Interview with Author Thomas Hood - The Goffman Lectures
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Tom Hood, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Executive Officer of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1990-2009), received his university education at Michigan State and Duke Universities. The Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors was awarded at M.S.U. in June 1960, Duke University awarded the A.M. degree in Sociology in 1964 and the Ph.D. degree in 1969. Professor Hood is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Alpha Kappa Delta and Alpha Zeta honor societies.
An active researcher, Dr. Hood's funded research projects and activities in the areas of transportation and the environment have brought over $3 million dollars in external funding to the University since 1974. Currently his research and writing interests include social suffering and collective distress, the social psychology of appearance and the attribution of character, the work of Erving Goffman, environmental movements in America. His published research on the Billy Graham crusade in Knoxville and his work on the social psychology of experiments has been reprinted and widely cited.
Professor Hood has taught courses primarily in collective behavior and social movements, research methods, social psychology and environmental sociology. In addition to teaching at all undergraduate levels and graduate levels he has directed or served on more than 100 masters and doctoral committees.
A committed Christian, Hood is a life-long member of the United Methodist Church having served on local, district and conference committees. He has been an active 4-H Leader for over 30 years in Knox County and has received the College of Arts and Sciences and National Alumni Association Awards for Public Service.
Hood enjoys writing poetry as T.C. Hood and amateur photography.
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Tom Hood, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Executive Officer of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1990-2009), received his university education at Michigan State and Duke Universities. The Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors was awarded at M.S.U. in June 1960, Duke University awarded the A.M. degree in Sociology in 1964 and the Ph.D. degree in 1969. Professor Hood is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Eta Sigma, and Alpha Kappa Delta and Alpha Zeta honor societies.
An active researcher, Dr. Hood's funded research projects and activities in the areas of transportation and the environment have brought over $3 million dollars in external funding to the University since 1974. Currently his research and writing interests include social suffering and collective distress, the social psychology of appearance and the attribution of character, the work of Erving Goffman, environmental movements in America. His published research on the Billy Graham crusade in Knoxville and his work on the social psychology of experiments has been reprinted and widely cited.
Professor Hood has taught courses primarily in collective behavior and social movements, research methods, social psychology and environmental sociology. In addition to teaching at all undergraduate levels and graduate levels he has directed or served on more than 100 masters and doctoral committees.
A committed Christian, Hood is a life-long member of the United Methodist Church having served on local, district and conference committees. He has been an active 4-H Leader for over 30 years in Knox County and has received the College of Arts and Sciences and National Alumni Association Awards for Public Service.
Hood enjoys writing poetry as T.C. Hood and amateur photography.
