SusanPitchfordAssociate Teaching Professor(206) 685-4223pitch@uw.eduPersonal Website CV (131.69 KB)Savery 221Office Hours: Mondays after classes (10:20, 2:20), outside the classrooms, and by apFields of Interest Nationalism Race and Ethnicity Religion Social Stratification/Inequality Background and ExperienceSummaryPh.D., University of Washington, 1994Susan Pitchford is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology. She received her BA, MA and PhD in sociology from the University of Washington, as well as an ASN in nursing from Oakwood College. Her courses include Introduction to Sociology, American Race and Ethnic Relations, Public Schooling in America and Comparative Social Problems. Additional, she leads study abroad programs: She currently teaches a sociology of religion program in Rome ("Christianity in Rome: Church vs. Empire, Church as Empire") every other year. She has also taught programs in Zimbabwe and South Africa (on sustainable development), and Belfast (on conflict and conflict resolution). Pitchford's research has focused on how subordinated and stigmatized peoples use museums and other tourist attractions to tell their stories. Identity Tourism: Imaging and Imagining the Nation (Emerald 2008) examines the use of these attractions to create and project a revalued national identity. Her other, nonacademic books (Following Francis [Morehouse 2006] and God in the Dark [Liturgical Press 2011]) focus on spirituality. Her current project (The Sacred Gaze: Contemplation and the Healing of the Self [Liturgical Press 2014]) links the social psychology of identity to the Christian contemplative tradition. Pitchford is also a regular contributor to Give Us This Day, a Catholic periodical. Courses Taught Spring 2021 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 362 A: Race Relations Winter 2021 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 401 A: Special Topics in Sociology Autumn 2019 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 362 A: Race Relations Winter 2019 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 499 B: Undergraduate Independent Study or Research Autumn 2018 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 362 B: Race Relations Winter 2018 SOC 110 A: Survey of Sociology SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling in America Winter 2017 SOC 110 A: Survey Of Sociology SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America SOC 499 B: Undergraduate Independent Study Or Research Autumn 2016 SOC 110 A: Survey Of Sociology SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America SOC 292 A: Public Schools in America: Public Schools in America Winter 2016 SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America SOC 440 A: Comparative Social Problems Autumn 2015 SOC 110 A: Survey Of Sociology SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America Winter 2015 SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America SOC 440 A: Comparative Social Problems SOC 499 B: Undergraduate Independent Study Or Research Autumn 2014 SOC 110 A: Survey Of Sociology SOC 292 A: Who Gets Ahead? Public Schooling In America Related News Related News Spring 2017---Sociology in Rome with Susan Pitchford Oct 28, 2016 Share: Print PDF