Sam Kendrick

Sam Kendrick is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Kansas (2024).

Her research focuses on cultural meanings of sex and love in the context of changing patterns of courtship and what those changing patterns mean for gender inequality at the intersections of race and class. Her book, Dating Interrupted: Gender and Courtship during the COVID-19 Pandemic, is under advance contract with NYU Press and examines the pandemic's impact on courtship practices, gender power dynamics, and sexual norms.