Benjamin FieldsPhD Candidate - Sociology
I am a PhD candidate in Sociology at University of California, Riverside. I study identities, behaviors, and affect as they relate to organizations and institutions.
My dissertation work focuses on academics' experiences of burnout. I draw on affect control theory of selves and identity theory to create a social psychological model of burnout within organizational and institutional contexts. Recent Publications“Troubled” Meanings: An Affect Control Theory Exploration of the Conflict in Northern Ireland
ACTing Like a Lawyer: An Affect Control Theory Explanation of Gender Gaps in Law An Uneasy Peace: How STEM Progressive, Traditionalist, and Bridging Faculty Understand Campus Conflicts over Diversity, Anti-Racism, and Free Expression Identity Nonverification, Coping, and Depression and Anxiety during the Pandemic |