Summary
Casey Scheibling is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Social Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to this appointment, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto from 2020 to 2023, after receiving his Ph.D. in Sociology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 2019.
As a critical social psychologist, Dr. Scheibling uses symbolic interactionist and cultural sociological perspectives to address research questions in three main streams. The first stream explores cultures of masculinity. Central to this stream is an ethnographic examination of how “dad bloggers” leverage digital media technologies to reconstruct popular discourse about fatherhood and masculinities. Prior to this project, Scheibling investigated the representation of men’s bodies and gendered bodywork in lifestyle magazine advertising. The second stream looks more closely at parental self-concepts and mental health. His current interview-based study examines how parenthood affects men’s sense of identity and emotional well-being. In a recent collaboration, he has also illuminated the strain that dual-earner parents experience during the family’s morning “rush hour.” Finally, the third stream assesses the recalibration of work and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of an international research team, Scheibling is identifying pandemic-related changes to paid and unpaid labor, social ties, and perceived wellness in Canada, along with some cross-national comparisons to other Western countries.
Dr. Scheibling’s work has been supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through a graduate scholarship, foreign study supplement, postdoctoral fellowship, and Insight Development Grant (2020-2022). He has also received awards from the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) and the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN). His research can be found in peer-reviewed journals such as the Canadian Review of Sociology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Men and Masculinities, Sex Roles, and Symbolic Interaction. He is presently serving as co-chair of the Digital Scholarship Board for the Journal of Family Theory & Review where he mobilizes content from contemporary family science across social media platforms.
Research interests
- Sociological Social Psychology
- Gender, Sexualities, and Bodies
- Families, Work, and Well-being
- Media, Culture, and Communication
- Qualitative Research Methods
Courses taught
- SOC 250: Sociology of Sexualities
- SOC 740: Advanced Social Psychology II
Selected publications
- Scheibling, C., Young, M., Milkie, M. A., & Schieman, S. (2023). Gender, Work, and the Family’s Morning Rush Hour: The Strain Associated with Preparing Children for the Day. Community, Work & Family.
- Scheibling, C., & Milkie, M. A. (2023). Shifting Toward Intensive Parenting Culture? A Comparative Analysis of Top Mommy Blogs and Dad Blogs. Family Relations, 72(2), 495–514.
- Scheibling, C. (2022). “Why Can’t Boys Be #LikeAGirl?”: Sticky Essentialism and Ambivalent (De)gendering in Fathers’ Online Accounts of Children’s Gender and Sexuality. Sex Roles, 86(5/6), 366–378.
- Scheibling, C., & Marsiglio, W. (2021). #HealthyDads: “Fit Fathering” Discourse and Digital Health Promotion in Dad Blogs. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83(4), 1227–1242.
- Scheibling, C. (2020). Doing Fatherhood Online: Men’s Parental Identities, Experiences, and Ideologies on Social Media. Symbolic Interaction, 43(3), 472–492.
- Scheibling, C. (2020). The Culture of Fatherhood 2.0: Exploring the “Tiny Public” of Dad Bloggers in North America. Feminist Media Studies, 20(6), 813–830.
- Scheibling, C. (2020). “Real Heroes Care”: How Dad Bloggers Are Reconstructing Fatherhood and Masculinities. Men and Masculinities, 23(1), 3–19.
- Scheibling, C., & Lafrance, M. (2019). Man Up but Stay Smooth: Hybrid Masculinities in Advertising for Men’s Grooming Products. Journal of Men’s Studies, 27(2), 222–239.
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, McMaster University, 2019
- M.A., Sociology, Concordia University, 2014
- B.A., Sociology, Concordia University, 2012