Gauchat, Gordon
Associate Professor
Sociology
Spring Semester Virtual Office Hours
By appointment only.
Education
PhD, Sociology, University of Connecticut
MA, Sociology, University of Connecticut
BA, Sociology and Economics, University of Connecticut
Areas of Specialization
Social Inequality; Environmental Sociology; Political Economy; Science, Culture-Cognition and Quantitative Methods
Teaching Schedule
Spring 2021
SOCIOL 304-201: Political Sociology
SOCIOL 375-201: Social Theory
Fall 2020
SOCIOL 375-201: Social Theory
SOCIOL 715-001: Systematic Sociological Theory
Summer 2020
SOCIOL 304-201: Political Sociology
Summer 2019
SOCIOL 304-201: Political Sociology
Selected Publications
Gauchat, G. W., & Andrews, K. T. (2018, June). The Cultural-Cognitive Mapping of Scientific Professions. American Sociological Review, 83(3), 567 - 595.
Gauchat, G. W. (2018, April (2nd Quarter/Spring)). Trust in Climate Scientists. Nature Climate Change.
Gauchat, G. W., O'Brien, T. L., & Mirosa, O. (2017). The Legitimacy of Environmental Scientists in the Public Sphere. Climatic Change, 143(3-4), 297-306.
Brady, D., Marquardt, S., Gauchat, G. W., & Reynolds, M. M. (2016). Path Dependency and the Politics of Socialized Health Care. Journal of health politics, policy and law.
Kelly, M., & Gauchat, G. W. (2015). Feminist Identity, Feminist Politics U.S. Feminists’ Attitudes toward Social Policies. Sociological Perspectives.
Gauchat, G. W. (2015). The Political Context of Science in the United States: Public Acceptance of Evidence-Based Policy and Science Funding. Social Forces, 94(2), 723-746.
Perrin, A., Roos, J., & Gauchat, G. (2014). From Coalition to Constraint: Modes of Thought in Contemporary American Conservatism. Sociological Forum, 29(2), 285–300.
Gauchat, G. W., Kelly, M., & Wallace, M. (2012). Occupational Gender Segregation, Globalization, and Gender Earnings Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Gender and Society, 26(5), 718-747.
Gauchat, G. (2012). The Politicization of Science in the Public Sphere: A Study of Public Trust in Science in the US., 1974-2010. American Sociological Review, 77(2), 167-187.
Gauchat, G. W. (2011). The Cultural Authority of Science: Public Trust and Acceptance of Organized Science. Public Understanding of Science, 20(6), 751-770.
Gauchat, G. W., Wallace, M., Borch, C., & Lowe, T. S. (2011). The Military Metropolis: Defense Dependence in US Metropolitan Areas. City and Community, 10(1), 25-48.
Gauchat, G. W. (2008). A Test of Three Theories of Anti-Science. Sociological Focus, 41(4), 337-357.