Dr. William Finlay
(Curriculum Vitae) Dr. William Finlay, Professor of Sociology, serves as Head of the Department. He has been at the University of Georgia since 1988 and received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University in 1983. Prior to coming to the University of Georgia, he taught at the University of Iowa. Dr. Finlay's specialty areas include the workplace, organizations, and economic sociology. His current research, conducted in collaboration with Jim Coverdill, focuses on the impact of changing work hours on surgical faculty and residents.
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
1999. General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia
1995. Special Sandy Beaver Teaching Award, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia
1990. EGOS Award from the Organizations and Occupations Section of the American Sociological Association for the book, Work on the Waterfront: Worker Power and Technological Change in a West Coast Port
Selected Publications
Mears, Ashley and William Finlay. 2005. "Not Just a Paper Doll: How Models Manage Bodily Capital and Why They Perform Emotional Labor." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 34:317-343.
Finlay, William and James E. Coverdill. 2002. Headhunters : matchmaking in the labor market. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Coverdill, James E. and William Finlay. 1995. "Understanding Mills via Mill-Type Methods: An Application of Qualitative Comparative Analysis to a Study of Labor Management in Southern Textile Manufacturing." Qualitative Sociology 18:457-478.
Finlay, William, Elizabeth J. Mutran, Rodney R. Zeitler, and Christina S. Randall. 1990. "Queues and Care: How Medical Residents Organize their Work in a Busy Clinic." Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 31:292-305.
Finlay, William. 1988. Work on the waterfront : worker power and technological change in a west coast port. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
113C Baldwin Hall
210 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3175 (office at 113C Baldwin)
706-542-3207 (office at 210 Baldwin)
706-542-4320 (fax)
wfinlay@uga.edu
