University of North Texas 
Gabe Ignatow
Sociology
Professor
Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Success
Fields: Sociological Theory, Digital Research Methods, Cognitive Social Science, Globalization
Sycamore 288U
Education
Ph.D., 2003, Stanford University
Research Interests
Dr. Gabe Ignatow is a sociological theorist with interests in digital research methods,
cognitive social science, and globalization. His recent research focuses on implications
of systems theorizing in the life sciences for sociological theory and research, new
ways of theorizing social class in research on health inequality, and the implications
of monetary theory for globalization research. His work has appeared in Social Forces, Sociological Forum, the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, and International Migration Review.
Selected Publications
Ignatow, G (2025). “Theorizing in Two Postwar Theoretical Traditions: The ‘Parsons
Dichotomy,’ Abduction, and Arbitrage.” In Abrutyn and Lizardo, eds. Oxford Handbook
of Sociological Theorizing. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Ignatow, G (2025). "Theorists as Arbitrageurs: How Cognitive Neuroscience Entered
Sociology" In Kalkhoff, Dippong, and Firat, eds. Handbook of Neurosociology. Springer
Dordrecht.
Ignatow, G (2025). “Culture and the Microbiome-Gut-Brain” Nature versus Nurture. Springer
Synthese.
Ignatow, G (2025). “The Transnational Capitalist Class as Managers of the International
Monetary System” Globalizations, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2025.247933.
Ignatow, G (2024). “Arbitrage in Sociological Theorizing: The Case of W.E.B. Du Bois.”
Theory and Society https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-025-09608-4.
Ignatow, G. and I. Gutin. “Elite Class Self-Interest, Socioeconomic Inequality, and
U.S. Population Health.” Sociology of Health & Illness 46(8): 1749-1771.