Marcus Britton

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Office:  Northwest Quadrant–Building B, Room 7428
Phone: 414/229-5308
E-mail: britton@uwm.edu

Summer Office Hours (May 19-Sept. 2, 2013): By Appointment 

Degree:

Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University

Areas of Specialization:

Urban Sociology; Economic Sociology; Organization Theory; Public Space; Residential Segregation; Race and Ethnic Relations

Teaching Schedule

Spring 2014
Sociol 330-201: Economy and Society
Sociol 361-201: Research Methods in Sociology
Fall 2013
Sociol 361-401: Research Methods in Sociology
Spring 2013
Sociol 330-202: Economy and Society (pdf)
Sociol 361-401: Research Methods in Sociology (pdf)
Syllabi from Other Courses Recently Taught
Sociol 928-001: Seminar: Place Strafication Fall 2012 (pdf)
Sociol/Urb Std 982-401: Methods of Research and Analysis for Urban Social Institutions II Fall 2010 (pdf)

Selected Publications:

Britton, Marcus.  Forthcoming.  "Race/Ethnicity, Attitudes and Living with Parents during Young Adulthood."  Journal of Marriage and Family.

Britton, Marcus, and Pat Antonio Goldsmith.  2013.  "Keeping People in Their Place?  Young-Adult Mobility and Persistence of Residential Segregation across Generations in U.S. Metropolitan Areas." (pdf) Urban Studies.

Britton, Marcus.  2012.  Review of Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy by David Imbroscio (pdf),  City & Community 11(2): 224, 225.

Britton, Marcus.  2011.  "Close Together but Worlds Apart? Residential Integration and Interethnic Friendship in Houston." (pdf),  City & Community 10(2): 182-204.

Britton, Marcus. 2008. "'My Regular Spot': Race and Territory in Urban Public Space." (pdf), Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 27:442-468.

Britton, Marcus, and William Ocasio. 2007. "Urbanization and Spatial Organization: Hospital and Orphanage Location in Chicago, 1848-1916." (pdf), Social Forces 85: 1303-131.