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Dina B. Pinsky
Chair of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminal Justice Department; Associate Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice
Easton 338 1 (215) 572-8544
About Me
Dina Pinsky is the Chair of the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Department. Dr. Pinsky, Associate Professor of Sociology, is also the Coordinator of the Gender and Sexuality Studies minor. A specialist in digital sociology, gender and sexuality, and qualitative research methods, Professor Pinsky is the author of Jewish Feminists and recent articles on digitally mediated relationships, qualitative research methods, and sex work. Her current research is about how high school and college students use digital technologies to flirt. At Arcadia, Professor Pinsky teaches Introductory Sociology, Research Methods, Writing for Social Sciences, Empirical Capstone Seminar, as well as courses on gender and sexuality.
Areas Of Focus
digital sociology, gender and sexuality, qualitative research methods
Education History
Graduate Center, City University of New York 2002
Ph.D. in Sociology and Certificate in Women’s Studies
Barnard College, Columbia University 1994
B.A., Major in Sociology
Publications
Digitally mediated communication and school-based sex education in the USA
Doing gender online through flirtation: Digitally mediated romantic interactions among college students
“The Sustained Snapshot: Incidental Ethnographic Encounters in Qualitative Interview Studies”
“‘A World Turned Upside Down’: Emotional Labour and the Professional Dominatrix”
“A Constellation of Stigmas: Complicating Sex Work Stigma with the Case of the Professional Dominatrix”
Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives
Research Summary
Dr. Dina Pinsky's current research project, "Flirtation 2.0" is an ethnographic study of adolescent peer interactions as mediated through social media. Using feminist and symbolic-interactionist frameworks, Dr. Pinsky explores narratives about on-line flirting and analyzes new social codes for digital interaction embedded in gender ideologies. Her forthcoming book details the ever widening place flirtation occupies in the cultural consciousness of young people. Dr. Pinsky's previous research has focused on sex work stigma, Jewish feminist activists, and ethnographic research methodologies.