--- description: Wade is an associate professor of sociology at Occidental College and the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lisa Wade ## Lisa Wade Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Wade is an associate professor of sociology at Occidental College and the author of_ [American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus](https://www.amazon.com/dp/039328509X/?tag=timecom-20). ## Lisa Wade Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  May 19, 2017 ### [Why Colleges Should Get Rid of Fraternities for Good](https://time.com/4784875/fraternities-timothy-piazza/) 'Reform is simply not possible' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 23, 2017 ### [The Birth of College Party Culture](https://time.com/4643036/the-birth-of-college-party-culture/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 6, 2017 ### [The Sex, Booze and Entitlement of American Colleges](https://time.com/4622082/american-colleges-sex-drinking-fun/) A demographic shift in the late 18th century meant socializing took precedence over studying [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/lisa-wade/","name":"Lisa Wade"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/lisa-wade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/lisa-wade/"},"name":"Lisa Wade","jobTitle":null,"description":"Wade is an associate professor of sociology at Occidental College and the author of American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus.","url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-wade/","sameAs":["https://x.com/lisawade"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```