Phillip Pettis
- Assistant Professor
- CLS Core Faculty
- Department of Sociology
- College of Social Science
- Berkey Hall
- 509 E. Circle Drive
- East Lansing MI 48823
- pettisph@msu.edu
Biography
Philip J. "PJ" Pettis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University. Pettis, LMSW, MA, examines how sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, gender, age, and SES intersect to shape social, economic, and health inequalities. He draws on theoretical insights and perspectives from medical sociology, the sociology of sexualities, race/ethnicity, gender, social networks, social psychology, and stratification to examine the following three research questions: 1) How do social identities shape how individuals interpret and conceptualize heterosexism across contexts? 2) How do objective and subjective interpretations of heterosexism shape inequalities in life outcomes across individuals and social groups? 3) How does the interplay of social networks and contextual level factors generate social inequalities, specifically among sexual minorities with diverse social identities? He employs diverse methods to examine these research questions, including nationally representative survey data, social network analysis, in-depth qualitative interviews, and ethnography.
Links
https://sociology.msu.edu/people/directory/pettis-philip.html