Dr. Thomas C. Wilson
Teaching and Research Interests
Tom Wilson's current research interests include
assessing the roles of cultural and economic capitals in
determining cultural consumption, and drawing inferences for
the reproduction of social hierarchies; testing alternative
interpretations of racial and immigration policy attitudes;
tracing inter-regional differences in political tolerance, and
trends in tolerance since 1970. His teaching interests include
social inequality, with emphasis on bases of inequality
operating within racial and gender categories, sociology of
deviance, with emphasis on its social construction, and its use
in intergroup conflict, and quantitative research methods.
Courses Taught
Class, Status, and Power (undergraduate and graduate)
Quantitative Research Methods (undergraduate and
graduate)
Social Control and Deviance
Selected Works
"On Money, Time, and Taste: Explaining the Link Between
Social Class and Sports Involvement"
Bulletin of the International Council of Sports Science and
Physical Education 42: 35-42 (2004).
"The Paradox of Social Class and Sports Involvement: The Roles of Cultural and Economic Capitals" International Review for the Sociology of Sport 37 (1): 5-16 (2002).
"Americans' Views of Immigration Policy: Testing the Role of Threatened Group Interests" Sociological Perspectives 44 (4): 485-501 (2001).
"Explaining Black Southern Migrants' Advantage in Family Stability: The Role of Selective Migration". Social Forces 80 (2): 555-571 (2001).
