Name: Peter Kaufman
Academic Rank: Associate Professor
Department: Sociology
Expertise Keywords: College Teaching (methods and practices), Social Inequality, Sociology of education, Sociology of Sport
Available For: interviews, essays, speaking
Expertise: Much of my research focuses on education and teaching. I have published articles and presented papers at national and regional conferences on the effect of college on students' identities and about the methods of teaching in college. My dissertation, "The Production and Reproduction of Middle Class Identities: Toward a Synthesis of Agency and Structure," explored the processes through which college students embrace a middle class identity and then work towards achieving middle class status.
Currrent Research: My latest research project explores athletes who engage in social/political activism while in their role as athletes.
I also recently edited a handbook published by the American Sociological Association that discuss how to implement critical pedagogy into sociology classrooms. I am also working on articles that look at how college affects the identities of individuals.
Contact Information
Office Phone: 845-257-3503
E-mail Address: kaufmanp@newpaltz.edu
Personal Web Site: http://www.newpaltz.edu/~kaufmanp
Education
| Colleges/ Universities Attended |
Dates Attended |
Degree Conferred |
Year Conferred |
Major Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNY Stony Brook | 1992--1999 | MA; Ph.D | 1999 | Sociology |
| Earlham College | 1985-1989 | BA | 1989 | Political Science |
Organizational Memberships
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Publications
2010. “Playing and Protesting: Sport as a Vehicle for Social Change” (with Eli A. Wolff). Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34(2): 154-175.
2009. “Last But Not Least: The Pedagogical Insights of ‘Intellectual Craftsmanship’” (with Todd Schoepflin). Teaching Sociology Volume 37(1): 20-30.
2008. “Boos, Bans, and Backlash: The Consequences of Being an Activist Athlete.” Humanity and Society 32(3):215-237.
2008. "Sociology as Pedagogy: How Ideas from the Discipline can Inform Teaching and Learning" (with Judith Halasz). Teaching Sociology 36(4):301-317.
2008. “Gaining Voice through Silence.” Feminist Teacher 18(2):175-177.
2008. “Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom: Challenges and Concerns” (with Catherine Fobes). Teaching Sociology 36(1):26-33.
2006. Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom, 2nd Edition. Compiled and Edited by Peter Kaufman. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
2005. Middle-Class Social Reproduction: The Activation and Negotiation of Structural
Advantages. Sociological Forum. 20(2):245-270.
2004. Forming Identities in College: A Sociological Approach. Research in Higher Education (with Kenneth A. Feldman). 45(5):463-496.
2004. Fitting In and Fighting Back: Stigma Management Strategies Among Homeless Kids. Symbolic Interaction (with Anne R. Roschelle). 44(1):23-46.
2003. Learning to Not Labor: How Working-Class Individuals Construct Middle-Class Identities. The Sociological Quarterly. 44(3):481-504.
2002. Critical Pedagogy in the Sociology Classroom. Compiled and Edited by Peter Kaufman. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
2001. "All the News Not Fit to Print: Using Censored Stories as an Exercise in Critical Pedagogy." Teaching Sociology 29:80-87.
1999 "The Contrasting Orientations Toward Work and Family Between Female and Male College Students." Sociological Focus. 32(3):229-246.
1997 "Michael Jordan Meets C. Wright Mills: Illustrating the Sociological Imagination with Objects from Everyday Life." Teaching Sociology 25:309-314.
