University of Wisconsin-Madison
More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Personal Webpage Biography Research Interest Statement: My work, which lies at the intersection of cultural sociology, economic sociology, and stratification research, explores the making and unmaking of status hierarchies and how they sustain inequality in society. Empirically, I focus on unsettled fields, uncertain markets, and complex organizations, which …
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More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Website Biography Research Interest Statement: I study the politics of personal data and the consequences of becoming visible to—and being managed by—contemporary state institutions of care and social control. My work combines qualitative archival research with computational methods, including text analysis, network analysis, and statistical modeling. Recently published …
More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Personal Website Biography Education: Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989 Departmental Areas of Interest: Class Analysis and Historical Change, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Culture, General Social Theory, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnic Studies, Social Movements and Collective Behavior Classes: Soc 773 Intermediate Sociological TheorySoc 915 The Sociology of Pierre BourdieuSoc 915 Pragmatism and Social TheorySoc …
Biography Research Interest Statement: My research agenda is centered on transition processes and collective situations in which individuals are confronted with decisions that challenge their sense of self-interest, preservation or identity. I have been investigating aristocrats facing new matrimonial regulations in Europe in the central middle ages, parliamentarians confronted with the prospect of their own …
More Information Curriculum Vitae Additional Online Resource Personal Website Biography Education: Ph.D., Sociology, New School for Social Research, 2002 Departmental Areas of Interest: Comparative-Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Movements and Collective Behavior, Culture, General Social Theory, History of Sociology Classes: Soc 259 Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past & PresentSoc 475 Classical Sociological TheorySoc/Jewish Studies 423 Modern Jewish ThoughtHistory 518 Antisemitism in …
Biography Research Interest Statement: Michaela’s research addresses the enduring consequences of racial inequality in the American welfare state through an examination of social citizenship, family, and childhood. She is currently working on a book titled, Mothering with the State, a study of the racial politics of foster care development in the early twentieth century. Education: Ph.D. Sociology, …