Faculty
Leonard Nevarez
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Urban Studies Program
- Office: Blodgett Hall 308
- Phone: 437-7597
- Box: 231
- Email: lenevarez@vassar.edu
Leonard Nevarez is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Urban Studies Program. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and joined Vassar's Sociology Department in 1999. His research examines the role of markets and culture in on-going transformations of places and formal organizations. He is the author of New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban Economy (Routledge, 2003) and a forthcoming book on the contemporary meanings and pursuits of 'quality of life.'
In the Sociology Department, his courses draw upon political economy and social theory: Sociology of the New Economy, Quality of Life, and Corporate Power.
New Money, Nice Town: How Capital Works in the New Urban Economy