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Bio
Dustin Avent-Holt is a PhD candidate in residence. He is interested in social inequality, political and economic sociology, sociology of work and organizations, and comparative-historical sociology. He also has a general interest in social theory and its intersection with methodology. Dustin is a member of the American Sociological Association and the International Sociological Association (Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, RC28).
Education
2010 (anticipated) Ph.D. Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2005 M.S. Sociology North Carolina State University
2003 B.A. Sociology Georgia State University
Research
Dissertation: Organizing Economies: The Structuring of Neoliberalism in the U.S.
Airline Industry
Currently, Dustin is working on his dissertation which is a historical analysis
of the political process of reorganizing the U.S. airline industry along
neoliberal lines.It uncovers the political mechanisms through which market,
state, and societal actors construct and reconstruct markets over time. His
dissertation addresses central theoretical questions (how are markets and firms
organized) as wel as practical social problems (where did neoliberalism come
from and how has it shape market and workplace relations).The broader project
will extend this analysis to examining how this market eorganization has
restructured income inequality within and between firms in the industry. Along
with his dissertation Dustin is using the Australian National Organization
Survey to examine market networks and organization, and workplace inequalities.
With co-authors Don Tomaskovic-Devey, Sandra Harding, and Cathy Zimmer he s
examining the overlapping exchange relations in Australian markets as well as
income inequality in both Australian and U.S. workplaces.
Research Assistant for Dr. Donald Tomaskovic-Devey on market organization and workplace inequality in Australia and the U.S., 2006-present
Teaching
Teaching Associate:
Race, Gender Class & Ethnicity (Spring 2009)
Teaching Assistant:
Social Class Inequality (Fall 2009)
Elementary Statistics (spring 2006)
Data Collection and Analysis (fall 2005)
Social Research Methods (Lab Instructor, spring 2004)
