kentucky Press, 2008.
Dutton, Edward. Meeting Jesus at University: Rites of Passage and Evangelicals, Routledge, 2008.
Farrell, Susan. Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut. Facts on File, 2008.
Michelucci, Stefania. The Poetry of Thom Gunn,
Hamilton, Jill. Bullying and Hazing, Greenhaven Press, 2008.
Weisshampel, Stefan. The Role of Science Fiction: Asimov & Vonnegut. Diplomica Verlag GMBH, 2008.
Allan, E. J. Hazing in View: College Students at Risk. Initial Findings from the National Study of Student Hazing. Darby, PA: Diane Publishing; 2008.
DeSantis, Alan. Inside Greek University, University of Kentucky Press, 2007.
Wilfert, Mary. Building New Traditions: Hazing Prevention in College Athletics. Indianapolis, IN: National Collegiate Athletic Association; 2007.
Clery, Constance L., et al. Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses, Styles Publishing, 2007.
Fields, Sarah K., et al. “Conflict on the Courts: A Review of Sports-Related Violence Literature,” Trauma, Violence and Abuse, Vol. 8, Number 4, October 2007.
Guernsey, Bridget. “Book Review of Preventing Hazing by S. Lipkins,” NASPA Journal, (44), 1, 2007.
Kimbrough, Walter. “Why Students Beat Each Other,” in Creating and Maintaining Safe College Campuses by Jerlando F. L. Jackson, Stylus, 2007.
Hunter, Mic. Honor Betrayed: Sexual Abuse in America’s Military. Barricade Books, 2007.
Finley, Laura L. and Finley, Peter. “A Content Analysis of news coverage of sports-related hazing incidents in high schools,” Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, 14 (2), 2007, 197-219.
Bronner, Simon J. Crossing the Line, Amsterdam University Press, 2007.
Finley Peter and Laura Finley. The Sports Industry’s War on Athletes, Bloomsbury, 2006.
Sternheimer, Karen. Kids These Days: Facts and Fictions About Today’s Youth. University of Southern California Press, 2006.
Lipkins, Susan. Preventing Hazing, Jossey-Bass, 2006.
Stephenson, Bret. From Boys to Men: Spiritual Rites of Passage in an Indulgent Age, Park Street Press, 2006.
Howard, Adam and Elizabeth England Kennedy. “Breaking the Silence: Power, Conflict, and Contested Frames within an Affluent High School,” Anthropology and Education Quarterly, (37), 4, 2006, 347-365.
McComb, Mary C. Great Depression and the Middle Class, Routledge, 2006.
Gervais, Joe. “In the Name of Obedience: Overcoming the Damaging Myths about Hazing,” in Prettyman, Sandra Spickard and Brian Lampman, Learning Culture Through Sports, Exploring the Role of Sports in Society, Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.
Groah, Joseph S. “Treatment of Fourth Class Midshipmen: Hazing and Its Impact on Academic and Military Performance; And Psychological and Physical Health. Naval Postgraduate School thesis, 2005.
Anderson, Eric. In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity, SUNY Press, 2005.
Edelman, Marc, “How to Prevent High School Hazing: A Legal, Social, and Ethical Primer” (Fall 2005). North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 81, 2005.
Barton, Bruce. Imagination in Transition: Mamet’s Move to Film, Peter Lang, 2005.
Swigert, Lance Patrick. “An Exploratory Study of Safe Initiation Activities and Training Offered to Greek Letter Organizations at Land Grant Universities. M.S. Thesis, Oklahoma State University, 2005.
Scott, Melanie D. “Michigan Senate Considers Making Hazing a Crime,” Washington Post, March 20, 2004.
Robbins, Alexandra. Pledged, Hyperion, 2004.
Aronson, Amy; Kimmel, Michael, eds. (2004). Men & Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.
Evans, Michael Robert. The Layers of Magazine Editing. Columbia University Press, 2004.
Bott, Christie Jo. The Bully in the Book and in the Classroom, Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Jones, Ricky L. Black Haze: Violence, Sacrifice and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities, SUNY Press, 2004.
