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Gabe Ignatow

Title: Chair

Department: Spanish

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Stanford University, 2003
    Major: Sociology
  • MA, Stanford University, 2000
    Major: Sociology
  • BA, University of Virginia, 1998
    Major: Liberal Arts

Current Scheduled Teaching

SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisSpring 2024
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisFall 2023
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsFall 2023
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisSpring 2023
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisFall 2022
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2022 Syllabus
SOCI 6000.001Sociology ProseminarSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
SOCI 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2021
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 3300.900Urban SociologySummer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
SOCI 4600.001Internet and SocietySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.702Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5900.703Special ProblemsFall 2020
SOCI 6203.900Social Science Text MiningSummer 8W2 2020
SOCI 5260.900Topics in SociologySummer 8W2 2020
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
SOCI 4600.001SOC MASS COMMUNTNSpring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 6000.001Sociology ProseminarSpring 2020 Syllabus
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5900.705Special ProblemsFall 2019
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsSummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1520.950Contemporary Social ProblemsSummer 5W2 2019 SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2019
SOCI 3300.900Urban SociologySummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 4620.001Sociology of CultureSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsSummer 5W2 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3300.900Urban SociologySummer 5W2 2018 SPOT
SOCI 3300.950Urban SociologySummer 5W2 2018 SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
SOCI 6200.004Seminar on Research MethodsSpring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 5200.004Seminar on Research Methods and Design.Spring 2018 SPOT
SOCI 4620.001Sociology of CultureSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2018
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
SOCI 5900.703Special ProblemsFall 2017
SOCI 6900.703Special ProblemsFall 2017
SOCI 1520.900Contemporary Social ProblemsSummer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1510.900Introduction to SociologySummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.703Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2017
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
SOCI 6200.001Seminar on Research MethodsSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 6200.791Seminar on Research MethodsSpring 2017 SPOT
SOCI 5940.704Sociology InternshipSpring 2017
SOCI 4620.001Sociology of CultureSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
SOCI 1510.003Introduction to SociologyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 1510.004Introduction to SociologyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisFall 2016
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSummer 10W 2016
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
SOCI 4600.001SOC MASS COMMUNTNSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2016
SOCI 6910.703Special ProblemsSpring 2016
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisFall 2015
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 6900.795Special ProblemsFall 2015
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologyFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 5260.792Topics in SociologyFall 2015 SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2015
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSummer 3W1 2015 SPOT
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSummer 3W1 2015 SPOT
SOCI 4620.001Sociology of CultureSummer 5W2 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2015 SPOT
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
SOCI 4951.704Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2015
SOCI 1510.003Introduction to SociologySpring 2015 Syllabus
SOCI 5950.703Master's ThesisSpring 2015
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Spring 2015 Syllabus
SOCI 4620.001Sociology of CultureSpring 2015 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.004Topics in SociologySpring 2015
SOCI 5260.794Topics in SociologySpring 2015
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2014
SOCI 6900.703Special ProblemsFall 2014
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSummer 8W1 2014
SOCI 6950.703Doctoral DissertationSummer 10W 2014
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSummer 5W2 2014
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSummer 5W2 2014
SOCI 6900.703Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2014
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2014
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2014
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2014
SOCI 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2014
SOCI 3200.003Sociological Theory.Spring 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2014
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2014 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2014
SOCI 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2013
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationFall 2013
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationFall 2013
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Fall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Summer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2013
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2013
SOCI 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2013
SOCI 3200.003Sociological Theory.Spring 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2013
SOCI 5910.704Special ProblemsSpring 2013
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2013
SOCI 6910.704Special ProblemsSpring 2013
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2013 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2013
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologySpring 2013
SOCI 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2012
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Fall 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 4900.704Special ProblemsFall 2012
SOCI 5900.704Special ProblemsFall 2012
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsFall 2012
SOCI 6910.704Special ProblemsFall 2012
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Summer 5W2 2012
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2012
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2012
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2012
SOCI 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2012
SOCI 6200.002Seminar on Research MethodsSpring 2012
SOCI 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2012
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2012
SOCI 6910.704Special ProblemsSpring 2012
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2012 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.002Topics in SociologySpring 2012
SOCI 5260.008Topics in SociologySpring 2012
SOCI 5260.798Topics in SociologySpring 2012
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2011
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Fall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.704Special ProblemsFall 2011
SOCI 6900.704Special ProblemsFall 2011
SOCI 6910.704Special ProblemsFall 2011
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 3200.001Sociological Theory.Summer 5W2 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 4900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2011
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2011
SOCI 5260.001Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2011
SOCI 5260.791Topics in SociologySummer 3W1 2011
SOCI 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2011
SOCI 6200.002Seminar on Research MethodsSpring 2011
SOCI 3200.004Sociological Theory.Spring 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 6910.704Special ProblemsSpring 2011
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2011 Syllabus
SOCI 5260.002Topics in SociologySpring 2011
SOCI 5260.006Topics in SociologySpring 2011
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisFall 2010
SOCI 3200.002Sociological Theory.Fall 2010 Syllabus
SOCI 6900.705Special ProblemsFall 2010
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2010 Syllabus
SOCI 4000.001Sociological Theory.Summer 5W1 2010
SOCI 6900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2010
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2010
SOCI 5260.003Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2010
SOCI 5260.793Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2010
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2010
SOCI 4000.004Sociological Theory.Spring 2010 Syllabus
SOCI 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2010
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2010 Syllabus
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologySpring 2010 Syllabus
UCRS 1980.002Experimental CourseFall 2009 Syllabus
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisFall 2009
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationFall 2009
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationFall 2009
SOCI 5260.002Topics in SociologyFall 2009
SOCI 6900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2009
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2009
SOCI 5260.003Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2009
SOCI 5260.793Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2009
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2009
SOCI 6500.001Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2009
SOCI 6500.791Seminar on Social Organization and DisorganizationSpring 2009
SOCI 4000.001Sociological Theory.Spring 2009
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySpring 2009
SOCI 5260.003Topics in SociologySpring 2009
SOCI 5260.793Topics in SociologySpring 2009
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisFall 2008
SOCI 4900.705Special ProblemsFall 2008
SOCI 4260.004Topics in SociologyFall 2008
SOCI 4000.001Sociological Theory.Summer 5W1 2008
SOCI 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
SOCI 4900.705Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2008
SOCI 4260.001Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2008
SOCI 5260.003Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2008
SOCI 5260.793Topics in SociologySummer 5W2 2008
SOCI 5950.705Master's ThesisSpring 2008
SOCI 4000.001Sociological Theory.Spring 2008
SOCI 4900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2008
SOCI 5900.705Special ProblemsSpring 2008
SOCI 4260.002Topics in SociologySpring 2008
SOCI 4000.003Sociological Theory.Fall 2007
SOCI 4260.004Topics in SociologyFall 2007

