Mission Statement

The purpose of the Section on Sociology of Culture is to encourage development of this perspective through the organized interchange of ideas and research. The Section on Culture considers material products, ideas, and symbolic means and their relation to social behavior.

Section Officers 2011-2012

Chair: Francesca Polletta, University of California, Irvine
Chair-Elect: Denise D. Bielby University of California, Santa Barbara
Past Chair: Rick Fantasia, Smith College
Chief Operating Officer: Laura Stark, Wesleyan University ('14)

Council:
John H. Evans, University of California, San Diego ('13)
Laura Grindstaff, University of California - Davis ('12)
Philip Smith, Yale University ('12)
Stephen Vaisey, University of California, Berkeley ('13)
Timothy J. Dowd, Emory University ('14)
Omar A. Lizardo, University of Notre Dame ('14)

Student Members:
Daina Cheyenne Harvey, Rutgers University ('12)
Erin Metz McDonnell, Notre Dame ('13)

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is: http://www.ibiblio.org/culture