Sociology and Anthropology
Davison Bideshi, Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2004
Dr. Bideshi joined the Department in 2008.
Contact Info
- Office: Morgan Hall 410
- Phone: (309) 298-1613
- E-mail: D-Bideshi@wiu.edu
Courses
- Soc 255: Deviant Behavior
- Soc 300: Minority Peoples
- Soc 316: Collective Behavior and Social Movements
- Soc 333: Classical Sociological Theory
- Soc 334: Contemporary Sociological Theory
- Soc 355: Criminology
- Soc 415: Stratification
- Soc 463: Sociology of Law
- Soc 500: Professional Seminar in Sociology
- Soc 515: Advanced Criminology
- Soc 518: Classical Sociological Theory
- Soc 519: Contemporary Sociological Theory
Areas of Specialization
Sociological Theory, Criminology, Socio-Legal Studies, Law and Society; Sociology of Law.
Selected Publications/Presentations
- Bideshi, Davison.聽 2020.聽 鈥淥n Inequality, Law, and Residential Segregation: Rousseau鈥檚 Linkages to Contemporary Sociology.鈥澛犅Michigan Sociological Review聽34:74-104.
- Bideshi, Davison.聽 2020.聽 鈥淩esidence, Democracy, and Substantive Justice: Toward an Integrative Approach.鈥澛犅犅International Review of Sociology/Revue Internationale de Sociologie.聽 First published online 29Sep 2020. DOI:聽
- Bideshi, Davison, and Augustine J. Kposowa. Fall 2012. 鈥淎frican Immigrants and Capital Conversion in the U.S. Labor Market: Comparison by Race and National Origin.鈥 The 星空无限传媒app Journal of Black Studies 36(3):181-200.
- Bideshi, Davison. 2008. Social Theory, Law, and Residence: Explorations of Bourdieu, Black, Ely, and Dworkin. Saarbr眉ken, Germany: VDM Verlag.
- Kposowa, Augustine J., and Davison Bideshi. Spring 2008/2006. 鈥淩eassessing the Sources of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Adult Mortality.鈥 The 星空无限传媒app Journal of Black Studies 30(1):1-14.
- Davison Bideshi. 鈥淭he Behavior of Law in Civil Matters: Pushing the Boundaries of Blackian Theory.鈥 Paper presented at the 2012 Pacific Sociological Association鈥檚 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, 22nd-25th March. The Sociology of Law Section.
- Gari D. Matsey, and Davison Bideshi.聽 鈥淧ersonas and Poles: An Ethnographic Exploration of Exotic Dancing as an Occupation, Social Labelling, Stigma, and Socialisation. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in Minneapolis, MN, 29th March-1st April. The Labeling Theory and Deviance Section.
Organizational Memberships/Affiliations
Pacific Sociological Association (PSA); American Association of University Professors (AAUP); Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)

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