J. Patrick Williams, Ph.D.
Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography
P.O. Box 2410, Arkansas State University, State University, AR 72467
Office: 870-680-8215
Emails: subcultures@gmail.com
Web: http://www.jpatrickwilliams.net
Education
2003 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Tennessee.
Dissertation title: The Straightedge Subculture on the Internet: A
Case Study.
Comprehensive exams: Social Psychology; Cultural Studies and Cultural
Sociology
1999 M.A., Sociology, East Tennessee State University.
Thesis title: Boundary Negotiation: The Dynamics of Role Acquisition
in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
1993 B.S., Cultural Anthropology, University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga.
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology and Geography,
Arkansas State University.
Research and Teaching Areas
Social psychology (symbolic interactionism); cultural sociology; identity;
subcultures; qualitative research methods. Substantive interests in youth
subcultures, gaming cultures and identity; internet cultures and computer-mediated
interaction; intercultural interaction; community studies.
Courses Taught (alphabetical)
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural Sociology/Sociology of Culture
Ecological Social Problems
Ethnographic Field Research
First Year Studies/First Year Experience
Introduction to Sociology
Music and Youth Cultures
Nationalism and Identity
Qualitative Research Methods
Social Problems
Social Psychology: Symbolic Interactionism
Social Psychology of Cyberspace
Youth Subcultures
Past Teaching Positions
2003-2006 Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology, University of Georgia.
2003 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University
of Szeged, Hungary. |
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2008 Copes, Heith, Andy Hochstetler, and J. Patrick Williams. "We
Weren't No Regular Dope Fiends: Affirming Hustler Identities through Crackhead
Contrasts." Social Problems 55(2):254-270.
2008 Williams, J. Patrick. “Youth Subcultural Studies: Sociological Traditions and Core Concepts.” Sociology Compass 1(2):572-593.
2007 Copes, Heith, and J. Patrick Williams. “Techniques of Affirmation: Deviant Behavior, Moral Commitment, and Subcultural Identity.” Deviant Behavior 28(2):247-272.
2006 Williams, J. Patrick. “Authentic
Identities: Straightedge Subculture, Music, and the Internet.”
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35(2):173-200.
2005 Williams, J. Patrick, and Heith Copes. “‘How
Edge Are You?’ Constructing Authentic Identities and Subcultural
Boundaries in a Straightedge Internet Forum.” Symbolic Interaction
28(1):67-89.
2005 Weninger, Csilla, and J. Patrick Williams. “Cultural
Representations of Minorities in Hungarian School Textbooks.”
Pedagogy, Culture and Society 13(2):159-179.
2004 Ryba, Tatiana, and J. Patrick Williams. “Multiculturalism
or Assimilation? : An Examination of a University Internation House through
a Cultural Studies-as-Praxis Model.” The Review of Education,
Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies 26(2):210-228.
2003 Williams, J. Patrick, Anthony Cavender, Dennis Butler, Misty Gaugler,
Kimbery Napier, and Tim Stanton. “Adolescent
Marijuana Use in a Rural Appalachian Community.” Journal
of Appalachian Studies 9(2):93-113.
2003 Williams, J. Patrick. “Straightedge
Subculture on the Internet: A Case Study on Style-Display Online.”
Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy Journal
107:61-74.
2003 Fraser, James C., Jonathan Lepofsky, Edward L. Kick, and J. Patrick
Williams. “The Construction
of the Local and the Limits of Contemporary Community-Building in the
United States.” Urban Affairs Review 38(3):417-445.
2002 Williams, J. Patrick and Tatiana Ryba. “Doing
Service Learning in an International Student Center.” Tennessee
Education 32(1):47-55.
2002 Fraser, James C., Edward L. Kick, and J. Patrick Williams. “Neighborhood
Revitalization and the Practice of Evaluation in the United States: Developing
a Margin Research Perspective.” City and Community 1(2):
217-235.
2001 Williams, Patrick. “Liminality
among European Exchange Students.” International Education
30(2): 19-40.
Books
2007. Williams, J. Patrick, and Jonas Heide Smith (eds.). The
Players' Realm : Studies in Video Games and Gaming. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland.
2006 Williams, J. Patrick, Sean Q. Hendricks, and W. Keith Winkler (eds.). Gaming as Culture: Essays in Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
In preparation. Williams, J. Patrick. Subculture Studies: An Introduction. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
In preparation. Vannini, Phillip, and J. Patrick Williams
(eds). Authenticity in Culture, Self and Society. London: Ashgate.
Other Publications
2008 Williams, J. Patrick. “Teaching and Learning Guide for Youth-Subculture
Studies: Sociological Traditions and Core Concepts.” Sociology
Compass 2(1)
2007 Williams, J. Patrick, and Dennis D. Waskul. “Mundane Life in a Media Age.” Symbolic Interaction 30(4):627-636.
2007. Williams, J. Patrick, and Jonas Heide Smith. “Digital Gaming and Social Life in the Early 21st Century.” Pp. 1-15 in J. Patrick Williams and Jonas Heide Smith (eds.). The Players' Realm : Studies in Video Games and Gaming. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
2006. Williams, J. Patrick. “How the Internet is Changing Straightedge.” Pp. 104-115 in Arielle Greenburg (ed.)Youth Subcultures: Exploring Underground America. New York: Pearson Longman.
2006 Williams, J. Patrick. “Consumption and Authenticity
in Collectible Strategy Games Subculture.” Pp. 77-99 in J. Patrick
Williams, Sean Q. Hendricks, and W. Keith Winkler (eds.) Gaming as
Culture: Social Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
2006 Williams, J. Patrick, Sean Q. Hendricks, and W. Keith Winkler. “Fantasy
Games, Gaming Cultures and Social Life.” Pp. 1-18 in J. Patrick
Williams, Sean Q. Hendricks, and W. Keith Winkler (eds.) Gaming as
Culture: Social Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
2002 Williams, J. Patrick. "Review of Becoming Intercultural: An Integrative
Theory of Communication and Cross-Cultural Adaptation by Young Yun
Kim." Intercultural Education 13(1):99-100.
2001 Williams, Patrick. "Child Poverty in the Former Soviet Union." Pp.
223-226 in Samuel E. Wallace, Social Problems: An Ecological Perspective
(2nd Ed). Pearson.
Study Abroad
Music, Popular
Culture, and Political Change —Budapest, Hungary —Six
week program for undergraduate students, focusing on the relationship
among music, culture and political change. From early July to mid-August
annually.
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association
[Section Memberships: Social Psychology; Sociology of Culture; Communication
and Information Technologies]
Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
Southern Sociological Society
