Dr. Jeffrey Montez de Oca

Jeffrey Montez de Oca is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College with broad research interests in sociological theory, sport, media, identity and inequality, the cold war, and U.S. imperialism. He specializes in theoretically oriented research on sport during the cultural cold war and American Indian boarding schools as technologies of citizenship. He has peer-reviewed articles in Signs, American Studies, and the Journal of Historical Sociology, and a chapter in East Plays West: Essays on Sport and the Cold War (Routledge 2006). His book reviews have appeared in Gender & Society, Contemporary Sociology, Sociology of Sport Journal, and Journal of American Ethnic History. He teaches courses on sport, media, sociological theory, gender, and race.

Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Sociology
M.A.  New York University, Cinema Studies
B.A.  University of California, Berkeley, Anthropology

Research & Teaching Interests:
Social Theory
Social Inequalities
Film and Media Studies
American Indian Boarding Schools
Sport Sociology / Physical Cultural Studies