Amy L. Best is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University, where she also serves as the director of the Center for Social Science Research. Her research focuses primarily on the study of social inequalities, with specific interest in how gender, ...
Professor Emeritus Linda Seligmann is a sociocultural anthropologist who has worked in the Andean region of Latin America for over forty years. She studied at Pomona College (BA, Anthropology), The Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas-Austin (MA, Anthropology and Spanish-Ame...
Iccha Basnyat (PhD, MPH) is an Associate Professor of Global Health Communication in the Global Affairs Program with a joint appointment in the Department of Communication. Dr. Basnyat received her B.A. in Communication from the University of Utah, MPH from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an...
My research specializations are in cultural sociology, critical theory, feminist theory and sociology of music. I received my Ph.D. in 1994 from the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research. Before my academic career, I spent ten years in the music busi...
"Nature, money, work, care, food, energy, and lives: These are the seven things that have made our world and will shape its future. The latest ecological research tracks the story of these things with histories of colonialism, indigenous struggles, slave revolts, and other rebellions and uprisings. H...
Welcome the The Cultural Studies Podcast, produced in conjunction with the 2018-19 Colloquium Series titled "Capitalism, Climate, and Culture." Episode 1: "Climate Science Denial and Information Inoculation" with John CookEpisode 2: "Petrocultures and the Energy Humanities" with Imre SzemanEpisode 3...
About the Student Organizing Committee (SOC) The Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee is a GMU student-run organization, whose membership consists exclusively of CS students. This organization is independent of the cultural studies program, but often works alongside it to promote a vibrant ...