Thomas Fredrick Gieryn Adjunct Professor, (past)

Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine / College of Arts and Sciences

Indiana University Bloomington

Personal Website

http://alliance.iu.edu/members/member.phtml?id=2114

http://www.indiana.edu/~soc/bios/Thomas_Gieryn.html

CV Page

http://www.indiana.edu/~soc/pdf/GierynVita.pdf

Expertise

Professor Gieryn's research centers on the sociology of science: how can science be understood as a social, cultural, historical and human endeavor?

Cultural authority of science, the significance of place for human behavior and social change

Past Affiliations

Adjunct Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Rudy Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Department Chair, Department of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities

Philosophy, History

Degrees

PhD, Columbia University, Sociology , 1979
MPhil, Columbia University, 1975
MA, Columbia University, 1975
BA Honors, Kalamazoo College, 1972

Keywords

cartography sociology sociology of science