麻豆原创

BOOKS

2020                Mohr, John, Christopher Bail, Maggie Frye, Jennifer C. Lena, Omar Lizardo, Terence McDonnell, Ann Mische, Iddo Tavory, and Frederick Wherry. Measuring Culture. Columbia University Press.

Reviewed: Administrative Science Quarterly (July 2022); Contemporary Sociology (January 2022); Cultural Trends (2021); American Sociological Association 鈥淐ulture Newsletter鈥� (July 2021); Tijdschrift Sociologie (Ned; May 2021); Organization Studies (April 2021); Canadian Journal of Sociology (CA; April 2021); Social Forces (January 2021).

2019                Lena, Jennifer C. Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the

Arts. Princeton University Press.

2021    Paperback release.

Discussed: Author Meets Critics, American Society for Aesthetics (November 2020). Author Meets Critics, Social Science History Association (November 2021). Culture & Inequality Podcast (September 2020); New Books in the Arts and Sciences (Columbia University Heyman Center for the Humanities, ISERP, and the Divisional Deans of Arts and Sciences, with the Department of Sociology; canceled April 2020). Groove in the City Conference (Luneberg, Germany; February 2020). Columbia University Pulitzer School of Journalism (September 2019).

Reviewed: Journal of American Studies (October 2021); Contemporary Sociology (January 2021); Soziopolis (Germany, 2020); Times Literary Supplement (UK, March 27, 2020); Cultural Trends (2020); Social Forces (Vol. 1-3 2020); Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (2020); Contexts Magazine (Summer 2020).

2012                Lena, Jennifer C. Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music. Princeton University Press.

2014    Paperback release.

Awards: Named one of Choice Reviews鈥� Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012

Reviewed: Lectures (France; January 2022); Music Educators Journal (March 2014); European Journal of Communication (March 2013); Sociologica (January 2014); Journal of Popular Music Studies (September 2013); American Journal of Sociology (January 2013, Vol. 118 (4): 1145-1147); Contemporary Sociology (March 2013, Vol. 42 (2): 254-5); Times Higher Education (UK, March 1, 2012), Choice Reviews (August, 2012)

Discussed: Author Meets Critics, Social Science History Association (November 2011).

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

1. Soucek, Brian and Jennifer Lena. Forthcoming 2025 (March). 鈥淭ax Law as Muse.鈥� Cornell Law Review.
2. Shelby, Renee, Ramya Srinivasan, Katharina Burgdorf, Jennifer Lena, and Negar Rostamzadeh. 2024. 鈥淐reative ML Assemblages: The Interactive Politics of People, Processes, and Products.鈥� Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Human-Computer Interaction. Vol. 8, No. CSCW1, Article 38: 1-30.
3. H茅naut, Leonie, Jennifer C. Lena, and Fabian Accominotti. 2023. 鈥淧olyoccupationalism: Expertise Stretch and Status Stretch in the Postindustrial Era.鈥� American Sociological Review. 88 (5): 872-900.
4. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淭he Process Model of Closure and Nonprofits: The Exit of Exit Art.鈥� Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society. Vol. 48 (1): 17-31.
5. Lena, Jennifer C. and Vaughn Schmutz. 2017. 鈥淐ultural Production and Circulation.鈥� Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology.
6. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淐ulture, Production of: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century.鈥� International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2^nd Edition. Section Ed. Kees van Rees; Ed. in Chief, James Wright. Elsevier. Pp. 608-613.
7. Lena, Jennifer C. and Erin Johnston. 2015. 鈥淯.S. Cultural Engagement with Global Muslim Communities: Contours and Connections in an Emerging Field.鈥� Grantmakers in the Arts Reader. 26 (1): 9-13.
8. Lena, Jennifer C. and Danielle Lindemann. 2014. 鈥淲ho is an Artist? New Data for an Old Question.鈥� Poetics. Special issue: Art at the Crossroads. Ed. Victoria Alexander and Anne Bower. Vol. 43: 70-85.
9. Lena, Jennifer C. and Mark C. Pachucki. 2013. 鈥淭he sincerest form of flattery: Innovation, repetition, and status in an art movement.鈥� Poetics. Vol. 41 (3): 236-264.
10. Lena, Jennifer C. and Richard A. Peterson. 2011. 鈥淧olitically-Purposed Music Genres.鈥� American Behavioral Scientist. Special issue: Globalization and Diversity in Cultural Fields: Comparative Perspectives on Music, Literature and Television. Vol. 55 (5): 574-588.
11. Pachucki, Mark A., Jennifer C. Lena and Steven Tepper. 2010. 鈥淐reativity narratives among college students: Sociability and everyday creativity.鈥� The Sociological Quarterly. Vol. 51: 122鈥�149.
12. Lena, Jennifer C. and Richard A. Peterson. 2008. 鈥淐lassification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres.鈥� American Sociological Review. Vol. 73 (5): 697-718.

