Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm
PhD, University of California, Berkeley 1999
MA, University of California, Berkeley 1994
JD, Harvard Law School 1990
BA, Yale College 1986
Race/Class/Gender/Sexuality; Sociology of the Body; Social Problems; Science/Medicine/Technology and Sociology of the Professions
Prof. Costello engages in research in embodied experience and interventions into embodied identity. In one line of research, he studies the regulation of sex and gender through medical interventions into the bodies of intersex and transgender people. In another, he examines embodiment in virtual settings. In a longitudinal study of avatar embodiment in the virtual world of Second Life, he studies how identification with the avatar body facilitates experiences of sensation in virtual flesh, and the therapeutic uses to which people put their avatars.
Spring 2023
SOCIOL 102-201: Solving Social Problems
SOCIOL 444-001(U/G): Sociology of The Body
Fall 2022
SOCIOL 102-201: Solving Social Problems
SOCIOL 255-001: Sociology of Sexuality
Summer 2022
SOCIOL 250-201: Sex and Gender
Spring 2022
SOCIOL 102-001: Solving Social Problems
SOCIOL 444-001: Sociology of The Body
SOCIOL 444G-001: Sociology of The Body
Spring 2021
SOCIOL 102-201: Solving Social Problems
SOCIOL 255-201: Sociology of Sexuality
Fall 2020
SOCIOL 102-001: Solving Social Problems
SOCIOL 444-001: Sociology of The Body
Summer 2020
SOCIOL 250-201: Sex and Gender
Spring 2020
SOCIOL 102-401: Social Problems in American Society
SOCIOL 255-001: Sociology of Sexuality
Fall 2019
SOCIOL 102-001: Social Problems in American Society
SOCIOL 928-001: The Sociology of Sex and Gender