Allison Wigen

Allison Wigen is a Ph.D. student in sociology. Her research and writing focus on culture, class and inequality, work and occupations, education, family, environment, and social theory. Her current research explores relationships between work and cultural production, with an emphasis on the role of creative actors in producing social change. She holds an Ed.M. in Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a B.A. in Literary Arts from Brown University. To learn more about Wigen’s research and publications, visit her webpage.

In Spring 2024, Allison received a CISS Summer mini-grant to support her travel to the 2024 American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada, where she will be presenting her preliminary dissertation findings in a roundtable on “Culture and Environment.” The funds will also support travel to the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut, where she has been accepted as a 2024 Munson Fellow. At the Munson Institute, Allison will be conducting archival research on commercial fishermen and maritime histories. Learn more in our featured article.