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Carrie Yodanis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Arts. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, inequality, and the sociology of arts, with particular attention to how material culture shapes social identities and relationships.
Dr. Yodanis earned her Ph.D. from the University of New Hampshire, establishing a foundation for her scholarly work in sociology. Her academic journey has taken her from studying marriage and family dynamics to exploring broader questions about material culture and social identity.
Yodanis's research interests span multiple interconnected domains. Initially focusing on marriage and intimate relationships, she has increasingly turned her attention to the sociology of arts and material culture. Her current research examines how jewelry functions in everyday life to create, define, and mark individual identities, boundaries, and inequalities between social groups. She views jewelry as a subtle yet powerful element of the social world that has been overlooked in sociological analysis. Her work consistently maintains a focus on gender and inequality across different research domains.
Analysis of Yodanis's scholarly output reveals a clear trajectory from traditional family sociology toward material culture studies. Her early work focused on marriage, interethnic relationships, and household dynamics, often in collaboration with Sarah Lauer. More recently, she has shifted toward examining clothing, consumption, and most currently, jewelry as social phenomena. Her research consistently applies sociological frameworks to understand how everyday objects and practices reflect and reinforce social structures, particularly around gender and inequality.
Dr. Yodanis serves as a core faculty member in the Department of Sociology, where she contributes to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses related to her expertise in gender, family, and social interaction. While specific advising relationships are not detailed in the available information, her extensive publication record suggests she likely mentors graduate students in qualitative and theoretical sociology.
Her current research project on jewelry represents an innovative direction in the sociology of material culture, exploring how this often-overlooked aspect of personal adornment functions in social life. This work promises to contribute significantly to understanding the relationship between material objects and social identities.
