I am a political and cultural sociologist. My work aims to advance understandings of the dynamics of controversy, with an emphasis on political culture, media, and protest. I earned my PhD in sociology from the University of California – Irvine in 2016, under the supervision of Dr. Francesca Polletta (Chair), Dr. Edwin Amenta, and Dr. Evan Schofer. I currently reside in Berlin, Germany where I am working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen. Prior to taking this position in April 2021, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Political Sociology and Social Policy at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin.
Education:
2016 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California-Irvine, CA.
2012 M.A. Sociology, University of California-Irvine, CA.
Field Exams: Political Sociology, with honors, & the Sociology of Culture.
2004 B.A. Sociology, with honors, and Africana Studies; Minor in History, New York University, NY (Magna Cum Laude)
Areas of Research & Teaching:
Political Communication and Media Sociology; Collective Behavior and Social Movements/ Political Mobilization; Political Sociology; Sociology of Culture; Institutional Theories; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (e.g., textual and visual content analysis, surveys, cross-national and longitudinal data analysis, categorical data analysis)
Contact:
BETHG [at] PICTORIALITY [dot] COM