Celine-Marie Pascale

Dr. Celine-Marie Pascale is Professor of Sociology at American University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her research examines culture, knowledge, and power through sociological analyses of language and representation, drawing on feminist and poststructuralist theories. She specializes in qualitative methodologies, particularly textual analysis and interview techniques.

Research interests focus on:

• Language as social power mechanism
• Representation politics in inequality structures
• Epistemological frameworks in social research
• Intersectional race-class-gender dynamics

Recent publications analyze vernacular risk epistemologies during the Fukushima disaster and weaponization of political language. Her 2021 book 'Living on the Edge' presents cross-community ethnographic research on economic hardship.

Honors include the Distinguished Book Award from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (2012) and American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award (2008). Dr. Pascale has delivered keynote addresses globally, including UNESCO conferences on language-society relationships and ISA forums on inequality.

She maintains professional memberships in the International Sociological Association (serving as RC25 President 2010-2014), Eastern Sociological Society, and American Sociological Association.