Mimi Sheller
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Mimi Sheller is a professor of sociology and the founding Director of the New Mobilities Research and Policy Center at Drexel University
in Philadelphia. She attended Harvard University
where she earned an A.B in History and Literature in 1988. She received an M.A. in Sociology and Historical Studies in 1993 and a Ph.D. in 1998 at the New School for Social Research.
She is a visiting senior research fellow at the Center for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University
in England.
A prolific writer, she is the author of numerous articles and two books as well as several anthologies. Her research interests vary. Her first book Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica (Macmillan Caribbean, 2000) based on her dissertation received the Choice Magazine Outstanding Book Award in 2002. Her second book is Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies (Routledge, 2003). Along with British sociologist
John Urry
, she is the co-editor of Tourism Mobilities: Places to Play, Places in Play (Routledge, 2004) and Mobile Technologies of the City (Routledge 2006). They also co-founded the journal, Mobilities. She is considered one of the foremosst experts in mobilities research.
Drexel University
Drexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...
in Philadelphia. She attended Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
where she earned an A.B in History and Literature in 1988. She received an M.A. in Sociology and Historical Studies in 1993 and a Ph.D. in 1998 at the New School for Social Research.
She is a visiting senior research fellow at the Center for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
in England.
A prolific writer, she is the author of numerous articles and two books as well as several anthologies. Her research interests vary. Her first book Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics and Peasant Radicalism in Haiti and Jamaica (Macmillan Caribbean, 2000) based on her dissertation received the Choice Magazine Outstanding Book Award in 2002. Her second book is Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies (Routledge, 2003). Along with British sociologist
John Urry
John Urry (sociologist)
John Urry is a British sociologist, Professor at Lancaster University. He is noted for work in the fields of the sociology of tourism and mobility....
, she is the co-editor of Tourism Mobilities: Places to Play, Places in Play (Routledge, 2004) and Mobile Technologies of the City (Routledge 2006). They also co-founded the journal, Mobilities. She is considered one of the foremosst experts in mobilities research.