Ann Branaman (CSP Committee)   Ann   Branaman's research focuses on identity processes in 'emerging adulthood', a  term other scholars   have used to refer to a developmental phase between adolescence and adulthood. Drawing upon her background in social theory, Branaman analyzes how the experience of 'growing up' has changed  as a  con   sequence of   broader changes in society,  culture   and political e   con   omy. This research involves intensive interviewing and analysis of autobiographical narratives of young,  middle-aged   and older adults from varied social backgrounds. Branaman's research of the past two decades has covered a broad range of topics in social theory, including: the social theory of Erving Goffman and Kenneth Burke; psychoanalytical social theory; interaction and inequality; emotions and human rights; feminist social theories of identity; Zygmunt Bauman's theory of gender and sexualities in 'liquid modernity'   .