GabeIgnatowProfessorAssistant Vice Provost for Faculty SuccessFields: Sociological Theory, Digital Research Methods, Cognitive Social Science, GlobalizationSociologyFacultyGabe.Ignatow@unt.eduGabe IgnatowSycamore 289A
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FacultySociologyEducation 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, 22(6), 993–1008. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2025.2479330   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.