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 12, 2008
Movie Night
Filed under: Ramble — Peter @ 6:47 am
Welp, had a movie night last night, and the highlights, lowlights, and, well, lights, were as follows:
- the dessert was good. Nutella semi-freddo (thanks JL), crepes, strawberries, bananas, sweetened ricotta, cinnamon graham crackers, vanilla marshmallows, dark chocolate. All good.
- the savory crepes were decent. I only had one (carmalized onion, sauteed mushroom, swiss cheese), and it was delicious. Other fillings were ham, asparagus, grilled zucchini and squash, spinach.
- the salad was not good. It should have been good, but it was gritty. Ouch. Top chef wouldn’t have served it. Next time, wash wash wash wash the lettuce.
And the movie, The Player holds up surprisingly well. With apologies to everyone I didn’t get to talk to that much because I was running about, I thought it went pretty ok.
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June 12th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
my dessert was VERY GOOD. strawberry, banana and Nutella crepe. Sweet, minty jesus.
my savory crepe was good. Onion, mushroom and cheese was the way to go.
and The Player was a great choice. I was interested to see how possible it would to follow a plot with strangers to meet and friends in the room, and this was a great focus. Plenty to talk about, in short exhortations (Hey! That’s Alan Alda!)