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Alan D Brown

Alan D Brown

The Presentation of (My)Self

I am a sociologist specializing in sexualities and social control (PhD, California, Riverside 2003). A longer version of my biography can be found on my webpage HERE .

Originally from Rhode Island, I emigrated to Canada in 2005. Although I held an appointment as a tenure track professor at the University of Ottawa, I left my position in 2005 to "La Belle Province" to pursue new adventures and learn to appreciate the good things in life...

I guess you can say that I like to do things is a "different" way...some would even say queer.

My main interests in sociology and socio-legal studies include:

Sexualities/Queer Studies
HIV/AIDS
Gender/Feminist Theory and Methodology
Identities/Self and Subjectivity
Sociology of Risk/Edgework
Law and Structures of Social Control
Governmentality and Surveillace (Self-responsiblization)
Legal Theory (Critical/Feminist/Queer/Critical Race)
International Law and Human Rights
Deviance
Critical Methodology (Quantitative/Qualitative/Mixed Methods)

Enjoy navigating my blog and website and please do not hesitate to contact me!

Causa Quotidianus Socio-lex-imus: Sociologica/Sociolegal Word of the Day


Check back daily as I go through the mounds of jargon that sociologists and Socio-legal scholars use instead of perectly good everyday alternatives.  Where possible, I will attempt to provide a translation!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007  INAUGURAL ENTRY!!!

Word:  Anomie (n.)  A condition where social and/or moral norms are confused, unclear, or simply not present. Durkheim felt that this lack of norms--or preaccepted limits on behavior in a society--led to deviant behavior.

Source: Emile Durkheim (1958-1917)  The Division of Labor in Sociology.  

Translation:  The exact moment when your partner goes on a business trip and you realize that you still have that profile active  on www.godIhavetogetlaid.com