Jennifer Jordan

Associate Professor of Sociology

Office: Bolton Hall 732
Phone: (414) 229-5074
E-mail: jajordan@uwm.edu
Vita (pdf)

Office Hours: On leave for 2009–10

Degree:
Ph.D. University of California–San Diego, 2000

Research Interests:
Urban sociology, sociology of culture, Europe, Germany, collective memory, theory, sociology of food

Teaching Interests:
Theory, urban sociology, sociology of culture, collective memory, sociology of food

Past Course Syllabi
SOCIOL 101: Introduction to Sociology (pdf)
SOCIOL 375: History of Sociological Theory (pdf)
SOCIOL 493: Capstone Course in Sociology (pdf)
SOCIOL 715: Systematic Sociological Theory (pdf)
SOCIOL 927: The Sociology of Culture (pdf)

Selected Publications:
Jennifer A. Jordan." Landscapes of European Memory: Biodiversity and Collective Remembrance," History and Memory (Forthcoming).

Jennifer A. Jordan. “Elevating the Humble Dumpling: From Peasant Kitchens to Press Conferences,” Ethnology (Forthcoming).

Jennifer A. Jordan. "The Heirloom Tomato as Cultural Object: Investigating Taste and Space" Sociologia Ruralis 47:1 (January 2007), 20-41.

Jennifer A. Jordan. "Memorials as Sites of Social Integration in Berlin?" German Politics and Society 24:4 (Winter 2006), 77-94.

Jennifer Jordan. Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin and Beyond (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2006).

Links to recent radio interviews:
The Sociology of the Heritage Turkey
On Milwaukee Public Radio's "Lake Effect"

The Sociology of the Heirloom Tomato
On Milwaukee Public Radio's "Lake Effect"

The Sociology of the Heirloom Tomato
On Chicago Public Radio's "8:48"