Thomas M. Conroy

Thomas M. Conroy is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Lehman College, where he has taught full-time since 2004. He teaches core sociology courses like SOC 300 (The Sociological Imagination) and SOC 301 (Research Methods), as well as electives in culture, youth studies, food sociology, and art sociology. He co-organized the 2005 Lehman Conference on Hip-Hop, emphasizing its Bronx origins.

• Current advisor to the Lehman Sociology Club
• Board member and art show curator at Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY

His research focuses on the sociology of everyday life and routine cultural practices, with publications on music, media, street art, and food marketing. He is also an amateur artist and edited the book Food and Everyday Life (2014).