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Steven J. Seiler

Degree(s)

  • PhD, Sociology, expected Spring 2010, University of Tennessee.
  • MS, Sociology, 2005, Virginia Tech.
  • Graduate Certificate, International Research, 2005, Virginia Tech.
  • BA, Cum Laude, Sociology, 2003, University of Georgia.
  • BA, Cum Laude, Political Science, 2003, University of Georgia.
  • AA, Magna cum Laude, General Studies, 2001, Truett-McConnell College.

General Research Area:Social Psychology, Political Economy, Sociological Theory, Research Methods

Dissertation: The Interstitial Self: Self-Concept, Self-Presentation, and Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication. (Post-proposal)

Current Research:Postmodern Self; Identity Work; Aligning Actions; Electronically Mediated Communications; Political Economy of Everyday Life

Selected Publications

“Stephenson’s Historical Ages of Death in the U.S.” (with Jason Milne) The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, 2009.      

“The Contemporary Wax Museum” (with Jason Milne) The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, 2009.  

 “Death Notification” (with Jason Milne) The Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, 2009. 

21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook, 2 vols., (Assistant Editor under Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck) Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2007.

“Doing Accounts: Toward a Dynamic Model of the Accounting Process.” (first author with Suzanne Kurth) The Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Under Review.

Selected Presentations and Conferences

“Negotiating the Self in Interstitial Space: A Study of Everyday Forms of Electronically Mediated Communication among College Students.” Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA, April 2009.                     

“Self-Concept, Self-Presentation, and Everyday Forms of Electronically-Mediated Communication: Negotiating the Self in Interstitial Space.” Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association. Huntsville, AL, October 2008.

“Doing Accounts: Toward a Dynamic Model of the Accounting Process.” (with Suzanne Kurth) Roundtable. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Boston, MA, August 2008.

“When the Backstage Disappears: The Self and Electronically Mediated Interaction.” Paper Presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Boston, MA, August 2008.

“Posthumous Impression Management.” Paper Presentation. Couch-Stone Symposium. Urbana-Champaign, IL, May 2007.

Courses Taught: Power & Society; Social Psychology; Social Justice & Social Change; General Sociology; Social Problems

Additional Information

  • US Navy (Active Duty: 1996-2000)
Steven J. Seiler

Contact Information

Steven J. Seiler
Department of Sociology
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0490

Email: sseiler2@utk.edu