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Dr. William J. Buse

Dr. William J. Buse

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Director, Urban Affairs Program

 

Education:

  • Ph.D. with distinction, 1999, Anthropology, Columbia University
  • EdM, 1994, Anthropology and Education, Columbia University
  • MA, 1994, Anthropology and Education, Columbia University
  • MS, 1979, Social Work, Columbia University
  • Professional Licensing - New Yor State Certification LCSW, 1981                                        New Jersey State Certification LCSW, 1994

Professional Interests:

  • Urban North America and Middle East
  • Applied, Symbolic, and Psychological Anthropology
  • Psychoanalysis; social work

Publications:

"Puting Anthropology on the Couch:  Measuring Unconscious Conformity in the Classroom" in International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Vol. 4, #1, 2007

"Toward a Genealogy of Psychoanlysis" in The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 93, #4, 2006

"The Last Priests:  Memory and Membership in a Psychoanalytic Institute" in Practical Philosophy, Vol. 7, #2, 2005

"Training in the Institute for the Performing Artist" in Insight, Vol. II, #1, 1998
"Personal Myths:  Living Them and Pretending Them" with Amdursky, A. and DeCosta, L. in Dynamic Psychotherapy, 1985

Courses Taught/Teaching:

  • SOC 201: Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC 210: Introduction to Social Work
  • SOC 304: Social Class and Inequality
  • SOC 312: Social Work Practice
  • SOC 319: Social Work Practice II
  • LLRN 122:  Roots of Social Science:  Sociology and Anthropology
  • URBN 301/Soc 315: Metropolis and Mental Life

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