Jason Kaufman

Jason Kaufman is a historical novelist and cultural sociologist. He formerly taught politics and popular culture at Harvard University, where he was John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, as well as a Research Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Jason was educated at Harvard, Princeton, and the Curtis Institute of Music. At Princeton, he studied creative writing with Joyce Carol Oates, Edmund White, and Elizabeth Benedict. He was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow and a member of the Woodrow Wilson Society of Fellows at Princeton as well. Jason is currently working on a historical novel about the 1921 World Series, the first all-Polo Grounds Series between the Yankees and the Giants. Other recent projects include a 4-year, federally-funded study of Facebook.com — since featured in the Boston Globe, the NY Times, and NPR’s ‘Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me’ — and a study of the contrasting political trajectories of New Hampshire and Vermont. His research with Orlando Patterson on the parallel histories of baseball and cricket won an American Sociological Association ‘best article’ prize and was featured by the NY Times, the International Herald Tribune, and BBC radio. Jason does freelance consulting for Faith Popcorn’s Brain Reserve and is a member of the board of a new multi-media venture by ‘Ginsu’-founder, Ed Valenti. He is a member of the Writers’ Room of Boston and Grub Street Writers. Jason is available for teaching, consulting, and speaking engagements on a limited basis. Jason can be found on Facebook, on Twitter @jasonakaufman & Gmail @jkaufman33 There are links to these and other projects and publications on this website. Curriculum vitae  jkaufman.cv.2012.pdf photo: Ben GeboJASON_KAUFMAN_files/jkaufman.cv.2012.pdfJASON_KAUFMAN_files/jkaufman.cv.2012_1.pdfshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1