Childress, Sarah. “Frat Hazing: A Dangerous New Game,” Newsweek, December 7, 2003.
Carroll, Bret. American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia, SAGE, 2003.
Healy, Patrick. “School District in Hazing Case Draws Anger from Parents,” New York Times, September 19, 2003.
Dundes, Alan. Bloody Mary in the Mirror, University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
Smith, Patrick A. The True Bones of My Life: Essays on the Fiction of Jim Harrison, Michigan State University Press, 2002.
Gilmore, Jennifer. “From Sister to Sister to Woman: The Role of Sororities in the Social Transmission of Gender,” Master of Arts Thesis in Interdisciplinary Studies, June 5, 2002.
Gulledge, Jo and Shawn Beard. Campus Safety & Security, Aspen Publishers, 2002.
Hollmann, Barbara B. Hazing: Hidden Campus Crime, New Directions for Student Services, Wiley (99), Fall 2002.
Bushweller, Kevin. “High School Hazing Grows Violent and Humiliating,” American School Board Journal, August 2000, 19+.
Hart, Henry. James Dickey: The World As a Lie, Macmillan, 2001.
Boon, Kevin Alexander. At Millennium’s End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut, SUNY Press, 2001.
Mackey, Robert. “Expert Opinion (Hank Nuwer): Hazing, New York Times, March 19, 2000.
Jacobs, Andrew. “Violent Cast of School Hazing Mirrors Society, Experts Say,” New York Times, March 5, 2000.
Crocket, Richard B. “Review of Hank Nuwer’s Wrongs of Passage.” The Journal of College and University Law, Volume 26, Number 4, Spring 2000, 783-788.
Rutledge, Gregory E. “Review of Hank Nuwer’s Wrongs of Passage.” The Journal of College and University Law, Volume 26, Number 4, Spring 2000, 789-801.
Ferris, Eric. Inside Perspectives: Attributes of Successful Division 1 College Athletic Departments. University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
Sweet, Stephen. (1999) “Understanding fraternity hazing: insights from symbolic interactionist theory.” Journal of College Student Development, 40(4): 355-363.
Bryshun, Jamie. “Hazing in Sport: An Exploratory Study of Veteran/Rookie Relations,” M.A. Thesis in Sociology, The University of Calgary, 1997.
Kane, Leslie. David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross. Routledge, 1996.
Rhoads, Robert A. “Whale Tales, Dog Piles, and Beer Goggles: An Ethnographic Case Study of Fraternity life,” in Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 26 (3): 306-323.
Arnold, James Charles. “Alcohol and the Chosen Few: Organizational Reproduction in an Addictive System,” Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education dissertation, February 1995.
Applebome, Peter. “Lawsuit Shatters Code of Silence Over Hazing at Black Fraternities,” New York Times, December 21, 1994.
Rosen, Elizabeth. Apocalyptic Transformation: Apocalypse and the Postmodern Imagination, Lexington Books, 2008.
Celis, William. “Hazing’s Forbidden Rites Are Moving Underground,” New York Times, January 27, 1993.
Horner, Carl S. The Boy Inside the American Businessman, University Press of America, 1992.
Creeden, John E. “Review of Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing.” (National Association of Student Personnel Administrators) NASPA, Summer 1992, Vol. 29, No. 4.
Weinberg, Steve. The Reporter’s Handbook: An Investigator’s Guide to Documents and Techniques, IRE, 2002 rev.
Weinberg, Robert. The Louis L’Amour Companion (Bantam), 1994.
Melancon, Lisa. “Hazing in U.S. Fraternities and Sororities” (1994). Graduate Research Papers. 2012.
Gale, Robert. Louis L’Amour, Twayne, 2008.
Sheely, Robert. Sports Lab: How Science Has Changed Sports, Silver Moon Press, 1994.
Laird, Charlton. Walter Van Tilburg Clark: Critiques, University of Nevada Press, 1983.
