Sociology/Anthropology
Todd M. Callais earned his B.A. in
Sociology and Public Service from the University Of Notre Dame in 2001.
He achieved his M.A. in Sociology from The Ohio State University in the
summer of 2003. I am currently a PhD. candidate in the Department of
Sociology at the Ohio State University and have taught at Ohio State,
Denison and Kenyon College. My research and teaching interests include
Crime and Deviance, Social Inequality, Collective Action and Social
Movements, Media and Popular Culture (especially the sociology of
music), and Social Theory. My past research has covered the social
impact and commodification of music, gender lessons in popular culture,
discursive negotiation of racialized symbols, stigma and stigma
management processes, contemporary social movements, as well as
deviance and the social function of punishment. I am currently writing
my dissertation which explores how social movements assist stigma
management during the prisoner reentry process. I enjoy teaching at the
college level and aim to help students think critically and expand
their understanding of social justice.
