Shyon Baumann

Shyon Baumann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He has worked at the University of Toronto since 2002, after graduating with a PhD in Sociology from Harvard University. From 2015-2017, he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of Poetics, and he has served in several administrative roles within the University of Toronto. He has taught courses on the sociology of the media, the sociology of culture, and the logic of social inquiry. His research centres on the sociology of culture, with a focus on people's cultural evaluations, preferences and choices. He also studies the broad social influences on the status and legitimacy of cultural productions. His work aims to understand how cultural consumption and production are linked to social inequality. He has investigated these questions through the cases of film, television, advertising, music, and food.