Kenneth H. Tucker Jr.

Professor of Sociology

Specialization: Sociological theory; social movements; mass communications

Kenneth Tucker's most recent book, Classical Social Theory: A Contemporary View (2001), explores the contemporary relevance of classical social theory by examining the work of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and other theorists. Tucker's articles have been published in Current Perspectives in Social Theory; Sociological Theory; Theory, Culture, and Society; and Critical Studies in Mass Communications, among scholarly journals.

A frequent speaker at conferences, Tucker has presented his research around the world in such gatherings as the University of Stockholm's Syndicalism in Comparative Perspective Conference, the American Sociological Association Meetings, and the Theory, Culture, and Society Conference.

Tucker teaches Introduction to Sociology; Collective Behavior and Social Movements; and Issues in Sociology: Modernity and Its Discontents. Students consistently praise him for his challenging and helpful nature as well as his "great sense of humor and style of teaching."

In addition to his research and teaching, Tucker has been a manuscript referee for presses and journals, including Cambridge University Press, Theory, Culture, and Society, Columbia University Press, Sociological Inquiry, and University of Minnesota Press. He has served on panels for programs sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and coorganized conferences on sociology and mass communications.

News Links:

"Tucker Tackles Sociologist Anthony Giddens in New Book," College Street Journal, April 30, 1999

"Sociologist Ponders Communication and Democracy," College Street Journal, April 19, 1996