Marin Kosut

Marin Kosut is a Professor of Sociology at Purchase College, State University of New York. She bridges sociology, media studies, and art practices through her research and creative projects.

• Academic Affiliation: Purchase College, SUNY
• Contact: mary.kosut@purchase.edu

Research Interests

• Art and Urban Culture
• Gender in Media
• Human-Animal Relations
• Body Modification and Identity
• Autofiction and Generational Studies

Publication Trends span art economies, ecological sociology, gender theory, and body studies, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to urban life, cultural practices, and interspecies dynamics.

Scientific Awards:

• MacDowell Fellow (2019)
• Emily and Eugene Grant Faculty Award (2016–17)
• ASA Distinguished Scholarship Book Award (2014)
• Peter and Bette Fishbein Junior Faculty Research Award (2011–13)

Grants and Collaborative Projects include ethnographic studies on Bushwick art economies, urban beekeeping during ecological crises, and feminist reinterpretations of nature in museums. Her work has been published in Metropolotiques, Humanimalia, and Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks.