Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Sociology
University of Arizona, 2019
Master's Degree
MA in Sociology
University of Arizona, 2012
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Sociology
University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008
Bachelor's Degree
BJ in Magazine Jounalism
University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Puetz, K. M. (2024). Relational Durkheim: Homo Duplex as the Foundation of a Formalist Cultural Sociology. Sociological Theory, 42(3), 205–230. https://doi.org/10.1177/07352751241241517
- Puetz, K. M. (2021). Taste boundaries and friendship preferences: Insights from the formalist approach. Poetics, 86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2021.101551
- Puetz, K. M. (2017). Fields of Mutual Alignment: A Dual-Order Approach to the Study of Cultural Holes. Sociological Theory, 35(3), 228–260. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735275117725765
- Puetz, K. (2025). Duality and Value Realism. Poetics, 110.
- Puetz, K. M., Davis, A. P., & Kinney, A. B. (2021). Meaning structures in the world polity: A semantic network analysis of human rights terminology in the world’s peace agreements. Poetics, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poetic.2021.101598
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Junior Theorist Award, American Sociological Association - Theory Section. August 2024
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