I am in the sociology Master’s program at the New School
for Social Research. My research interests are in race/ethnicity, and in the
study of ‘habit dynamics’: the mechanisms whereby
‘social habit’ is inculcated, and the mechanisms responsible for
creative action that emancipates the actor from the patrimony of habit.
There is a dangerous trend evolving in our institutions of
higher learning: the adoption of corporate business models for the management
of academic affairs. This has serious implications for professor job
satisfaction and productivity, as well as for the overall quality of the
academic experience students are exposed to.
