Curriculum Vita

Teaching Areas and Research Interests
sociology of law; social movements; political sociology; statistics; methods

Key Publications
“Tanks, Tear Gas and Taxes: Toward a Theory of Movement Repression,” Sociological Theory (2003); “The Gay 90s?: Models of Legal Decision-Making, Change and History,” Journal of Historical Sociology (2003); “The Differential Protection of Minority Groups: The Inclusion of Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Disability in State Hate Crime Laws, 1976-1995,” The Politics of Social Inequality (with Sarah A. Soule, 2001); “Methods, Movements and Outcomes: Methodological Difficulties in the Study of Extra-Movement Outcomes,” Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, (2000).

Contact Information
Office:
2817 Ellison
Email:
jearl@soc.ucsb.edu
Academic Credentials
Associate Professor
PhD University of Arizona, 2002

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