Julie B. Wiest, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology | Faculty Senate Past-President
Series Co-Editor, Interpretive Lenses in Sociology (Bristol University Press) | Senior Crime and Media Editor, Emerald Studies in Media and Communications
juliebwiest.com | @jbwiest | Google Scholar
Student consultation hours Spring 2025: (virtual office):
Tues/Thurs 11am-noon (in person or Zoom) & Wed noon-3pm (Zoom only)
Appointments generally preferred but required for Zoom meetings
A sociologist of culture and media, I apply mainly symbolic interactionist and social constructionist perspectives to studies in three primary areas: (1) the sociocultural context of violence, (2) mass media effects, and (3) the relationship between new media technologies and sociocultural change. I earned my Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Tennessee and M.A. in journalism and mass communication at the University of Georgia's Grady College. Before academia, I worked as a print and online journalist for nearly a decade.