PART TIME FACULTY
VISITING FACULTY
AFFILIATED FACULTY
EMERITUS FACULTY
Deborah Thorne
University Professor 2004-05
Associate Professor
Ph.D.: Washington State University, 2001
Contact Information:
Phone: (740) 593-1367
Office: Bentley Annex 155
E-mail: thorned@ohio.edu
Consumerism, Credit and Debt Website
Areas of Specialization:
Bankruptcy, Consumerism, Inequality, Gender, Teaching Excellence
Courses Taught:
Soc 101: Introduction to Sociology
Soc 331: Classes and Social Inequality
Soc 351: Elementary Research Techniques
Soc 406: Sociology of Consumption (Senior Capstone)
Soc 691: Seminar in Teaching
UP 452S: Bling Bling Blues: Consumerism, Credit and Debt
Selected Publications:
Thorne, Deborah, Elizabeth Warren, and Teresa Sullivan. Forthcoming. "The Increasing Vulnerability of Older Americans: Evidence from the Bankruptcy Courts." Harvard Law & Policy Review.
Katherine Porter and Deborah Thorne. “Better Off After Bankruptcy?” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser.
Robert M. Lawless, Angela K. Littwin, Katherine M. Porter, John A. E. Pottow, Deborah K. Thorne, and Elizabeth Warren. 2008. “Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors.” American Bankruptcy Law Journal 82: 349-405.
Teresa Sullivan, Deborah Thorne, and Elizabeth Warren. 2008. “Bankruptcy Ages.” Norton Bankruptcy Law Adviser 11: 1-5.
Deborah Thorne and Elizabeth Warren. 2008. “Get Sick, Go Broke.” In J. S. Hacker (ed.), Health at Risk: America's Ailing Health System--and How to Heal It. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Deborah Thorne, Elizabeth Warren, and Teresa Sullivan. 2008. “Generations of Struggle.” Research report for American Association of Retired Persons.
Thorne, Deborah. 2007. “Personal Bankruptcy and the Credit Report: Conflicting Mechanisms of Social Mobility.” Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political & Economic Inequalities 11 (4):23-43.
Thorne, Deborah and Katherine Porter. 2007. “Financial Education for Bankrupt Families: Attitudes and Needs.” Journal of Consumer Education 24:15-27.
Porter, Katherine and Deborah Thorne. 2006. “The Failure of Bankruptcy’s Fresh Start.” Cornell Law Review 92:67-127.
Thorne, Deborah and Leon Anderson. 2006. “Managing the Stigma of Personal Bankruptcy.” Sociological Focus 39 (2):77-97.
Himmelstein, David U., Elizabeth Warren, Deborah Thorne, and Steffie Woolhandler. 2005. “Illness and Injury as Contributors to Bankruptcy.” Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, Web Exclusive: February 2; w5-63 – w5-75.