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Elizabeth Hoffmann

Elizabeth Hoffmann


Associate Professor of Sociology

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Elizabeth Hoffmann received both her J.D. and her Ph.D. (2001) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and joined the faculty at Purdue University in 2001.
Office: STON 349
Office Phone: (765) 496-2225
Email: hoffmanne@purdue.edu

Specialization: law and society, work and organizations, sex and gender, alternative dispute resolution, legal consciousness, workplace ideologies, emotional labor.

Courses: Taught (Last two years)

SOC 324 - Criminology 
SOC 419 - Sociology of Law
SOC 608 - Work, Employment, and Law


Dr. Hoffmann's work has been recognized with honors from a variety of institutions, including the American Bar Foundation, the Law and Society Association, the Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society, the Industrial Relations Research Association, and the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Her research has received funding both from internal grants as well as from external sponsors, including the National Science Foundation and the Clifford Kinley Trust. She has presented papers at regional, national, and international conferences, such as the Midwest Sociological Society, the American Sociological Association (ASA), and the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the Sociology of Law. Recently, she was elected to the governing council of the ASA's Section on the Sociology of Law.


Positions at Purdue University

2001 - 2007 Assistant Professor of Sociology
2007 - present AssociateProfessor of Sociology

Service to the Profession

Council Member, Sociology of Law Section, ASA, 2003-05

Chair, Graduate and Undergraduate Student Paper Awards Committee, ASA, 2002

Honors and Awards

Invited Speaker, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 2005

Best Paper Award, Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2005

First Place, American Bar Foundation Paper Competition, 2001

First Place, Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society Paper Competition, 2001


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