Mary Kosut is an associate professor of Media,
Society, and the Arts at Purchase College, State
University of New York, and the coordinator of
the Media, Society, and the Arts program. While
her Ph.D. is in sociology, she teaches courses in a
variety of academic fi elds, including gender studies,
environmental studies, art history, and media
studies. Her courses fuse cultural and social theory
and inventive methodologies, encouraging a critical
and creative investigation of mediated life and
contemporary media culture(s). Her interdisciplinary
research examines the intersections between
embodiment, everyday practices, artworlds, and
popular culture. She has published work on tattoo
art, body modifi cation, and academic life in journals
such as Deviant Behavior, Visual Sociology, The
Journal of Popular Culture, and Cultural Studies-
Critical Methodologies. Her book, The Body
Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings
edited with Lisa Jean Moore, investigates embodied
practices, regimes, and representations. She is
currently working on a manuscript on the recent
trend of urban beekeeping that explores how bees
traffi c within cultural, economic, and political systems,
and...