Timothy Hallett

Tim received his Ph.D from Northwestern University in 2003. His research interests lie at the intersections of social psychology, organizations, and culture. He has published research on “inhabited institutions” (Theory and Society 2006 with Marc Ventresca), symbolic power and organizational culture (Sociological Theory 2003), how emotions “blow up” in organizations (The Sociological Quarterly 2003) and on the social construction of leadership (Sociology of Education 2003 with James Spillane and John Diamond). His current research examines institutional recoupling and turmoil in urban elementary schools. He is also doing a project that examines the dynamics of gossip in organizations (with Brent Harger and Donna Eder). In another current project (with Michael Sauder and Ryotaro Uemura) Tim explores how the influential book Bowling Alone successfully diffused from the ivory tower of academia into the public imagination. Tim is an ethnographer by trade, and he has published research on the history of ethnography (with Gary Fine Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 2000). He is also writing a paper (with Greg Jeffers) that identifies Annie Marion MacLean as a “long-neglected mother” of contemporary ethnography.