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Phillipa Chong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University. Her research focuses on cultural sociology, particularly how worth is defined and evaluated in social objects (e.g., books, art) and groups (e.g., experts, minorities). She has extensively studied book reviewers as market intermediaries in cultural markets.
- Education: PhD, MA, and BA in Sociology from the University of Toronto; Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University.
Her research spans topics like bias in arts reporting, gender inequality in book reviewing, and the role of cultural intermediaries. She has published in journals such as Poetics and Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism, with a notable 2020 book Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times.
Phillipa has been referenced in media outlets including TVO Arts, Gawker, and N+1 magazine. She teaches courses such as Popular Culture and Inequality (SOCIOL 3NN3) and Social Inequality (SOCIOL 713), and has served as an instructor since 2011.
