Shyon Baumann
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Shyon Baumann Ph.D., Harvard University - 2001 |
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Biographical Overview: Professor Baumann received a B.A. in sociology from McGill University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 2001. He lectured in sociology at Harvard for one year before joining the sociology department at the University of Toronto in 2002. |
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Recent Courses Taught: Sociology of Mass Communication (UTM), Sociology of Culture (UTM), Communication and Ethics (UTM), Doctoral Research Practicum (St.George), Sociology of Culture (St. George) |
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Selected Publications: Cairns, Kate, Josée Johnston and Shyon Baumann. 2010. "Caring About Food: Doing Gender in the Foodie Kitchen." Gender & Society Johnston, Josée and Shyon Baumann. 2010 Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape. NY: Routledge. Baumann, Shyon. 2008. "The moral underpinnings of beauty: a meaning-based explanation for light and dark complexions in advertising." Poetics 36:2-23. Johnston, Josée, and Shyon Baumann. 2007. "Democracy vs. Distinction: A Study of Omnivorousness in Gourmet Food Writing." American Journal of Sociology 113: 165-204. |
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Research Interests: Professor Baumann specializes in the sociological study of media, culture, and the arts. He has a strong interest in the role of culture in creating and maintaining social inequality and in the processes leading to prestige and legitimacy in art worlds. One current research project investigates race and gender in television advertising and another project examines gourmet food writing to understand how some foods are valorized as high status consumption items. |
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