10 Facts About Paul DiMaggio

Paul Joseph DiMaggio was born on January 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is an American educator, and professor of sociology at New York University since 2015.

Paul DiMaggio was the executive director of Yale's program on nonprofit organizations, and through 1991 he was a professor in the sociology department at the university.

Paul DiMaggio was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1990).

Paul DiMaggio served on the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and on the board of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.

Paul DiMaggio was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2016.

Related searches

Paul DiMaggio argues that, unsettled by the weak class distinctions in growing industrial cities, local elites created a "sophisticated" culture that would separate commoners from those of high standing.

Paul DiMaggio says that "high culture" models developed by founders of museums and orchestras were then adopted by patrons of opera, dance, and theatre.

Paul DiMaggio compares the emergence of the Internet with the rise of television in the 1950s.

Paul DiMaggio believes that this difference is the result of the so-called digital divide - inequalities in Internet usage by race, income, and education level.

Paul DiMaggio maintains that these inequalities were not found in the adoption of TV in the 1950s, and suggests that differences in Internet usage among social groups will continue.