Patricia Hart

Patricia Hart is Lecturer in Sociology & Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Her teaching and research focus on racial/ethnic relations, cultural sociology, and American identity formation. Hart employs qualitative methodologies to examine social constructions of race and national belonging.

Courses taught include:

• SOC110: Introduction to Sociology
• SOC225: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
• SOC202: Contemporary Global Issues
• SOC317: Sociology of Media

Her educational background includes a PhD in Sociology from University of Hawaii Manoa (2013), where she graduated summa cum laude with additional certification in International Cultural Studies.