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Susan S Silbey

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16-233
Phone
617-253-6952
Email
ssilbey@mit.edu
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Professor Silbey received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and post-graduate training in enthnography in the Sociology Department of Brandeis University. She served as editor of Studies in Law, Politics and Society (1990-1997), and the Law & Society Review (1998-2000). Silbey is the past president of the Law & Society Association, and a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. In 1998, she published The Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life describing the ways in which Americans imagine, use, and construct the rule of law.

Recent publications include, "Subversive Stories and Hegemonic Tales: Toward a Sociology of Narrative;" "Let Them Eat Cake: Globalization, Postmodern Colonialism and the Possibilities of Justice;" and "The Architecture of Authority: the Place of Law in the Space of Science."

Her current research projects include a study of the invention of an environmental management system for research laboratories, the role of gender in research organizations, and a comparative analysis of two new engineering colleges.