Rachel Meyer
Associate Teaching Professor, Sociology
Rachel Meyer’s areas of interest include work and labor, social class, political sociology, cultural sociology, social change, social movements, labor movements, U.S. labor history, and qualitative methods. Meyer’s research explores the relationship between political economy and working-class mobilization. Her focus is on how experiences of work and collective action shape working-class subjectivities. At Harvard University Meyer held positions as Lecturer and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology and she was a Harvard College Fellow. Meyer’s current projects are on precarious workers and ‘flexible’ labor.
Meyer, Rachel. 2017. “Precarious Workers and Collective Efficacy.” Critical Sociology 43(7-8): 1125-1141.
Meyer, Rachel and Janice Fine. 2017. “Grassroots Citizenship at Multiple Scales: Rethinking Immigrant Civic Participation.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 30(4): 323-348.
Meyer, Rachel. 2016. “Precarious Workers’ Movements and the Neoliberal State.” Working USA: The Journal of Labor & Society 19(1): 37-55.
Meyer, Rachel and Howard Kimeldorf. 2015. “Eventful Subjectivity: The Experiential Sources of Solidarity.” Journal of Historical Sociology 28(4): 429-457.
Robinson, Ian, Rachel Meyer, and Howard Kimeldorf. 2014. “The Strength of Weak Commitments: Market Contexts and Ethical Consumption.” Pp. 140-163 in Workers’ Rights and Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains: Is a Social Label the Answer?, edited by Jennifer Bair, Marsha Dickson, and Doug Miller. New York: Routledge.
Meyer, Rachel. 2012. “Transforming Citizenship: The Subjective Consequences of Local Political Mobilization.” Political Power and Social Theory 23: 147-188.
Meyer, Rachel. 2009. “The Rise and Fall of the Sit-Down Strike.” In The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, edited by Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe.
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PhD, Sociology
University of Michigan, 2008 -
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Introduction to Sociology
SOCL 1101
Explores diverse social phenomena, from how people try to look their best in face-to-face interactions; to how race, gender, and class shape identities and social conditions; to how industrial capitalism came to dominate the world. Offers students an opportunity to gain a grasp of key sociological theories and empirical research on topics such as social order, social conflict, and social change, as well as learn to identify social forces that shape human behavior, explain how these forces affect individuals and social groups, and make valid predictions about how they may shape future behavior or events.
