Peter Levin’s Rethinking Markets

Maligne Lake
Academic Identity

I am assistant professor of Sociology at Barnard College. My book (and my dissertation research) is a comparative study of technology and futures trading, an ethnography of open outcry and electronic traders. My current research is on how art specialists price cultural commodities, particularly how categories and commensuration work in the secondary/resale fine arts market. I teach courses in economic sociology, organizations, and gender.

Professional Identity

I occasionally consult, focusing on organizational change, the future of technology and financial markets, and environmental markets. I do strategic assessments of markets, technology and organizational design, with qualitative and quantitative components. If you are interested, please email me.

Personal Identity

I grew up outside Chicago, and went to school(s) at Wesleyan University, USC, and Northwestern University. I currently live in New York, with a partner who is a marketing manager for an educational nonprofit. I love movies, like to cook, and I can do a mean lindy swing out. I am INTP.

June 10, 2008

All hail our new Culture Section Overlords

Filed under: Ramble — Peter @ 9:29 pm

Just in from my culture section listserv:

Dear Colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce the official results of our Culture Section elections:

Chair-Elect
Karen Cerulo, Rutgers University

Council Member
David Grazian, University of Pennsylvania
Eiko Ikegami, New School for Social Research

Secretary - Treasurer
Jennifer Lena, Vanderbilt University

Student Representative
Stacie F. Furia, University of California - Santa Barbara

Congratulations to you all, and thanks to everyone who agreed to serve the section by standing for office.

Special thanks, too, to the Nominations Committee– Paul Lopes (chair), John Krinsky, and Omar Lizardo– for your hard and productive work to develop a fine slate of candidates.

Lyn Spillman
Culture Section Chair.

4 Responses to “All hail our new Culture Section Overlords”

  1. Jenn Lena Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 7:09 am

    I will govern with patience and mercy.

  2. Andrew Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 9:21 am

    I can’t wait for the Treasury to start implementing mercantilist policies, or using section funds to trade on the Bourse.

  3. Peter Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Yes, I have some Puerto Rican Munis you might be interested in..

    Actually, Warren Buffett recently made a $1 long bet that the S&P would out-perform a fund of fund managers. But if you trust the culture section funds to me, I can get you 4-5% above S&P. I’m special.

  4. Jenn Lena Says:
    June 11th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    And what do you suppose I should ask the Council to do with the unexpected income?

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Documents, Links, and Hijinks

CV, Resume, or what I do in a nutshell

CV - academic (.pdf)
Resume - Professional (.pdf)

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DonorsChoose.org. This is where my partner works. It is an educational nonprofit devoted to obtaining resources for underfunded public schools.
VolunteerMatch. VM is a first stop for volunteering. You can plug in your interests, your zip code, and it will return things to do for a week, a week, or a lifetime.
Idealist.org. More than a place to volunteer, Idealist is probably the number one place my students go for career work. It is a kind of warehouse for nonprofit jobs, internships, volunteering, and the like.
Kaboom! Kaboom builds playgrounds in areas where they are needed and supported by the community. You can participate in a one-day build (though the interface kinda stinks), and they could use your money as well.
Partners in Health. This organization is just making the world better and healthier by attending to HIV and tuberculosis patients in the most impoverished places in the world. More here.

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