Barry Glassner
Barry Glassner is the President of Lewis & Clark College beginning October 2010 and was formerly professor of sociology and executive vice provost at the University of Southern California, which honored him in 2002 with its highest research award.[1] He has received a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, a visiting fellowship at Oxford University and “best book” designations from the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Choice Magazine and Knight-Ridder newspapers. His research specialties include cultural sociology, qualitative methods and media studies.[2][3]
Glassner has authored or co-authored nine books, including The Culture of Fear, which discussed the similarly named phenomenon, culture of fear. He says that many of Americans' concerns and fears are largely unfounded. An updated and enlarged 'Tenth Anniversary Edition' of "The Culture of Fear" was published by Basic Books in 2010. In addition, his articles have been published in journals including the American Sociological Review, Social Problems, American Journal of Psychiatry, and Journal of Health and Social Behavior. [2]
His book, The Gospel of Food, was released in hardcover in January 2007 and softcover in January 2008. In this book he addresses U.S. food beliefs, his premise being that much of what Americans read and hear about food is inaccurate and unhelpful. He discussed this topic in depth in his interview on the Skeptics' Guide podcast.[4] Michael Moore interviewed him in the film Bowling for Columbine and some of Moore's statistics and a story about President George W. Bush mentioned in the movie can originally be found in Glassner's writing.
Barry Glassner was appointed executive vice provost at USC in June 2005. A professor of sociology in the USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Glassner is the former Myron and Marian Casden Director of USC’s Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life. He has served on the university’s Development Committee, Provost’s Advisory Committee and Budget Advisory Committee, among others.
Glassner has published his research in journals in the social sciences and medicine and was chair of academic departments at Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut prior to arriving at USC, where he was recruited to become department chair.[3][5]
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