Jason Turowetz , PhD | Morse Scholar Alumni
Morse Scholar Alumni 2013–2016
Current Position
Lecturer, Department of Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara
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About
Jason Turowetz is lecturer in sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of multiple areas, including social theory, ethnomethodology and conversation analysis, health and medicine, race and ethnicity, and culture. His work has appeared in Sociological Theory, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociology of Health & Illness, Symbolic Interaction, Social Science & Medicine, and Research on Language & Social Interaction. He is coauthor, with Douglas Maynard, of Autistic Intelligence: Interaction, Individuality, and the Challenges of Diagnosis (University of Chicago Press, 2022), and with Matthew Hollander of Morality in the Making of Sense and Self: Stanley Milgram’s ‘Obedience’ Experiments and the New Science of Morality (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Education
| 2004 | BA | Sociology and Philosophy | University of Toronto |
| 2005 | MA | Sociology | University of Toronto |
| 2016 | PhD | Sociology | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2013–2016 | Morse Scholar | Major Professor: Doug Maynard, PhD | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
In the News
- Autistic Intelligence wins book awards
July 24, 2017
Videos
The Milgram Experiment
Diverse Podcast
Episode 5 – Interview with Jason Turowetz on the history of autism and the possible futures of the neurodiversity movement.
Selected Publications
Longo, Gina, and Jason Turowetz. (2024). “The Digital Governmentality of Marriage Migration: Policing US Spousal Reunification, National Belonging, and Borders in Digital Spaces.” Families, Relationships, & Societies. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1332/20467435Y2024D000000020
Turowetz, J., Wiscons, L. Z., & Maynard, D. W. (2024). Disorder or difference? How clinician-patient interaction and patient age shape the process and meaning of autism diagnosis. Sociology of health & illness, 46(S1), 171–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13611
Hollander, Matthew, and Jason Turowetz (author order alphabetical). Morality in the Making of Sense and Self: Stanley Milgram’s ‘Obedience’ Experiments and the New Science of Morality. Oxford University Press. 2023
Eisenmann, Clemens, Jakub Mlynář, Jason Turowetz, and Anne Rawls. (2023). “‘Machine Down’: Making Sense of Human-Computer Interaction – Garfinkel’s Research ELIZA and LYRIC from 1967 to 1969 and Its Contemporary Relevance.” AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture, & Communication. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01793-z
Maynard, Douglas W., and Jason Turowetz (author order alphabetical). Autistic Intelligence: Interaction, Individuality, and the Challenges of Diagnosis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (2022)
Turowetz J. (2022). Interaction order and the labeling of disorder: How parents mobilize personal knowledge in the clinic to resist medicalization of their children’s behavior. Social science & medicine (1982), 294, 114719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114719