Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology

Kent Sandstrom Office: BAK 378 Phone: 319-273-2769 Fax: 319-273-7104 Kent.Sandstrom@uni.edu http://www.uni.edu/sandstrk/

Area:
Sociology

Degrees:
PhD (1994): University of Minnesota

Research Interests:
Social theory, social psychology, health and illness, and the sociology of human rights. I am currently involved in revising a book on symbolic interactionism and editing a reader on social psychology. I am also involved in research that examines the social construction of human rights and the social, political, and economic forces that foster or undermine human rights.

Selected Publications:
Recent Books

Spencer Cahill and Kent Sandstrom, eds. Inside Social Life. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming.

Kent Sandstrom, Daniel Martin, and Gary Alan Fine. Symbols, Selves, and Social Reality: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Social Psychology and Sociology. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Clifton Bryant, Charles Edgley, Mark Leming, Dennis Peck, and Kent Sandstrom. eds. Handbook of Death and Dying, 2 Volumes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, 2003.

Gary Alan Fine and Kent L. Sandstrom, Knowing Children: Issues of Participant Observation with Minors. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Press.


Selected Articles and Chapters

D. Rothe, C. Mullins, and K. Sandstrom, "The Rwandan Genocide: International Finance Policies and Human Rights," Justice Studies 35(3), 2008.

S. Kleinman, M. Copp, and K. Sandstrom, "Making Sexism Visible: Birdcages, Martians, and Pregnant Men," Teaching Sociology 34 (2), 2006.

Kent L. Sandstrom, "Teaching from the Wrong Side of the Tracks: Questioning Power and Privilege in the Classroom," Pp. 175-186 in Stephen Muzzatti and Vince Samarco, eds. Reflections from the Wrong Side of the Tracks: Class, Identity, and the Working Class Experience in Academia. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006.

Kent L. Sandstrom, "What is the Truth of Death and Dying? Reflections on Fulton, Foucault, and Finitude," Illness, Crisis, and Loss, Vol. 13 (1): 65-75, January 2005.

Kent L. Sandstrom and Gary Alan Fine, "Wild Thoughts: An Interactionist Analysis of Ideology, Emotion, and Nature," Pp. 237-258 in Peter Kivisto, ed. Illuminating Social Life: Classical and Contemporary Theory Revisited. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2004.

Kent L. Sandstrom, "Coming to Terms with Death and Dying: Neglected Dimensions of Identity Work," pp. 468-474 in Cliff Bryant, Charles Edgley, Mark Leming, Dennis Peck, and Kent Sandstrom, eds. Handbook of Death and Dying. Vol. One. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, 2003.

Kent L. Sandstrom and Gary Alan Fine, "Triumphs, Emerging Voices, and Future Prospects," in Larry Reynolds and Nancy J. Herman. eds. Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2003.

Kent Sandstrom, Dan Martin, and Gary Alan Fine, "Symbolic Interactionism at the End of the Century," in George Ritzer and Barry Smart (eds.), The Handbook of Social Theory. London: Sage Press, 2001, pp. 217-231.

Kent L. Sandstrom, "Embracing Modest Hopes: Lessons from the Beginning of the Teaching Journey," Pp. 517-529 in Bernice Pescosolido and Ron Aminzade. eds. The Social Worlds of Higher Education: Handbook for Teaching in a New Century. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1999.

Kent L. Sandstrom, "Preserving a Vital and Valued Self in the Face of AIDS," Sociological Inquiry 68 (3): 354-371, 1998.

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