Dr. Clayton D. Peoples is Assistant Professor of Sociology. Clayton was raised in a working-class family in a de-industrializing area of eastern Ohio—his father a union truck driver and factory worker, his mother a union clerical worker—and he is a first-generation degree holder. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Ohio State University in 2005.

Substantively, Clayton’s interests span stratification/inequality, political sociology/political economy, social movements/conflict, the family, and social psychology. Methodologically, his work relies primarily on quantitative methods, and he is particularly interested in network/relational analysis and comparative/cross-national methods. These diverse substantive and methodological interests are linked by a core interest in sociological theory—particularly theory expounding and theory testing—and are rooted in the conflict paradigm.

Clayton has published a number of scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has won section awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA) for papers he has written on social conflict and social psychology. He is also a recipient of a presidential fellowship and a congressional research award for his work in political sociology. His current research tests theories of power and extends social psychological theory into the areas of stratification and political sociology by examining how campaign contributions and social relations influence policymaking. His other current projects examine how perceptions of justice may influence intergroup conflict via preferential and/or discriminatory policies, and how class-based values influence voting behavior.

Contact Info:

Office: 309 Mack Social Sciences (MSS)

E-Mail: peoplesc@unr.edu

Phone: (775) 784-4765
Fax: (775) 784-1358

Mailing Address:
Mail Stop 300-UNR
Reno, NV  89557

 

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