Contact

Professor Marshall Battani
Department of Sociology
Grand Valley State University
2171 AuSable Hall, Campus 1
Allendale, MI 49401
(616) 331-3730

[email protected]

Education

University of California, Davis
Ph.D. Sociology
University of Arizona
M.F.A. Photography

Fields

Cultural Sociology, Sociological Theory, Aesthetics

Courses

• Introduction to Sociology
• Social Problems
• Contemporary Social Theory
• Classical Social Theory
• Cultural Sociology
• Sociology of Art
• Sociology of Media
• Sociology Capstone

Selected Publications

2019. “Pop Culture: From Production to Socio-Technical Moments” Handbook of Cultural Sociology. Ed. By John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, and Ming-Cheng Lo. Routledge (2^nd edition).

2017. (First Author with Michaelyn Mankel.) “Terrorist Aesthetics as Ideal Types: From Spectacle to ‘Vicious Lottery’” Contemporary Aesthetics Vol 15.

2011. “Atrocity Aesthetics: Beyond Bodies and Compassion.” AfterImage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. Vol.39, 1&2: 54-57

2011   “Aura, Self, and Aesthetic Experience.” Contemporary Aesthetics Vol 9.
 
 

Current Research Interests

Cultural sociology, Critical Studies of Terrorism, and Sociological Theory

Biography

As a sociologist trained in the fine arts Professor Battani draws from classical and contemporary social theory to investigate the cultural texture of social life.