Peter Levin’s Rethinking Markets

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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.

July 8, 2008

Nature!

Filed under: Ramble — Peter @ 2:01 pm

Canadian Rockies are out of hand. Seriously. I’d post photos of Lake Louise, but it looks like we’re standing in front of a giant postcard.

Lake Maligne

Think I’m joking? This was our hotel in Banff.

Fairmont Banff

3 Responses to “Nature!”

  1. Andrew Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Good grief that’s some pretty scenery. But the hotel gives me a ‘Shining’ sort of vibe. Happy bday, by the way.

  2. Peter Says:
    July 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    Funny, we went to the Athabasca glacier, where the big hotel is simply left closed (with antifreeze in the pipes) for winter, since the guy on our tour said it gets ridiculously cold and anyone who was there would go kill-crazy.

    The best accommodations were at the Jasper Park Lodge, which looks like this. Really, the whole thing is just absurd.

  3. Kieran Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

    During a winter holiday, my brother and his family stayed (by chance) in the topmost room of one of those towers on either side of that hotel. They had to climb a little spiral staircase to get to it.

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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.
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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.
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