Robert Faulkner is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He researches, writes, and lectures on social organization, white-collar crime, and the culture of jazz and improvisation.

Robert R. Faulkner

Sociology, Jazz 

Robert Faulkner is professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology at UMASS Amherst. Rob is also a seasoned musician whose present research involves participant observation of musicians in action within creative jazz groups, social networks and culture reproduction, and is preparing a session in the recording studio with with Jay Messer, Dave Santoro, and Paul Lieberman. 
See: Curriculum Vitae

Link to Colleagues:
Howard Becker: http://home.earthlink.net/~hsbecker/index.html
Wayne Baker: www.waynebaker.org

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Amazon Book Review: "This book addresses an old and basic question: what is the moral order of the market?

‘Corporate Wrongdoing and the Art of the Accusation’ is an exploration of accusations of wrongdoing, and the revelations these accusations expose about the dark side of capitalism and modern corporations in their relationships with suppliers, buyers, peers, investment banks and state regulators.

The study explores data gathered from the past twenty years, including over a thousand accusations of economic wrongdoing in corporate America.

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Pensando juntos: la historia de un proyecto de investigación
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Thinking Together: An E-Mail Exchange and All That Jazz
An electronic book of the email correspondence of musicians and sociologists Howard Becker and Rob Faulkner during the years they were writing their book for the University of Chicago Press called Do You Know. . .? The Jazz Repertoire in Action

The e-book is published by The Annenberg Press and available from Amazon, the Apple Store, and other places that handle e-books.

A paper version of the exchange is published by and available at Questions Théoriques (of course, without the links to almost 300 songs Howie and Rob mention that are included in the electronic version).

Robert Faulkner
Professor Emeritus, Sociology 
Social and Demographic Research Institute
        University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Robert R. Faulkner, Professor of Sociology at UMASS studies jazz culture, social organization, white-collar crime, organized crime, and ethnographic research. He is also a well-known trumpet player in the Western Massachusetts region and an esteemed author with several books published.