Title
Associate Professor of Sociology
Cultural Production
Sociology
Expertise
Sociology of culture. Mass communication. Urban sociology. Consumption and marketing.
Degrees
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D.
University of California, San Diego, M.A.
University of California, Berkeley, M.S.
University of California, Berkeley, B.A.
Awards and Honors
American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Culture Book Award (2007)
Courses Taught
| SOC | 3b | Social Theory and Contemporary Society |
| SOC | 120b | Globalization and the Media |
| SOC | 146a | Mass Communication Theory |
| SOC | 148b | Sociology of Information |
| SOC | 150b | Culture of Consumption |
| SOC | 152a | Urban Life and Culture |
| SOC | 152b | Suburbia: Refuge, Fortress, or Prison |
| SOC | 221b | Sociology of Culture |
Scholarship