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Peter Adler, Ph.D., and Patti Adler Ph.D.

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Patti Adler, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her interests include qualitative methods, deviant behavior, drugs and society, sociology of sport, sociology of children, social theory, work and occupations, and leisure.

Peter Adler, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at the University of Denver.

Together they are the co-authors and co-editors of numerous books, including The Tender Cut, Peer Power, Paradise Laborers, Wheeling and Dealing, and Constructions of Deviance. Both received the 2010 George Herbert Mead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

Books by Peter Adler, Ph.D., and Patti Adler Ph.D.
Recent Posts
Quitting Self-Injury
Self-Injury is sometimes viewed as addictive, but sociological research shows that people can and do quit.
What's in a Name?
Big Brother is telling you what you can and can’t name your Baby. Is this saving children from their parents’ insanity or depriving them of potentially great futures?
Do Men Self-Injure?

Is self-injury a “female disease?” Do men do it, and, if so, how is it different for them?

Is self-injury a “female disease?” Do men do it, and, if so, how is it different for them?

Why Can’t We Handle the Human Form?

What happened to my Speedo? My kids would die of embarrassment if I wore one!

What happened to my Speedo? My kids would die of embarrassment if I wore one!

The Social Transformation of Self-Injury

What’s happened to self-injury? Everyone’s doing it! Has it become a silent epidemic? What does it mean?

What’s happened to self-injury? Everyone’s doing it! Has it become a silent epidemic? What does it mean?

Ghett-o’ this Airplane!

Nowadays there’s a lot fewer jokes about flying and we’re all eyeing fellow passengers looking for the next shoe bomber. But have you noticed that our standards for defining deviance in looks and actions may display a not-so subtle form of institutionalized racism?

Nowadays there’s a lot fewer jokes about flying and we’re all eyeing fellow passengers looking for the next shoe bomber. But have you noticed that our standards for defining deviance in looks and actions may display a not-so subtle form of institutionalized racism?

Deviance Is Alive and Well

Deviance is alive and well and the Doctors of Deviance are here to tell you why

Deviance is alive and well and the Doctors of Deviance are here to tell you why