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SOCIOLOGY FACULTY

Anderson, Cynthia

Anderson, Leon

Brown, Michelle

Castellano, Ursula

De Angelis, Joseph

Henderson, Debra A.

Hoffman, Bruce

Li, Jieli

Mattley, Christine

Scanlan, Stephen J.

Shelly, Robert

Thorne, Deborah

Tickamyer, Ann

Vander Ven, Thomas

Welser, Howard T.

PART TIME FACULTY

Burmeister, Larry

Hall, Aileen

Hatch, Laurie Russell

VISITING FACULTY

Skladany, Michael

Wehrman, Michael

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Weston, Joan

EMERITUS FACULTY

Kuhre, Bruce

Myers, Lena

Schwartz, Martin

Shamblin, Don

Thio, Alex



Zoe and Dr. Deborah Thorne

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

Curriculum Vitae

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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