RICHARD PETERSON
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1962
TITLE:   Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
OFFICE:   317 Garland Hall
EMAIL:   richard.a.peterson@vanderbilt.edu

HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS RECEIVED

A double issue of the journal Poetics devoted to a festschrift on my contributions to the deveolpment of cultural sociology. Poetics, Volume 28 #2-3. December 2000.

Invited plenary presentations since November 2000: Vienna; Manchester; Rotterdam; London; Surrey, UK; Philadelphia; San Antonio, TX; Chicago; Taipei, Taiwan; Seoul, Korea; Hamburg.

Temporary visiting appointments since 2000: Senior Research Fellow, University of Salford, October 2003; Consulting Lectureship, Universitat Autonima de Barcelona, November 2003; Consulting Lectureship Yonsei and Korea Universities, Seoul, October 2006; Working Conference, Oxford University, November 2006; University consortium, Brisbane, Australia, September, 2007.

COURSES TAUGHT

UNDERGRADUATE:

  Popular Culture Dynamics
  Music in Society
  Sociology of Art
  Occupations and Professions
  Sociology of Complex Organizations
  Freshman Seminar: Country Music
   in Societal Context

GRADUATE:

  Sociology of Culture
  Sociological Theory
  Creative Scenes


CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scenes Where Music Genres are Created
Cultural Sociology at Home with Science
Music Industry Dynamics
Social Status and Taste

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Peterson, Richard A. and Gabriel Rossman. 2007. "Changing Arts Audiences: Capitalizing on Omnivorousness." Bill Ivey and Steven Tepper (editors). Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of AmericanÕs Cultural Life. New York: Routledge.

Peterson, Richard A. 2005. "Problems in comparative research: The example of omnivorousness." Poetics. 33:257-282.

Bennett, Andy and Richard A. Peterson (editors). 2004. Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Richard A. Peterson and Andy Bennett. 2004. "Introducing Music Scenes," Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual, pp. 1-16. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Lee, Steve S. and Richard. A. Peterson. 2004. "Internet-Based Virtual Music Scenes: The Case of P2 in Alt.Country Music." Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual, pp. 187-204. Edited by Andy Bennett and Richard A. Peterson. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

Peterson, Richard A. and Timothy Dowd (editors). 2004. "Music in Society: The Sociological Agenda," Poetics 32: #3-4.

Peterson, Richard A. and N. Anand. 2002. "How Chaotic Careers Create Orderly Fields." Creative Careers, pp. 257-289. Maury A. Peiperl, Michael Arthur, and N. Anand, editors. New York: Oxford Universitiy Press.

Ryan, John and Richard A. Peterson. 2001. "The Guitar as Artifact and Icon: Identity Formation in the Babyboom Generation." Guitar Culture, pp. 89-116. Andy Bennett, editor. London: Berg.

Peterson, Richard A. and Bruce B. Beal. 2001. "Alternative Country: Origins, Music, World-view, Fans, and Taste in Genre Formation." Popular Music and Society 25:233-249.

Anand, N. and Richard A. Peterson. 2000. "When Market Information Constitutes Fields: Sensemaking of Markets in the Commercial Music Industry." Organization Science 11:270-284.

Peterson, Richard A., Pamela Hull, and Roger Kern. 2000. The Aging of Arts Audiences National Endowment for the Arts. Seven Locks Press.