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Ignatow, G. (2020). Sociological Theory in the Digital Age. Oxford, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Sociological-Theory-in-the-Digital-Age/Ignatow/p/book/9780367263478
  • Schulz, J., Robinson, L., Pait, H., Baldwin, J., Williams, A., Davis, J., Ignatow, G. (2019). Mediated Millenials. 248. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Mediated-Millennials/?k=9781839090783
  • Wayne Brekhus and Gabe Ignatow. (2019). The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Sociology. 712. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-cognitive-sociology-9780190273385?cc=us&lang=en&
  • Ignatow, G., Mihalcea, R. (2017). An Introduction to Text Mining. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/an-introduction-to-text-mining/book249451
  • Gabe Ignatow and Rada Mihalcea. (2016). Text Mining: A Guidebook for the Social Sciences. 232. Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/text-mining/book244124
  • Ignatow, G. (2007). Transnational Identity Politics and the Environment. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Book Chapter

  • Robinson, L., Schulz, J., Khilnani, A., Williams, A., Pait, H., Ignatow, G. (2019). Introduction to Mediated Millenials. https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Mediated-Millennials/?k=9781839090783
  • ed. Loic Wacquant. (2019). Cognitive Sociology and French Psychological Sociology. Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Sociology. https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190273385.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190273385-e-8
  • Gabe Ignatow and Lindsey Johnson. (2012). "Market Religions' and Postmodern Globalization Theory.
  • Steven Hitlin and Stephen Vaisey. (2010). Morality and Mind-Body Connections.
  • Samir Dasgupta and Jan Nederveen Pieterse. (2009). Sites of Globalization: The Social and Cultural Origins of Community Libraries.
  • Hank Johnston. (2008). Figurative Speech and Cognition: A Metaphoric Analysis of a Shipyard Union Dispute.
  • Samir Dasgupta. (2008). Globalization as Transnationalization and Hybridization: The Changing Face of Environmental Movements.
  • John T. Jost. (2001). What We Do and Don't Know about the Functions of Social Representations.
  • Book Review

  • Ignatow, G. (2017). Beyond Bourdieu. SAGE. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0094306117744805b
  • Ignatow, G. (2012). Review of "National Belonging and Everyday Life." Michael Skey. American Journal of Sociology.
  • Ignatow, G. (2011). Review of "Habits of the Heartland: Small-Town Life in Modern America" Lyn C. MacGregor.
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Ignatow, G. (2019). Text Mining. SAGE Research Methods Foundations. SAGE. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/sage-research-methods-foundations
  • Ignatow, G. (2013). Culture and Embodiment. Elsevier.
  • George Ritzer. (2011). Entries on "Information Capitalism" and "Transnational Environmental Activism" in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. Blackwell.
  • Journal Article

