John Grady (sociologist)

John Grady
Born
John Marshall Grady
Academic background
EducationBoston College (AB)
Yale University (AM)
Brandeis University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Sub-disciplineVisual sociology
InstitutionsWheaton College

John Marshall Grady (born 1942) is an American sociologist and emeritus professor of sociology at Wheaton College, known for his seminal work in the field of visual sociology.[1][2]

Education

Grady earned an A.B. in English and Asian studies from Boston College in 1964, an A.M. in anthropology from Yale University 1967, and a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University 1977.[3]

Career

After earning his PhD, Grady was hired by Wheaton College in Norton MA and appointed professor of sociology in 1990. He occupied the Hannah Goldberg Chair at Wheaton College from 1994 to 2004, and the William Isaac Cole Professor of Sociology from 2010 to 2015. He also served as president of the International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA). His research interests focuses on social organization in daily life and the "use of visual imagery in social research and analysis; and making documentary films."[4] He is currently an editor of Visual Studies, the journal of the International Visual Sociology Association.

Selected publications

  • Grady, John. "The visual essay and sociology 1." Visual Studies 6.2 (1991): 23-38.
  • Grady, John. "The scope of visual sociology." Visual Studies, 11.2 (1996): 10-24.
  • Grady, John. "Becoming a visual sociologist." Sociological Imagination 38.1/2 (2001): 83-119.
  • Grady, John. "Edward Tufte and the promise of a visual social science." Visual cultures of science: Rethinking representational practices in knowledge building and science communication (2006): 222-65.
  • Grady, John. "Visual sociology." 21st century sociology: A reference handbook (2007): 63-70.
  • Grady, John. "Visual research at the crossroads." Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Vol. 9. No. 3. 2008.

References

  1. ^ Harper, Douglas. "An argument for visual sociology." Image-based research: A sourcebook for qualitative researchers (1998): 24-41.
  2. ^ Pink, Sarah. Doing visual ethnography. Sage, 2013.
  3. ^ Status dynamics and social control in a community action program
  4. ^ John Grady : Professor of Sociology, William Isaac Cole Chair in Sociology Anthropology (2010-2015) at wheatoncollege.edu. 2015.
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