Emily B. Campbell

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Emily Campbell
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Department of Sociology
  • Assistant Professor

Dr. Emily B. Campbell earned her B.A. in Sociology with Departmental Honors from Indiana University, Bloomington, her Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, and was postdoctoral fellow to the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University.

Professor Campbell is a political and cultural sociologist.  Her current research theorizes the sociopolitical role of grief in the drug overdose crisis through a multi-year ethnography of New England.  A second project centers efforts to revitalize American democracy through a series of case studies—asking how plural societies fortify democracy in the face of profound challenges.  Her writing has appeared in Contexts, Critical Research on Religion, Open Theology, Humanity and Society, and Teachers College Record, among others.

Professor Campbell stays active internationally and has presented research to audiences in Europe and Latin America.  During her doctoral studies, she was a research fellow at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany and a graduate research fellow in Mexico City.

In the classroom, Professor Campbell encourages her students to take intellectual risks through a mix of research, oral presentation, debate, and artistic expression.  Students leave her courses poised to engage social life as active citizens and lifelong learners. Professor Campbell previously taught at College of the Holy Cross, Lehman College, CUNY and, prior to doctoral study, in public bilingual education in Spain.

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, SNF Agora Institute
Ph.D., City University of New York Graduate Center
M.A., M.Phil, City University of New York Graduate Center
B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington

Selected Publications

Campbell, E.B. (2024). Grieving Overdose. Contexts. 24:2 Spring: 36-43.
Campbell, E.B. (2022). The Drug War Turns 50. Contexts. 22:3 Summer: 46-48.  
Campbell, E.B. (2022). Contesting Deaths’ Despair: Local Public Religion, Radial Welcome and Community Health in the Overdose Crisis, Massachusetts, USA. Open Theology 8.1: 248-260.
Campbell, E.B. and E.W. Gordon. (2017). The Role of Family and Home in Children’s Intellectual Development. Strengthening Families, Communities and Schools to Support Children’s Development. Routledge. [Book chapter]
Campbell, E.B., Torpey, J., Turner, B. (2015). Religion and the Occupy Wall Street movement. Critical Research on Religion 3.2: 127-147.
Gordon, E.W. and E.B. Campbell. (2014). Context and Perspective: Implications for Assessment in Education. Teachers College Record 116: 1-18.

Courses

JSTD 350 Topics
SOC 200 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 208 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
SOC 302 Social Research Methods

Selected Public Writing

Campbell, E. B. (2021). OxyContin created the opioid crisis, but stigma and prohibition have fueled it. The Conversation. September 16. Republished in 36 online and print venues.
Campbell, E. B. (2018). As the opioid epidemic continues, the holidays bring need to support those in grief. The Conversation. December 20. Republished in 7 online and print venues.