  • Ignatow, G., Gutin, I. (2024). Elite Class Self-Interest, Socioeconomic Inequality, and U.S. Population Health. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.13813
  • Ignatow, G. (2023). Sociology and the International Monetary System: An Update of Hoogvelt and Vermeiren. Globalization. 21 (1) 56-69. Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14747731.2023.2207273?src=
  • Ignatow, G. (2022). The Microbiome-Gut-Brain and Social Behavior. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior. 52 (1) 164-182. Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jtsb.12315
  • Basmechi, F., Ignatow, G. (2021). Forming an Affective Public Online: Aggressive Posts and Comments in the My Stealthy Freedom Movement. First Monday. 26 (3) Thousand Oaks, CA, SAGE. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/11471
  • Ignatow, G. (2021). Cognitive Sociology after Relational Biology. Sociological Forum. 36 (S1) 1253-1270. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.12764
  • Nino, M., Cai, T., Ignatow, G. (2017). Social Isolation, Strain, and Youth Violence. Journal of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. SAGE. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1541204016636435
  • Michael Nino, Tianji Cai, Gabe Ignatow and Philip Yang. (2017). Generational Peers and Alcohol Misuse. International Migration Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imre.12204
  • Huang, L., Ignatow, G. (2017). The Prosperity Gospel and Individualistic Economic and Social Attitudes in Guatemala. http://www.religjournal.com/articles/article_view.php?id=120
  • Ignatow, G., Robinson, L. (2017). Pierre Bourdieu: Theorizing the Digital. Information, Communication, & Society. 20 (7) 950-966. Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1301519
  • Evangelopoulos, N., Papadouka, M., Ignatow, G. (2016). Agenda Setting and Active Audiences in Online Coverage of Human Trafficking. Information, Communication, & Society. 19 (5) 655-672. Routledge - Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1139615
  • Gabe Ignatow, Nicholas Evangelopoulos and Konstantinos Zougris. (2015). Sentiment Analysis of Polarizing Topics: Partisan News Site Readers’ Comments on the Trayvon Martin Controversy. Studies in Media and Communication. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/S2050-206020160000011021
  • Gabe Ignatow. (2015). Theoretical Foundations for Digital Text Analysis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior.
  • Michael Nino, Tianji CaI and Gabe Ignatow. (2015). Social Isolation, Drunkenness, and Cigarette Use among Adolescents. Addictive Behaviors. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460315300344
  • Gabe Ignatow, Lindsey Johnson and Ali Madanipour. (2014). Global System Theory and "Market-friendly" Religion. Globalization.
  • Gabe Ignatow. (2014). Ontology and Method in Cognitive Sociology. Sociological Forum.
  • Gabe Ignatow, Michelle Poulin, Caazena T. Hunter, and Joseph Comeau. (2013). Race and Reciprocity: Inter-household Exchanges in a Multiracial Neighborhood. Sociological Forum.
  • Gabe Ignatow and Jessica Schuett. (2012). Inter-organizational Digital Divide: Civic Groups' Media Strategies in the Trinity River Corridor Project.
  • Ignatow, G. (2012). Mauss‟s Lectures to Psychologists: A Case for Holistic Sociology. Journal of Classical Sociology.
  • Gabe Ignatow, Sarah Webb, Michelle Poulin, Ramesh Parajuli, Peter Fleming, Shikha Batra, and Diptee Neupane. (2012). Public Libraries and Democratization in Three Developing Countries: Exploring the Role of Social Capital. Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services.
  • Alexander T. Williams. (2011). "New Media and the 'Anchor Baby' Boom". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291083-6101
  • Ignatow, G. (2011). National Identity and the Informational Welfare State: Turkey and Malaysia Compared. The Information Society.
  • Ignatow, G. (2011). What Has Globalization Done to Developing Countries' Public Libraries?. International Sociology.
  • Social Forces. (2009). Culture and Embodied Cognition: Moral Discourses in Internet Support Groups for Overeaters. Social Forces.
  • Ignatow, G. (2008). "Globalizations and the Transformation of Environmental Activism: Turkey since the 1980s.
  • Ignatow, G. (2008). Transnational Environmentalism at Europe's Boundaries: Identity Movements in Lithuania and Turkey.
  • Ignatow, G. (2008). Why the Sociology of Morality Needs Bourdieu's Habitus. Sociological Inquiry.
  • Ignatow, G. (2007). Theories of Embodied Knowledge: New Directions for Cultural and Cognitive Sociology?".
  • Ignatow, G. (2006). Cultural Models of Nature and Society: Reconsidering Environmental Attitudes and Concern.
  • Ignatow, G. (2005). Economic Dependency and Environmental Attitudes in Turkey.
  • Ignatow, G. (2005). From Science to Multiculturalism: Postmodern Trends in Environmental Organizations.
  • Ignatow, G. (2003). Idea Hamsters' on the 'Bleeding Edge': Profane Metaphors in High Technology Jargon.
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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