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Faculty Profile Last Modified Time: 07:31:06 PM Wed, 27 Jan 2010   Contact Information Dr. Gabe Ignatow Assistant Professor-Sociology   Mail Box: 311157, Chilton, Room No.: 390E    ignatow@unt.edu     9405653616    Global Sociology    Academia.edu    globalization, public libraries, social theory, culture, cognition, morality    Associated Profiles Professional Preparation Research and Expertise Appointments Publications Lectures/Symposia Presentations and Projects External Funding Peer Reviewer Activities Affiliations Teaching Mentoring/Advising Committees Memberships Honors and Recognitions Renowned Teachers Short Biography Additional Information  Professional Preparation  Degree Major/Thesis/Dissertation Institution Year  Doctor of Philosophy Sociology/“Education for the Earth: Schools, Science, and the Social Bases of Global Environmentalism.” Stanford University 2003  Master of Arts Sociology Stanford University 2000  Bachelor of Arts/Echols Interdisciplinary Scholar Liberal Arts University of Virginia 1998  Research and Expertise Globalization   Web Link Public Libraries in Developing Nations   New Media   Sociology of Culture   Web Link Cognitive Sociology   Web Link Sociology of Morality   Social Theory   History of Sociology    Appointments Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present) Rank Department / School College / Office University / Company 2007-present Assistant Professor Department of Sociology   University of North Texas 2005-2007 Lecturer Department of Sociology and Anthropology   Bar-Ilan University, Israel 2003-2005 Assistant Professor Department of Sociology   Koç University, Turkey 2001-2003 Instructor Department of Sociology   Stanford University  Publications   Type AllRefereed(Peer reviewed) JournalsConference paperBookBook chaptersMagazine/newsletter articlesMonographPopular press articles Publications per page    1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8    Year Publication   Type 2012 Submitted Entries on “Information Capitalism” and “Transnational Environmental Activism” in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization George Ritzer Blackwell Book chapters 2010 Accepted/In-press Morality and Mind-Body Connections Steven Hitlin and Stephen Vaisey Springer Book chapters 2010 What Has Globalization Done to Developing Countries’ Public Libraries?   Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting Conference paper 2009 Accepted/In-press Culture and Embodied Cognition: Moral Discourses in Internet Support Groups for Overeaters Social Forces   Refereed(Peer reviewed) Journals 2009 Published Sites of Globalization: The Social and Cultural Origins of Community Libraries Samir Dasgupta and Jan Nederveen Pieterse Sage Book chapters  Lectures/Symposia Year Title Role Organization 2010 Using wikis for group assignments Invited lecture UNT Transformative Instruction Initiative 2009 Globalization and Public Libraries in Developing Countries Invited lecture UNT Model International Organization 2007-9 Academic writing and publishing seminar Workshop co-chair UNT Sociology Department     Invited talks Princeton University, Department of Sociology     Invited talks University of Haifa, Israel, Department of Sociology     Invited talks Sabanci University, Turkey, Social Sciences Unit     Invited talks Bogazici University, Turkey, Department of Sociology     Invited talks Kadir Has University, Turkey, Department of Communication Studies     Invited talks Holy Cross College, Department of Sociology  Presentations and Projects   Presentations/Projects per page    1   Start Date End Date Presentation/Project 2009  2009  A Cultural Christmas Story | CNN Radio 2009  2009  Halloween and American Culture | CNN Radio  External Funding  Performance Period (YYYY - YYYY or Present) Title Sponsor Funding Role Status 2008 Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship University of North Texas 5000 Other Completed 2008 Research Opportunities Program Grant University of North Texas 5000 Other Completed  Peer Reviewer Activities Year Agency/Organization Field of Expertise 2010 Journal of Criminal Justice Turkey 2010 American Sociological Association Culture Section Suzanne Langer Prize Committee, Chair   2010 Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Session Chair     Comparative Sociology     Citizenship Studies     