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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 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
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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