Simon Gottschalk

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Simon Gottschalk

Simon Gottschalk, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and on faculty since 1992, was born in Brussels Belgium in 1959. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haifa University in Israel in 1982. In 1985, he completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of Houston. He earned a PhD in Sociology in 1991 from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Dr. Gottschalks’ interests include Social Psychiatry, Mental Illness, Social Psychology, Deviance, Postmodern Theory, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Symbolic Interactionism, Qualitative Research Methods, Youth Cultures, and Environmental Sociology.

He is currently working on several projects including: creating a new class at UNLV which will develop an ecological approach to social psychological and social psychiatric issues, examining the contributions of ecological approaches to sociological thinking, carrying out more research on the social and psychological effects of new mass media technologies and developing new research on computer-self interaction. Dr. Gottschalk currently serves as the Cultural Studies Committee Chair at UNLV.

His recent publications include:

Gottschalk, Simon. 2000. "The Greening of Identity: Three Environmental Paths." Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 24.

Gottschalk, Simon. 2000."Escape from Insanity." in Pathology and the Postmodern: Mental Illness as Discourse and Experience. Edited by Dwight Fee London: Sage, 18-48.

Gottschalk, Simon.1999."Speed Culture: Fast Strategies in TV Commercials." Qualitative Sociology 22,4: 311-329.

Information for this biography was taken from: http://strata.unlv.edu/people/faculty_1.html#GOTTSCHALK and, http://www.viewnews.com/1998/VIEW-Jun-10-Wed-1998/East/7608895.html


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CONTEMPORARY THINKERS AND TOPICS IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM Simon Gottschalk Simon Gottschalk, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and on faculty since 1992, was born in Brussels Belgium in 1959. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Haifa University in Israel in 1982. In 1985, he completed a Master of Arts degree at the University of Houston. He earned a PhD in Sociology in 1991 from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Dr. Gottschalks’ interests include Social Psychiatry, Mental Illness, Social Psychology, Deviance, Postmodern Theory, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Symbolic Interactionism, Qualitative Research Methods, Youth Cultures, and Environmental Sociology. He is currently working on several projects including: creating a new class at UNLV which will develop an ecological approach to social psychological and social psychiatric issues, examining the contributions of ecological approaches to sociological thinking, carrying out more research on the social and psychological effects of new mass media technologies and developing new research on computer-self interaction. Dr. Gottschalk currently serves as the Cultural Studies Committee Chair at UNLV. His recent publications include: Gottschalk, Simon. 2000. "The Greening of Identity: Three Environmental Paths." Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Volume 24. Gottschalk, Simon. 2000."Escape from Insanity." in Pathology and the Postmodern: Mental Illness as Discourse and Experience. Edited by Dwight Fee London: Sage, 18-48. Gottschalk, Simon.1999."Speed Culture: Fast Strategies in TV Commercials." Qualitative Sociology 22,4: 311-329. Information for this biography was taken from: http://strata.unlv.edu/people/faculty_1.html#GOTTSCHALK and, http://www.viewnews.com/1998/VIEW-Jun-10-Wed-1998/East/7608895.html