Wendy Griswold

Wendy Griswold
Alma materCornell University (A.B.)
Duke University (M.A.)
Harvard University (M.A., Ph.D.)
Known forsociology of culture, sociology of literature
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsNorthwestern University University of Chicago
Academic advisorsAnn Swidler, Harrison White

Wendy Griswold (born c. 1946) is an American sociologist, professor of sociology and the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University,[1] prior to that she was the Arthur E. Andersen Research and Teaching Professor, also at Northwestern University.[2] She is a Guggenheim Fellow[3] and well-known for her contributions to the sociology of culture and the sociology of literature. She is the author of nine books, among them, Bearing Witness: Readers, Writers, and the Novel in Nigeria won the "Best Book" award from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association in 2002[4] and the academic journal Choice named it one of the year's outstanding academic books.[2]

  1. ^ "Wendy Griswold's CV" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Griswold Named Andersen Research Professor: Northwestern University News". www.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  3. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Wendy Griswold". www.gf.org. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
  4. ^ "Congratulations to 2002 ASA Section Award Winners". www.asanet.org. Retrieved 2016-12-30.