Gerald Markle
Lecturer in Sociology
Contact Information:
Email: markle@sonoma.edu
Voicemail: 707.664.2469
Fax: 707.664.3920
Office: Stevenson Hall 2084-H
Areas of Expertise:
Comparative Historical, Sociology of Knowledge, Methods
Academic Interests:
I have wide-ranging interests. Prior to my Ph.D. in Sociology, I studied molecular biology (M.A. plus two years). As Professor of sociology, each of my books (and many of my chapters and articles) examines a different area of expertise. In 2000, I received the Charles Horton Cooley Award for Distinguished Contributions to Sociology. As Professor Emeritus, I've written six novels (none published yet, but I'm hoping that changes this year).
Selected Publications:
- Science, Politics and Cancer: The Laetrile Phenomenon. American Association for the Advancement of Science Selected Symposia Series, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1980 (with James Petersen).
- Cigarettes: The Battle Over Smoking. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1983 (with Ronald Troyer). Translated into Japanese as Tabako no Shakai: Shien o Meguru Kobosen (Kyoto: Sekai Shisosha, 1992).
- Minutes to Midnight: Nuclear Weapons Protest in America. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1989 (with Frances McCrea).
- Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. Newbury Park, California: Official Publication of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1995 (with Sheila Jasanoff, James Petersen and Trevor Pinch). Revised 2nd Edition, 2001. Translation into Chinese. Beijing Institute of Technology Press, 2004
- Meditations of a Holocaust Traveler. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1995.
- What If Medicine Disappeared? Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 2009 (with Frances McCrea).
Courses Offered:
Sociology 305: Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series