Christopher W. Gibson, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY

(He/Him/His)

BIOGRAPHY

Christopher Gibson is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Fullerton. He received his doctorate from the Department of Sociology at UC Irvine and he also holds an MA in Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara. His research focuses on the intersection of economic markets and social policy, with special attention to environmental governance. In short, he is interested in asking, in what ways can we best prepare our governance institutions to equitably address the challenges climate change? His research examines water management in California to understand the role of financial markets in shaping policy decisions. He also has work that focuses on blacksmithing and craft labor, as well as, research on ethnicity and immigration in Eastern Europe. Chris has published in journals including Environmental Sociology, Visual Studies, and the International Journal of Comparative Sociology. In his teaching, Chris embraces collaborative learning environments in which students are empowered as co-creators of collective knowledge and understanding of important social issues.

PUBLICATIONS

Bandelj, Nina and Christopher W. Gibson. 2024. “Economic marginalization of ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe: A cross-national assessment of self-reported experiences.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology.

Gibson, Christopher W. 2024. “Policy Domains in Water Management: Assessing the Influence of Finance in Environmental Governance.” Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy. 2(2):147-170.

Gibson, Christopher W. 2022. "'How will this affect our credit rating?' Municipal Debt and Governing the Environment." Environmental Sociology. 8(3):362-375

Gibson, Christopher W. 2022. "Cities and the Green New Deal: Addressing the Finacialization of Urban Production." in Routledge Handbook on the Green New Deal, edited by K. Tienhaara and J. Robinson. Routledge.

Gibson, Christopher W. 2021. "Financialized Savings in Public Water Governance: An Illustrative Case Study in the Arid American West." Finance & Society. 7(2):94-112

Gibson, Christopher W. 2021. “‘I like working with my hands’: performative and embodied nostalgia among post-industrial blacksmiths.” Visual Studies. 

Bandelj, Nina and Christopher W. Gibson. 2020. “Contextualizing Anti-Immigrant Attitudes of East Europeans.” Review of European Studies. 12(3):32-49.

Gibson, Christopher W. 2020. “Financialization of Urban Governance: Thinking Globally about Local Environments.” Global-E 

Gibson, Christopher W. 2020. “Determinants of State Spending Patterns in Arab League Member States: A Post-Arab Spring Analysis, 1996–2014.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.

Bandelj, Nina and Christopher W. Gibson. 2019. “Relational Work and Consumption.” in Oxford Handbook of Consumption. Vol. 1, edited by F. F. Wherry and I. Woodward. Oxford University Press.