Cultural sociology is a methodology that incorporates cultural analysis into interpretations of social life. Cultural sociologists are influenced by many social and cultural theories. More than other fields of sociology, cultural sociologists tend to explore interdisciplinary social and cultural theories including, but not limited to, postmodern and poststructural theory. Scientific investigation and the production of empirically verifiable analysis (especially in terms of testable theories) is considered taboo among many, but not all self proclaimed cultural sociologists.
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 …
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 …
More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: Katherine Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She earned her PhD in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin in 2018, with a Doctoral Portfolio in African and African Diaspora Studies. Before joining the University of Wisconsin, …
More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: I am a sociologist of gender, work, and family interested in inequality, culture, and demographic change. My research asks how gender inequality persists and changes form as women’s lives transform, and I pursue that question through contemporary South Korea and East Asia. Empirically, I study maternal employment …
More Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Research Interest Statement: Broadly, I am interested in different dimensions of legal and penal state power–their relationship to how societies are organized, the forms of social exclusion that compose them, and the people and mechanisms that influence their transformations. My current research examines public defenders who counsel poor people in Brazil’s …