Associate Professor
Sociology Undergraduate Program Director
Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
By Appointment
PhD, University of Kentucky
MA, University of Kentucky
Natalia Ruiz-Junco works in the areas of social theory, social psychology, sociology of emotions, social movements, and qualitative methodology. Her numerous publications in these areas examine the topics of self, identity, emotion, empathy, and social interaction. She has a long-standing interest in interpretive and pragmatist theories. She is co-editor of Updating Charles H. Cooley: Contemporary Perspectives on a Sociological Classic (Routledge, 2019), and of the Routledge International Handbook of Interactionism (Routledge, forthcoming). She is a member of the Editorial Board of Social Movement Studies.
social theory, social psychology, sociology of emotions, social movements, qualitative methodology