Harvey Molotch, Date of Birth

Harvey Molotch

American sociologist

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1940

Profession: sociologist, American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Harvey Luskin Molotch (born January 3, 1940) is an American sociologist known for studies that have reconceptualized power relations in interaction, the mass media, and the city.
He helped create the field of environmental sociology and has advanced qualitative methods in the social sciences.
In recent years, Molotch helped develop a new field—the sociology of objects.
He is currently a professor of Sociology and of Metropolitan Studies at New York University.
His Introduction to Sociology is featured as one of NYU Open Education's courses available to stream freely.
Other courses that he teaches include Approaches to Metropolitan Studies and Urban Objects.
He is also affiliated with the graduate program in Humanities and Social Thought.