Section on Sociology of the Body and Embodiment

Mission Statement

The purpose of the section on sociology of the body and embodiment is to encourage and enhance theory, research, teaching, and other professional aspects in the study of sociology and body/embodiment. This section seeks to promote communication, collaboration, and consultation among scholars in the interdisciplinary study of the body and embodiment, as well as with other sections of the ASA. The aim of the Section on the Sociology of the Body and Embodiment is to support and encourage sociological scholarship on a wide range of embodied dynamics including human and non-human bodies, morphology, human reproduction, anatomy, body fluids, biotechnology, genetics; but also theories of embodiment, virtual bodies, productivity of bodies, changing bodies, life course and the body, body and spirit/soul, unequal bodies, micro and macro sociological analysis of the political, and social and individual bodies.

Section Officers 2011 - 2012

Chair: Lisa-Jean Moore, Purchase College - SUNY
Chair-Elect: Sarah Jane Brubaker, Virginia Commonwealth University
Secretary/Treasurer: Eve Shapiro, Westfield State College ('13)

Council:
Alison Better, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY ('12)
Heather E. Dillaway, Wayne State University ('12)
Elizabeth Ettorre, University of Liverpool ('13)
Samantha Kwan, University of Houston ('14)
Michelle Newton-Francis, American University ('13)
Rebecca F. Plante ('14)

Membership and Recruitment Committee:
Kristen Barber University of Southern California
Alison Better, Brandeis University

Student Representative:
Daniela Franziska Jauk ('12)