Sociology Department

Ronald N. Jacobs

Associate Professor

Expertise: Theory, Culture and Mass Media

Contact Info:

• rjacobs@albany.edu
• Office: 334 Arts & Sciences Building
• Phone: please contact by email
• Mailing Address:
• 1400 Washington Ave.
  Arts & Sciences 351
  University at Albany
  Albany, NY 12222

CV: Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 1996 Ph.D., Sociology, UCLA
• 1992 M.A., Sociology, UCLA
• 1989 B.A., Rice University

Research Interests

• Collective Behavior/Social Movements
• Comparative/Historical Sociology
• Cultural Sociology
• History of Sociology/Social Thought
• Political Sociology
• Race and Ethnicity
• Sociological Theory
• Urban Sociology

Courses Taught

• SOC210: Sociology of Culture
• SOC235: Sociological Theory
• SOC255: Mass Media
• SOC510: Sociological Theories I
• SOC511: Sociological Theories II
• SOC666: Cultural Sociology
• SOC666: Civil Society and the Public Sphere