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Jonathan Rieder
Professor of Sociology
Jonathan Rieder, Professor of Sociology, joined the faculty of Barnard College in 1990. In addition to his teaching duties for the Department of Sociology, Professor Rieder is also affiliated with Barnard's programs in American Studies, Jewish Studies, and Human Rights Studies.
Professor Rieder teaches courses related to the sociology of culture; race, culture, and identity; unity and division in the United States; culture in contemporary America; politics and culture; and sociology theory.
He recently completed a book on the social organization of moral argument that focuses on Martin Luther King, Jr., as a crossover artist who defined a new vision of citizenship as he shifted between performances of "white" and "black" talk.
Professor Rieder was a founding coeditor of CommonQuest: The Magazine of Black-Jewish Relations, which won national acclaim for the fresh way it explored a broad array of racial, ethnic, and religious conflicts in the United States and beyond. He also is a regular contributor to The New York Times Sunday Book Review and has been a contributing editor for The New Republic.Selected Publications
The Word of the Lord is Upon Me: The Righteous Performance of Martin Luther King, Jr. (The Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 2008).
Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn against Liberalism (Harvard University Press, 1985).
The Fractious Nation: Unity and Division in Contemporary American Life, editor (University of California Press, 2003).212.854.4359
EDUCATION:
BA, Harvard University
PhD, Yale University
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SPECIALIZATIONS:
Sociology of culture
Politics and language
Ethnic pluralism