- Patti Adler
Patti Adler is not only considered to be one of the top experts in the field of
Sociological Deviance , but she is also considered to be one of the best-known professors at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder . She currently teaches a class, Deviance in US Society, that enrolls 500 people every semester with a waiting list. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in field research methods, and is a leading internationally known writer and speaker on this topic.Education
Patti Adler is currently a professor at the
University of Colorado at Boulder . After graduating from theWashington University in St. Louis with an A.B. in Sociology (1973) she continued her studies at theUniversity of Chicago where she received a M.A. in Social Science (1974). She is also a University of California, San Diego Alumna where she received a M.A. in Sociology (1975) and eventually a Ph.D. (1984) from theUniversity of California, San Diego .Bibliography
Adler has authored as well as co-authored a large selection of books. Her best-known publications include:
*"Paradise Laborers: Hotel Work in the Global Economy, 2004"
*"Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in Sociology, 2001, 2007"
*"Peer Power: Preadolescent Culture and Identity, 1998"
*"Constructions of Deviance: Social Power, Context, and Interaction, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009"
*"Backboards and Blackboards, 1991"
*"Membership Roles in Field Research, 1987"
*"Wheeling and Dealing, 1985, 1993"
*"The Social Dynamics of Financial Markets, 1984"Current Project
Since 2001 Adler had been studying self-injury. She researches people who engage in self-cutting, burning, branding, scratching, picking at skin or re-opening wounds, biting, head-banging, hair-pulling (trichotillomania), hitting (with a hammer or other object), and bone-breaking. She is one of the leading experts in this topic, and especially how people form Internet communities and relationships, and the way these impact on their selves. She has conducted interviews with over 100 people in different countries from the US to Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Bulgaria, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, and France. She is currently, with her husband, Peter Adler, writing a book on this topic.
External links
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~adler/vita.htm Curriculum vitae for Patricia A. Adler]
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~adler/ Web page for Patricia A. Adler]
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