Dr. James J. Dowd
(Curriculum
Vitae) Dr. James J. Dowd, Professor of Sociology,
has been at the University of Georgia since 1977.
He received a doctoral degree in Sociology from the
University of Southern California in 1976.
Dr. Dowd's specialty areas include sociology of culture,
social theory, sociology in film, military sociology,
animals, and tourism.
Dr. Dowd's most recent work examines the intersection of sociology, life-span human development, and the humanities. His approach to sociology is critical and theoretical; in one way or another, the work he does is influenced by Weber, Durkheim, Marcuse, and similar others. Dr. Dowd is finishing up a project on U.S. Army general officers. He has recently begun a study of the ways in which desire or longing become manifest at various points in the life course.
Selected Publications
Dowd, James J. 2000. "Hard Jobs and Good Ambition: US Army Generals and the Rhetoric of Modesty." Symbolic Interaction 23:183-205.
Dowd, James J. 1996. "An act made perfect in habit: The self in the postmodern age." Current Perspectives in Social Theory 16:237-263.
Dowd, James J. 1991. "Social psychology in a postmodern age: A discipline without a subject." American Sociologist 26:28-49.
Dowd, James J. 1990. "Ever since Durkheim: The socialization of human development." Human Development 33:138-159.
Dowd, James J. 1975. "Aging as Exchange: A Preface to Theory." Journal of Gerontology 30:584-594.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
320 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3231 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
weberian@uga.edu
