Bard Faculty
Michael Donnelly
Professor of Sociology
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Global and International Studies, Social Policy, Sociology
Academic Expertise: Sociology
Area of Specialization: social theory; historical sociology; history of the social sciences
Biography:
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Birkbeck College, University of London. Member, School of Social Science, The Institute for Advanced Study (1990–91). Research grants: National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health) and American Council of Learned Societies. Author of
Managing the Mind: A Study of Medical Psychology in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain (1983),
The Politics of Mental Health in Italy (1992), and book chapters, articles, and reviews in
History of the Human Sciences, Economy and Society, Contemporary Sociology, American Journal of Sociology, and others. Coeditor,
Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective (2005). At Bard since 1999.
Interests:
Research Interests: mental health policy; early social statistics
Teaching Interests: social theory; social policy; sociology of medicine; deviance and social control; punishment
Contact:
Phone: 845-758-7218
E-mail: donnelly@bard.edu
