Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee
I have been teaching sociology for more than 30 years, and 20 years at my current university. My areas include theory (social, sociological and critical), political economy, comparative-historical sociology, science fiction, social implications of AI, and philosophy of social science. My work has appeared in several sociology and social theory journals and numerous edited volumes. The Vitality of Critical Theory is a collection of some of my essays that appeared in 2011. My current projects include a book manuscript, entitled Modern Society as Artifice: Critical Theory and the Logic of Capital, and a book centered on Adorno's sociology.
Experience
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2012–2024Co-Chair, Committe on Social Theory/UTK
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2014–2024Director, International Social Theory Consortium
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2014–2024Co-Director, Center for the Study of Social Justice/UTK
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2004–2024Professor of Sociology, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
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2008–2024Editor, Current Perspectives in Social Theory
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2011–2012Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
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1993–2004Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
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1999–2000Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Goettingen, Germany
Education
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1993New School for Social Research, New York, Ph.D.
- Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
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