Alexander Sutton

I joined the Shepherd Program as a DeLaney Postdoctoral Fellow in 2022. Before coming to W&L I was a Pre-doctoral Fellow for Excellence through Diversity at the University of Pennsylvania while completing my doctoral studies in sociology at the University of Virginia. My research has been published in Qualitative Sociology, The American Sociologist, and the forthcoming edited volume, The Cultural Sociology of Art and Music: New Directions and New Discoveries (Palgrave Macmillan).

Education

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Virginia (2022)
• M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia (2018)
• B.M. Music Composition, Virginia Commonwealth university (2006)

Research

My research and teaching interests are in cultural sociology, social theory, aesthetics, creativity, culture & inequality, and disability & impairment. My current work examines the creative and professional lives of contemporary-classical music composers to understand how their creative practices and professional interactions help to shape the aesthetic discourse and organization of the contemporary American classical music field.