Jason Beckfield
Jason Beckfield | |
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Alma mater |
Truman State University Indiana University Bloomington |
Occupation | Sociologist |
Employer | Harvard University |
Partner(s) | Jocelyn Viterna |
Children | 2 |
Jason Beckfield is an American academic. He is a professor of Sociology and the chair of the Sociology department at Harvard University.
Early life
Jason Beckfield grew up in Joplin, Missouri and graduated from Truman State University.[1][2] He earned a PhD from Indiana University Bloomington.[2]
Career
Beckfield was an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago from 2004 to 2007.[2] He joined Harvard University as assistant professor in 2007, and became a tenured professor in 2011.[2] He is also the department chair.[1] Additionally, he is an affiliate scholar of the Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality at Stanford University.[3]
His research focuses on social inequality, especially in the European Union.[1][2] He has also written about world polity theory.[2][4]
Personal life
With Jocelyn Viterna, who is also a Sociology professor at Harvard, Beckfield has two children.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Jason Beckfield". Department of Sociology. Harvard University. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Alumnus Finds a Home at Harvard". Truman Review. June 5, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ↑ "National & International Affiliates". Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality. Stanford University. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ↑ Beckfield, Jason (August 2008). "The Dual World Polity: Fragmentation and Integration in the Network of Intergovernmental Organizations". Social Problems. 55 (3): 419–442. doi:10.1525/sp.2008.55.3.419 – via JSTOR. (Registration required (help)).