Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

本论文的建议审查的后果， 旅游业对区域经济和政治结构的调整， 通过对精英赞助传统艺术的研究， 一个土著群体。 使用文化社会学的模型 和组织理论，学生将确定原因 印度艺术基金会赞助一个 新墨西哥州传统普韦布洛陶器生产的复兴 在20世纪20和30年代。

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.