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| Katrina Hoop Professor Hoop was drawn to the field of Sociology because it offers a unique perspective on how people make sense of their lives, understand each others' experiences and change the world. Her many areas of interest include social movements and language, the immigrant experience, youth culture, religion and effective teaching strategies. Her recent work focuses on the dynamics of social movements, language,
and identity. In particular, she studies the "strange bedfellow
phenomenon," looking at unexpected collaboration between divergent
interest groups, including the anti-gambling, the anti-USA PATRIOT
Act
legislation and the anti-human/sexual trafficking movements. She has presented her work to the American Sociological Association, the Eastern Sociological Society, the Association for General and Liberal Studies and is actively involved in the New England Sociological Association. |