Daniel A. Menchik
BA, University of Wisconsin--MadisonMPhil, University of Cambridge
MA, University of Chicago
Phone:517-897-5933
Email: mench
Homepage: www.menchik.com
Curriculum Vita: CV
I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Chicago. Generally speaking, my research is motivated by solving interesting puzzles, and in doing so, contributing to sociological theory. My dissertation is on the relationship between theory and praxis in medical work. I have also done research on linguistic properties of email interaction among scientists and the relation between organizational prestige and esteem judgments among physicians. I use multiple methods because different problems require it. Data collected for my dissertation project are primarily ethnographic, although I also draw on social network data on referral patterns, and examine quantitative data on the international diffusion of robotic technologies.
Master's Title
Putting Knowledge Into Organizational Contexts: How Physician Networks Manage Research Findings
Research Interests
Work/Occupations, Health and Medicine, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Theory, CultureSelected Publications
Menchik, D., and D. Meltzer. 2010. "The Retrieval of Scientific Findings and Attainment of Esteem in Physician Networks." The Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51:2 pp. 37-52.Menchik, D. 2010. "The Social Life of the Clinical Trial." Qualitative Sociology, 33, pp. 591-593.
Menchik, D., and X. Tian. 2008. "Putting Social Context into Text: The Semiotics of Email Interaction." The American Journal of Sociology, 114:2 pp. 332-70.
Menchik, D. 2004. "Placing Cybereducation in the UK Classroom." British Journal of the Sociology of Education, 25:2, pp. 193-213.
