Faculty of the Department of Sociology

Ronald N. Jacobs

Associate Professor
Theory, Culture and Mass Media

Ronald N. Jacobs

Office: 334 Arts & Sciences

Mailing Address:
1400 Washington Ave.
Arts & Sciences 351
University at Albany
Albany, NY 12222

Phone: (518) 442-3839
E-mail: r.jacobs@albany.edu
Full C.V.: 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