Sara Mason, Ph.D.
Department Head, Sociology & Human Services
Office locationStrickland Academic, 185 A,
Area(s) of Expertise: Tourism & Leisure Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Culture, Memory, and Place.
Courses Taught
(HSDA) program.
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009
- M.A., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002
- B.A., Cultural Studies, Hampshire College, 1995
Research/Special Interests
Dr. Mason’s research focuses on the intersections of race, culture, knowledge production, and power, with a particular emphasis on cultural practices (particularly tourism, place-making and consumption), in relation to racial identities, class, history, and memory. She is currently working on a book length manuscript based on her research on the growth and popularity of heritage tourism in relation to the politics of place-making and a growing Black tourist class.
Publications
Mason, Sara F. (2011). Making Sense of Slavery on the Plantation Trail: An ethnographic look at how we remember slavery on the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Public Intellectual. Retrieved from . (Invited Contribution)
Mason, Sara F. (2011). Selling Dr. King’s Dream: Blackness and Tourism in Atlanta. In V.A. Young and B.H. Tsemo (eds.) From Bourgeois to Boojie: Black Middle-Class Performances. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.