Graduate Student
About
Specialization:
Gender, sexuality, race, culture, creative industries, work, organizations, status, qualitative & mixed methods
Education:
B.A., University of Chicago
Bio:
I study how social, political, and economic disruptions shape creative work. In my dissertation, I draw on interviews, observations, and archival data to explore the production of intimate scenes in Hollywood.
A second ongoing research project explores how market and political uncertainties affect creative projects in the film and television industries.
I am currently recruiting people to interview for both of these projects, so please get in touch if you’d like to chat (jdavid@ucsb.edu).
Courses:
Teaching Assistant:
SOC 155: Sociology of Gender
SOC 118CI: Sociology of Creative Industries
SOC185G: Theories of Gender Inequality
SOC 108F: Studying People at Firsthand--Observational Methods in Social Science Research
SOC 1: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 134: Social Movements