Faculty Books
Bernard Beck
Associate Professor Emeritus
b-beck@northwestern.edu
Areas of Interest
Theory, Art/Music, Cultural Sociology
Biography
Professor, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1963. Beck studied welfare in Scandinavia and taught at Stanford before coming to Northwestern in 1965. He has written on welfare, films, and theatrical activity. He also served as president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and is now engaged in research on the theater, especially the issue of how actors and other artists deal with inactivity. Publications include his SSSP presidential address, "On the Politics of Speaking in the Name of Society," "The Military as a Welfare Institution," "The Limits of Deinstitutionalization," and "Welfare as a Moral Category.
Sociology Robert F. Winch Awards for 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Lecturer: Marina Zaloznaya
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Fiona Chin and Christopher Carroll
Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper: Jaimie Morse
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Published or Presented:
Upcoming Events
Colloquium: Nicola Beisel, PhD - Sociology
February 23, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop: Simone Ispa-Landa, Human Development and Social Policy
February 23, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
