Dr. Olena Leipnik
Originally from Ukraine, I received my bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and a doctorate degree (Kandidat Nauk) in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. I have been associated with Sam Houston State University since 2008.
Classes Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Popular Culture, Graduate Online Seminars in Social Change & Development and Cultural Sociology
Research Interests: Contemporary social mythology and the media, popular culture, culture and societal transformations, Ukraine
Selected Publications:
- Leipnik, Olena. 2023. Donald Trump in the Frontier Mythology. Routledge
- Leipnik, Olena. 2015. Special Offices: On Public Display of Special Parenthood. Disability & Society, Vol. 30, No. 8 1287-1290. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09687599.2015.1070543