Martin, Derek C. 2004. “Apartheid in the Great Outdoors: American Advertising and the Reproduction of a Racialized Outdoor Leisure Identity.” Journal of Leisure Research, 36(4): 513-535.
1988 B.A. Sociology, University
of Tennessee – Knoxville.
1997 M.A. Sociology (minor, statistics), University of Tennessee – Knoxville.
1999 M.A. Social Relations, University of California – Irvine.
2005 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California – Irvine.
1) Analyzing the differences in personal
ads for Black and White Americans
2) Content analysis of televangelists’ fundraising techniques
3) Understanding the concept of “edgework” and participation
in extreme sports
4) Exploring racial difference in the accumulation of cultural capital
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social Stratification
- Sociology of Leisure
- Social Psychology
- Popular Culture
- Identity
SOC 397: Sociology of Leisure
SOC 435: Social Inequality
SOC 552: Seminar in Race & Ethnicity
SOC 306I: Popular Culture
SOC 321: Society & the Individual
SOC 530: Seminar in the Study of Leisure
2) “The T-Shirt Census Paper: Teaching Students about Categorization and the Creation of Differences.”