| GEORGE BECKER | ||
| Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook, 1976 | ||
| TITLE: | Associate Professor | |
| OFFICE: |
305 Garland Hall | |
| EMAIL: | george.becker@vanderbilt.edu | |
| PHONE: | 615-322-7517 | |
| CV: | GeorgeBeckerCV.pdf | |
HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS RECEIVED
University Chair of Teaching Excellence Award, 1999-2002
Ernest A. Jones Faculty Advisor Award, 1996
Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, 1994
COURSES TAUGHT
UNDERGRADUATE:
The Family
Deviance and Social Control
Criminology
Sociological Perspectives
GRADUATE:
Sociology of Science and Knowledge
Classical Sociological Theory
and Major Theorists
Sociology of the Intellectual
Teaching Workshop
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Historical Sociology
Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Creativity and Psychopathology
Sociology of Science and Knowledge
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Protestant Clergy's Contribution to German Science:
Theoretical Implications;
Catholic and Protestant Mobility Patterns in 19th Century Germany
The Current Debate Regarding the Association of Creativity and
Psychopathology: Viewed from a Sociological Perspective
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
George Becker. 2011. "Challenging Merton's Prostestantism-Science Hypothesis: The Historical Impact of Sacerdotal Celibacy on German Science and Scholarship," The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50 (2): 351-365.
George Becker. 2011. "Mad Genius Controversy." In Encyclopedia of Creativity. Runco, M.A. and Pritzker, S.R. (editors). Vol. 2:69-74.
George Becker. 2009. "The Continuing Path of Distortion: The Protestant Ethic and Max Weber's School Enrollment Statistics."Acta Sociologica. Vol. 52(3):195-212.
George Becker. 2001. "The Association of Creativity and Psychopathology: Its Cultural-Historical Origins."Creativity Research Journal.Vol. 13(1):45-68.
