David J. Hutson

Recent Publications and Presentations

Publications

• Hutson, David J. 2011. “Looking Within from Without.” Advances in Medical Sociology, Vol. 12: Sociology of Diagnosis, pp. xxix – xxxvii, PJ McGann and David J. Hutson (eds). Emerald Publishing Group: Wales, UK.
• Hutson, David J. 2010. “Standing OUT/Fitting IN: Identity, Appearance, and Authenticity in Gay and Lesbian Communities.” Symbolic Interaction, 33(2), 213-233.
• Martin, Karin A., David J. Hutson, Emily Kazyak, and Kristin S. Scherrer. 2010. “Advice When Children Come Out: The Cultural ‘Tool Kits’ of Parents.” Journal of Family Issues, 31(7), 960-991.
• Hutson, David J. 2008. “Beginnings: Attempting a Lesbian History Project” in Lesbians in the Twentieth Century: 1900-1999, Esther Newton (ed). Hosted at www.OutHistory.org.

Under Review and In Preparation

• Hutson, David J. “Negotiating Status Difference: The Role of Bodily Capital in Reshaping Gender, Age, and Class Hierarchies.” (Revise and Resubmit)
• Hutson, David J. “’Your Body is Your Business Card’: Bodily Capital and Health Authority in the Fitness Industry.” (Revise and Resubmit)

Recent Presentations

• 2013 Organizer for Panel on “Health, Illness, and the Body.” Annual Meetings of the Midwestern Sociological Society. Chicago, IL.
• 2012 “Losing the Baby Weight: Women, Exercise, and Reclaiming Bodily Status.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Wisconsin Sociological Association. River Falls, WI.
• 2012 “Cultural Deputization and Personal Trainers: Appearance and Physique as Medical Authority.”Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Denver, CO.
• 2012 “Physical Capital as a Form of Capital: Bourdieu and the Body in Sociological Theory.” Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Denver, CO.
• 2012 Organizer for Panel on “Health, Aging, and the Life Course,” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Denver, CO.
• 2011 Organizer for Panel on “Sex and the Body,” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Las Vegas, NV.
• 2010 “’Your body is your business card!’: Appearance and Authority in the Personal Training Industry.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Atlanta, GA.
• 2010 Organizer for Panel on “The Body,” Michigan Social Theory Conference. Ann Arbor, MI.
• 2009 “Standing OUT/Fitting IN: Gay Identity, Appearance, and Authenticity in a Post-Closet World.”:Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
• 2009 “Turning Morality Inside-Out: Science, Bodies, and the Changing Meaning of Exercise in Nineteenth Century America.: Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco, CA.
• 2009 “Advice When Children Come Out: The Cultural ‘Tool Kits’ of Patents.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
• 2007 “Gymnastics, Health, and Evolution? Darvinian Evolutionary Theory and Exercise in the 19th Century.” Paper presented at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
• 2006 “Gay and Lesbian Appearance Choices in a Post-Closet World.” Paper presented at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
• 2004 “Fat, Lazy, and Ugly: Aspects of Obesity’s Social Construction in America.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.

Areas of Interest

• Health and Illness
• Inequalities
• Gender
• Cultural Sociology
• Body/Embodiment
• Sexualities

Awards & Honors

• 2010 Sociology Dissertation Research Grant, University of Michigan
• 2010 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan
• 2007 LSA Candidate Fellowship, University of Michigan
• 2006 Rackham Pre-Candidate Research Grant, University of Michigan
• 2006 High Pass, Preliminary Examination in Gender and Sexuality
• 2005 Rackham Spring-Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan
• 2004-06 LSA Regents Award, University of Michigan
• 2003 Generation-to Generation Fund Award, San Francisco State University
• 1997 Charles Colpaert Scholarship Award, Indiana University

Professional Organizations

• Midwest Sociological Society
• Wisconsin Sociological Association
• Sociologists for Women in Society
• Society for the Study of Social Problems
• American Sociological Association