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Tulane Sociology


Kevin Fox Gotham

Professor (Ph.D. University of Kansas)
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (School of Liberal Arts)

220C Newcomb Hall
Phone: (504)862-3004
Fax: (504)865-5544
Email: kgotham@tulane.edu
Website: http://www.tulane.edu/~kgotham/gotham.html

CVResearch Interests

My research interests encompass the areas of social theory, urban sociology, historical sociology, economic sociology, sociology of culture, political sociology, and the sociology of law and public policy. 

Current Research Projects


1. Mortgage Markets and the Globalization of Real Estate.  This research interest focuses on the institutional and political changes that have occurred in the financing of real estate over the last few decades.  I examine the multi-decade restructuring of the U.S. housing finance system and the causes and consequences of the subprime mortgage crisis. 

 2. Race, Culture, and the Political Economy of Tourism.  This research interest focuses on intersection of race and culture in the development of modern tourism.  Specifically, I examine the interlocking nature of conflicts over race, culture, and authenticity in New Orleans and trace historically how tourism practices have displayed and articulated these conflicts.  Related projects examine the contradictory meanings and effects of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition held in New Orleans, the last World’s Fair staged in the United States; and convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) as agents and networks of cultural production. 

3. Post-disaster Recovery and Rebuilding in New York and New Orleans.  At present, I am working with Miriam Greenberg on a comparative historical analysis of the political, economic, and cultural effects of the recovery and rebuilding process in New York and New Orleans following the 9/11 disaster and devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.  Our book is under contract from Oxford University Press.

 

Publications

"Resisting Urban Spectacle: The 1984 Louisiana Exposition and the Contradictions of Mega Events." Urban Studies. 48(1) 197–214, January 2011.

"Toward a Research Agenda on Transformative Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Ecosystems" (with Richard Campanella).  Critical Planning. Volume 17, Simmer 2010.

Creating Liquidity Out of Spatial Fixity: The Secondary Circuit of Capital and the Evolving Subprime Mortgage Crisis.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. June 2009. 33:2.

“From 9/11 to 8/29: Post-Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding in New York and New Orleans.” (Co-authored with Miriam Greenberg). Social Forces. 87(2): 1037-62. December 2008.

“From Culture Industry to the Society of the Spectacle: Critical Theory and the Situationist International.” (Co-authored with Dan Krier). No Social Science Without Critical Theory. Edited by Harry Dahms. Current Perspectives in Social Theory. 2008. Vol. 25.

Courses Taught

Urban Policy and Planning (SOCI 630)
Social Theory (SOCI 322)		  gotham-photo


Tulane University, Department of Sociology, 220 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5820 menrigh@tulane.edu