Willamette University

Sociology

Stanislav Vysotsky

Stanislav Vysotsky

Stanislav Vysotsky is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Willamette University in Salem, OR.  He received his Ph.D., M.A., and B.S. degrees in Sociology from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.  His areas of expertise include: Social Theory, Race and Prejudice, Social Movements, Social Conflict, Hate Crimes & Hate Groups, Youth Culture (with an emphasis on Counterculture), Popular Culture, and Deviance.

At Willamette his primary teaching interests and responsibilities include: Crime, Delinquency, and the Criminal Justice System (SOC 134), Social Problems and Social Justice (SOC 144), Navigating Social Worlds (SOC 201), Sociological Theory (SOC 303), Social Psychology (SOC312), Deviance and Social Control (SOC 339), and Senior Seminar: Subcultures and Countercultures (SOC 499).

Dr. Vysotsky’s research has focused on the conflict between supremacist groups in contemporary American society and their militant anti-fascist opposition.  He is currently conducting ethnographic and interview research with anti-fascist activists in order to understand the relationship between threat, space, subculture, and social movement activism.  Additionally, he is currently working on an analysis of public and private postings to supremacist internet forums in comparison to public forums associated with the TEA Party movement in order to compare the frames that are used by far-right and near-right movements.

Office Hours - Fall 2011

Monday & Wednesday 2:30 - 5:30

Tuesday & Thursday 4:00 - 5:30

And by appointment