| 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 the Intellectual
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. 2001. "The Association of Creativity and Psychopathology: Its Cultural-Historical Origins,"Creativity Research Journal.
George Becker. 1997. "Replication and Reanalysis of Offenbacher's School Enrollment Study: Implications for the Weber and Merton Thesis," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 36 (4): 483-495.
George Becker (with Kevin Christiano et al.). 1995. Teaching Sociology Graduate Students to Teach Sociology. Published Report of the Ad Hoc Graduate Education Committee of the American Sociological Association.
George Becker. 1993. "Specialized Knowledge Claims and Professionalization: The Case of Psychiatry and Medicine in France," Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 29 (3): 201-12, 1993.
George Becker. 1992. "The Merton Thesis: Oetinger and German Pietism, A Significant Negative Case," Sociological Forum. 7 (4): 641-660.
