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Associate Teaching Professor

ttober@soc.ucsb.edu

SSMS 3133

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About

Specialization:

Cultural Sociology, Collective Memory, Inequality, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Ireland


Education:

Ph.D., University of Virginia


Bio:

I study the ways we navigate difficult pasts and events. My dissertation research focused on post-WWII official and popular memory in Ireland. My current research involves data collection on mass shootings in America, including an analysis of media coverage of these horrific events, as well as official responses to these shootings.


Courses:

SOC1 - Introduction to Sociology

SOC108C - Cultural Analysis

SOC122 – Social Stratification

SOC130SG – Sociology of Globalization

SOC134 – Social Movements

SOC185C – Cultural Theory