Research

Research Interests

  • Gender-based violence and patriarchal ideology
  • Gender roles in cultural and religious frameworks
  • Immigrant experiences and adaptation
  • Post-Soviet societies and social transitions
  • Family relations and social institutions
  • Social inequality and power structures

Dissertation

View Dissertation: Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Post-Soviet Countries (PDF)

Selected Publications

  • Chernyak, E. (2023). Intimate partner violence in Post-Soviet Countries: Contextual features and implication. In R. Baikady et al. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_45-1
  • Chernyak, E. (2022). Globalization and modern family: Family transformation in changing society. In R. Baikady et al. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68127-2_108-1
  • Chernyak, E. (2020). A comparative study of intimate partner violence in post-Soviet countries: Evidence from National Surveys. Journal of Family Issues, 41(12), 2297-2327. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X20942818.
  • Chernyak, E., Ceresola, R., & Herrold, M. (2020). From past to present: Children's exposure of intimate partner violence and subsequent experience of IPV in adulthood among women. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 4(2), 259-278. DOI: 10.1332/239868020X15893856098343.
  • Chernyak, E. (2020). Who is at risk? Intimate partner violence against women in the Kyrgyz Republic. Violence and Gender, 7(3), 121-130. DOI: 10.1089/vio.2019.0004.
  • Chernyak, E. (2018). Intimate partner violence in Tajikistan: Risk and protective factors. Violence and Victims, 33(6), 1124-1147. DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.33.6.1124.
  • Habibov, N., Barrett, B., & Chernyak, E. (2017). Understanding women's empowerment and its determinants in post-Communist countries: Results of Azerbaijan National Survey. Woman's Studies International Forum, 62, 125-135.
  • Chernyak, E. (2016). What is a woman created for? The image of women in Russia through the lens of the Russian Orthodox Church. Feminist Theology, 24(3), 299-313.