Jason Beckfield

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Jason Beckfield
Alma materTruman State University
Indiana University Bloomington
OccupationSociologist
EmployerHarvard University
Partner(s)Jocelyn Viterna
Children2

Jason Beckfield is an American academic. He is a professor of Sociology and the chair of the Sociology department at Harvard University.

Early life[]

Jason Beckfield grew up in Joplin, Missouri and graduated from Truman State University.[1][2] He earned a PhD from Indiana University Bloomington.[2]

Career[]

Beckfield was an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago from 2004 to 2007.[2] He joined Harvard University as assistant professor in 2007, and became a tenured professor in 2011.[2] He is also the department chair.[1] Additionally, he is an affiliate scholar of the Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality at Stanford University.[3]

His research focuses on social inequality, especially in the European Union.[1][2] He has also written about world polity theory.[2][4]

Personal life[]

With Jocelyn Viterna, who is also a Sociology professor at Harvard, Beckfield has two children.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Jason Beckfield". Department of Sociology. Harvard University. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Alumnus Finds a Home at Harvard". Truman Review. June 5, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "National & International Affiliates". Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality. Stanford University. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Beckfield, Jason (August 2008). "The Dual World Polity: Fragmentation and Integration in the Network of Intergovernmental Organizations" (PDF). Social Problems. 55 (3): 419–442. doi:10.1525/sp.2008.55.3.419.


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