Sociology Compass     Pine Forge Press     Routledge Books     The Sociological Quarterly     Qualitative Sociology     Social Science Research Council Interdisciplinary Dissertation Research Fellowship Middle East and Asia   The Sociological Quarterly     Drustvena istrazivanja (Croatia)     Sociological Forum     Social Forces     Sociological Theory     Sociological Inquiry     Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior     Poetics     Environmental Politics     Society & Natural Resources     Field Methods     American Journal of Sociology     American Sociological Review    Affiliations  Faculty Fellow Yale University Center for Cultural Sociology Turkish Studies Institute, Global Research in International Affairs Center University of North Texas Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute  Teaching Comparative and Global Sociology   Cultural Studies   Economic Sociology   Environment and Society   Formal Organizations   Globalization Seminar   Introduction to Sociological Theory   Sociology of Culture   Sociology of Morality    Mentoring/Advising Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present) Student Name Classification Type Project/Thesis/Dissertation 2010-Present David Howard Graduate Graduate Mentoring/Advising   2009-Present Diptee Neupane Graduate Graduate Research Rethinking Brain Drain and Gain: NGOs and Diaspora Philanthropy to Public Libraries in South Asia 2009-Present Shikha Bedi Graduate Graduate Research Rethinking Brain Drain and Gain: NGOs and Diaspora Philanthropy to Public Libraries in South Asia 2009-Present Rengin Bahar Firat Graduate Graduate Research Gender Ideology as Moral Habitus 2009-Present Caazena Hunter Graduate Graduate Research Race and Reciprocity: Social Exchange in Multiracial Communities 2009-Present Joseph Comeau Graduate Graduate Research Race and Reciprocity: Social Exchange in Multiracial Communities 2009-Present Jessica Schuett Graduate Graduate Research Old Media, New Media, No Media: Communications Tactics of Social Movement Organizations in the Trinity River Corridor Project 2009-2009 Gibran Lule-Hurtado Undergraduate Undergraduate Research Young Bolivians’ Perspectives on Globalism and Its Influence on Opinions on the New Bolivian Constitution 2007-2009 Taylor Fouts Undergraduate Undergraduate Research Punk Kids and Hippies, Oogles and Yippies: Traveling Kids’ Sub-cultures 2007-2009 Alexander T. Williams Undergraduate Undergraduate Research The Effects of New Media on the Immigration Debate in Texas  Committees Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present) Committee Position Classification 2010-2010 Junior Faculty Search Committee Chair   2010-2010 Ad hoc Committee for Strategic Initiatives in Sociology Member   2010-2010 Sociology Department Graduate Curriculum Committee Member   2009-2010 Sociology Department Evaluation Report Writing Committee Member   2007-2010 University Writing Award Committee Member   2009-2009 Junior Faculty Search Committee Member   2007-2007 Junior Faculty Search Committee Member    Memberships Duration (YYYY - YYYY or Present) Organization Position Classification 2005-Present Eastern Sociological Association Member Scholarly Association 2001-Present American Sociological Association Member Scholarly Association 1999-2003 Stanford University   Comparative Sociology Workshop  Honors and Recognitions Year Title Honoring Organization 2008 Highest score in the history of UNT sociology for a first-year merit evaluation University of North Texas 2001 Graduate Fellow Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation 2000-2001 Research Assistantship, Sociology Bechtel Corporation  Renowned Teachers John W. Meyer Stanford University sociologist Jonathan Haidt University of Virginia psychologist Richard Rorty University of Virginia philosopher  Biographical Sketch Bio Sketch Gabe was born in Syracuse and grew up in Huntington, NY. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at Stanford University in 2003, and has taught as an instructor at Stanford (2001-3), an assistant professor at Koç University in Istanbul (2003-5), and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv (2005-7). He is married to Neva Dogan Ignatow, and they have two children, Alex and Sara.  Additional Information LANGUAGES Proficient in Hebrew and Turkish; Intermediate reading ability in French; Some reading ability in German