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David Reznik Senior Professorial Lecturer Sociology

Contact
David Reznik
CAS | Sociology
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW G15
Degrees
BA, Communication Studies (UCLA)

MA, Sociology (University of Miami)

PhD, Sociology (University of Florida)

Favorite Spot on Campus
Tie: Reeves Aquatic Center and Woods Brown Ampitheatre
Bio

David Reznik’s scholarship is at the nexus of contemporary social theory, intersectional identity politics, and 21st-century popular culture. His/their body of work includes  about American Jewish racialization in US cinema as well as peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from Ìý³Ù´Ç . More recent publications include  in the HBO series,  and an essay on Currently, he/they are working on two projects: one assesses how present-day American horror films mirror a post-Covid reactionary/anti-social politics in the US; the other archives/curates LGBTQ+ mass media artists (Chappell Roan, Jane Schoenbrun, Luca Guadagnino, etc.) whose profoundly personal reflections on queer & trans identity amidst potential social extinction simultaneously offer inspiring calls for global societal survival amidst impending planetary catastrophe.

For the Media
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • CORE-105 Complex Problems Seminar: True Crime Media and Society

  • SOCY-412 Social Theory

  • SOCY-412 Social Theory

  • SOCY-494 Comm Service Learning Project: Social Theory

Spring 2025

  • SOCY-412 Social Theory

  • SOCY-452 Popular Culture

  • SOCY-612 Social Theory