Dmitri Shalin, Ph.D.
Professor; Center for Democratic Culture Director
Biography
Dmitri N. Shalin has a doctoral degree from the Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Science (1973) and doctoral degree from Columbia University (1991). Dr. Shalin, former chair of sociology department, is professor of sociology and director of the UNLV Center for Democratic Culture. He is coordinator of Justice & Democracy Forum series; editor of the Social Health of Nevada Report; co-director of the International Biography Initiative and Erving Goffman Archives; assembler of Intercyberlibrary and Pragmacyberlibrary; organizer of international forums on Russian Art and Culture; and administrator of the MoodCounts Survey. His research interests and publications are in the areas of pragmatism, social theory, emotional intelligence, biocritical studies, democratic culture, and Russian society.
- Publications
- Video Library
- Russian Culture
- Intercyberlibrary
- Public Sociology
- Pragmacyberlibrary
- MoodCounts Survey
- Emotional Intelligence
- Crosscultural Dialogues
- Social Health of Nevada
- Erving Goffman Archives
- Justice & Democracy Forum
- Center for Democratic Culture
- International Biography Initiative
- Taskforce on Police Accountability
- 10-Point Plan to Curb Police Abuse
- Identity Politics and Civic Imagination
- Nevada Consortium for Police Reform
- Webinar on Russia's War in Ukraine
- Call to Action on Russia’s War in Ukraine
- J&D Forum on the Holocaust Legacy
- The Spiritual Moorings of Progressive Reforms
Recent Courses Taught
- SOC 447/647 — Marriage and the Family
- SOC 451/651 — Russian Society in Transition
- SOC 723 — Classical Sociological Theory
- SOC 725 — Biographical Sociology and Pragmatist Hermeneutics
- SOC 763 – Seminar on Symbolic Interaction
Current Research Projects
- Center for Democratic Culture
CDC promotes civic education through community-based programs and research on the historical experience of American democracy and its contemporary relevance at home and abroad. - International Biography Initiative
IBI features interviews and autobiographical materials collected from scholars who participated in the intellectual movements spurred by the Nikita Khrushchev's liberalization campaign. - Erving Goffman Archives
EGA collects critical studies and biographical materials about Erving Goffman and his era. This open-source project promotes the dramaturgical perspective and biographical methods of research. - Social Health of Nevada
The SHN report tracks the leading indicators and compares quality of life in the Silver State and other regions of the country.