I am a senior lecturer in sociology at Vanderbilt University where I teach a variety of courses each year to some of the world's best students. My teaching and research interests include Race & Ethnicity, Masculinity, Nationalism, and Crime & Deviance.
I am an expert on US domestic militias and related nostalgic groups that are commonly grouped under the terms "right-wing" or "patriot groups," and have been studying them for more than a decade. Unlike the vast majority of nostalgic group researchers, I do not rely solely on online materials or media reports of these groups, but rather observe group members in ethnography and ask them directly about their motives and perceptions through interviews and surveys. I consider public sociology to be an important part of my job, and in addition to consultations with journalists and other academics around the globe, I have also served as an expert consultant on a federal hate crime trial (United States of America vs. Curtis Wayne Allen, Patrick Eugene Stein & Gavin Wayne Wright; Case Number 16-M-6151-GEB).
I am available for consulting on these groups at the below email address.
I am an expert on US domestic militias and related nostalgic groups that are commonly grouped under the terms "right-wing" or "patriot groups," and have been studying them for more than a decade. Unlike the vast majority of nostalgic group researchers, I do not rely solely on online materials or media reports of these groups, but rather observe group members in ethnography and ask them directly about their motives and perceptions through interviews and surveys. I consider public sociology to be an important part of my job, and in addition to consultations with journalists and other academics around the globe, I have also served as an expert consultant on a federal hate crime trial (United States of America vs. Curtis Wayne Allen, Patrick Eugene Stein & Gavin Wayne Wright; Case Number 16-M-6151-GEB).
I am available for consulting on these groups at the below email address.
Please note that I had a recent website failure, and have not yet fully replaced all my information. Here is a link to my dissertation, which is what many people want to access. Please let me know if there is something else specific that you cannot find.
You may contact me at:
Amy Cooter
amy.cooter@vanderbilt.edu
or
Department of Sociology
Vanderbilt University
PMB 351811
Nashville, TN 37235-1811
Amy Cooter
amy.cooter@vanderbilt.edu
or
Department of Sociology
Vanderbilt University
PMB 351811
Nashville, TN 37235-1811
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