Welser, Howard T.
PART TIME FACULTY
Hall, Aileen
AFFILIATED FACULTY
SEMI-RETIRED FACULTY
Deborah Thorne
University Professor 2004-05
Assistant 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 352: 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. 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.