Spencer Cahill

CONTEMPORARY THINKERS AND TOPICS
IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM

Spencer Cahill

Spencer Cahill is a professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Florida. Since earning a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982, he has pursued his wide-ranging interests in the areas of micro sociology, sociological psychology, and social theory. He has conducted a variety of different types of qualitative research on topics such as gender socialization, childhood, public life, occupational socialization, disability, and emotions. From 1994-1999 he was the co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. From 2001-02 he served as the President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. He is the editor of Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Micro-Sociology. He has published extensively in Sociological Theory, Social Psychology Quarterly, and Symbolic Interaction and has to his credit editorship of the best selling anthology, Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology.

Recent Publications:

Cahill, Spencer. 2001. Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology. 3rd Edition. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing.

Forth-coming: "Notably Gendered Relations: Relationship Work in Early Adolescents." Notes."In Gender in Interaction." Edited by H. Kotthoff and B. Baron. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Cahill, Spencer. 1999. "Emotional Capital and Professional Socialization: The Case of Mortuary Science Students (and Me)." Social Psychology Quarterly 62: 101-116.

Cahill, Spencer. 1999. "The Boundaries of Professionalization: The Case of North American Funeral Direction." Symbolic Interaction 22: 105-119.

Cahill, Spencer. 1998. "Toward a Sociology of the Person." Sociological Theory 16: 131-148.

Cahill, Spencer and Robin Eggleston. 1995. "Reconsidering the Stigma of Physical Disability: Wheelchair Use and Public Kindness." The Sociological Quarterly 36: 681-698.


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CONTEMPORARY THINKERS AND TOPICS IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM Spencer Cahill Spencer Cahill is a professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Associate Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of South Florida. Since earning a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1982, he has pursued his wide-ranging interests in the areas of micro sociology, sociological psychology, and social theory. He has conducted a variety of different types of qualitative research on topics such as gender socialization, childhood, public life, occupational socialization, disability, and emotions. From 1994-1999 he was the co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. From 2001-02 he served as the President of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. He is the editor of Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Micro-Sociology. He has published extensively in Sociological Theory, Social Psychology Quarterly, and Symbolic Interaction and has to his credit editorship of the best selling anthology, Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology. Recent Publications: Cahill, Spencer. 2001. Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology. 3rd Edition. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing. Forth-coming: "Notably Gendered Relations: Relationship Work in Early Adolescents." Notes."In Gender in Interaction." Edited by H. Kotthoff and B. Baron. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Cahill, Spencer. 1999. "Emotional Capital and Professional Socialization: The Case of Mortuary Science Students (and Me)." Social Psychology Quarterly 62: 101-116. Cahill, Spencer. 1999. "The Boundaries of Professionalization: The Case of North American Funeral Direction." Symbolic Interaction 22: 105-119. Cahill, Spencer. 1998. "Toward a Sociology of the Person." Sociological Theory 16: 131-148. Cahill, Spencer and Robin Eggleston. 1995. "Reconsidering the Stigma of Physical Disability: Wheelchair Use and Public Kindness." The Sociological Quarterly 36: 681-698.