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Bio
Jason Rodriquez is a doctoral candidate in sociology. His dissertation is a comparative ethnography of emotion work in two nursing homes, one part of a large, for-profit chain, the other part of a small, non-profit chain. His research interests include the self, emotions, culture, health policy, and race. His previous research analyzed how whites use color-blind ideology to culturally appropriate “underground” hip-hop. His research has been published in Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Problems (co-authored with Jill McCorkel) and the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.
Education
2001 B.S. Northeastern University, Psychology (Sociology Minor)
2006 M.A. University of Massachusetts, Sociology
2009 PhD. University of Massachusetts, Sociology (expected)
