Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

本论文建议通过研究精英对土著群体传统艺术的赞助，来研究旅游业对区域经济和政治转型的影响。利用文化社会学和组织理论的模型，学生将确定印度艺术基金在20世纪20年代和30年代赞助新墨西哥州复兴传统普韦布洛陶器生产的原因和后果。

This dissertation proposal examines the consequences of tourism for restructuring regional economies and polities, through a study of elite sponsorship of the traditional art of an indigenous group. Using models from the sociology of culture and organizational theory, the student will identify the causes and consequences of the Indian Arts Fund's sponsorship of a revival of traditional Pueblo pottery production in New Mexico in the 1920s and 1930s.