Reprinted in Wray, Matt. 2013. Cultural Sociology: An Introduction. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Pp. 239-267.

13. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淰oyeurism and Resistance in Rap Music Videos.鈥� Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. Vol. 5 (3): 264-279.

Reprinted in Neal, Mark Anthony and Murray Forman (eds.). 2011. That鈥檚 the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. 2^nd Edition. New York: Routledge.

14. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淢easures of Diversity: Lessons from Rap Music, 1979-1995.鈥� Studi Culturali. Vol. 1: 137-160.
15. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淪ocial Context and Musical Content: Rap Music, 1979-1995.鈥� Social Forces. Vol. 85 (1): 479-495.
16. Reprinted in Lune, Howard, Enrique S. Pumar and Ross Koppel (eds.). 2009. Perspectives in Social Research Methods and Analysis: A Reader for Sociology. Sage.
17. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淢eaning and Membership: Samples in Rap Music, 1979 to 1995.鈥� Poetics. Vol. 32 (3-4): 297-310.
18. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淧syops, Propaganda, and Gangsta Rap: Why is Saddam Hussein Rapping for the CIA?鈥� Radical Society. Vol. 30 (1): 25-30.
19. Schindler, Amy and Jennifer C. Lena. 2000. 鈥淧romise Keepers in Perspective: Organizational Characteristics and Men鈥檚 Religious Movements.鈥� Pp. 209-224 in Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Volume 11. Edited by Joanne Marie Greer and David O. Moberg. Stamford, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淕enre: Relational Approaches to the Sociology of Music.鈥� Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Art and Culture. Pp. 149-160 in Laurie Hanquinet and Mike Savage (eds.). New York: Routledge.
2. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淎uthenticity and Independence in Rap Music and other Genre Communities.鈥� Explorations in Music Sociology: Examining the Role of Music in Social Life. Pp. 232-240 in Sara Horsfall, Jan-Martijn Meij, and Meghan Probstfield (eds.). Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishing.
3. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淭radition and Transformation at the Fan Fair Festival.鈥� Pp. 224-248 in Negotiating Values in the Creative Industries: Fairs, Festivals and Competitive Events, ed. Brian Moeran and Jesper Strandgaard Pedersen. Cambridge University Press.
4. Lena, Jennifer C. and Daniel B. Cornfield. 2008. 鈥淚mmigrant Arts Participation in Nashville.鈥� Pp. 147-169 in Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America鈥檚 Cultural Life, ed. By Steven Tepper and William Ivey. New York: Routledge.

ESSAYS

1. Lena, Jennifer C. with Dustin Stoltz. Summer 2019. 鈥淔our questions for Jennifer C. Lena.鈥� American Sociological Association, Culture Section Newsletter.
2. Lena, Jennifer C. with Clayton Childress and Craig Rawlings. Summer 2019. 鈥淢emorial: A Conversation on John Mohr.鈥� American Sociological Association, Culture Section Newsletter.
3. Lena, Jennifer C. January/February 2013. 鈥淎 Visit From The Credibility Squad.鈥� Pacific Standard. Pgs. 32-35.
4. Lena, Jennifer C. and Peter Levin. 2009. 鈥淰aluing Art.鈥� Contexts. Vol. 8 (2): 60-62.

RESEARCH REPORTS

1. H茅naut, Leonie, Jennifer C. Lena, and Fabian Accominotti. April 10, 2024. 鈥淧olyoccupationalism: 鈥楬ow many occupations do you identify with?鈥� may be the new opening survey question.鈥� Public sociology blog of the American Sociological Association.
2. H茅naut, Leonie, Jennifer C. Lena, and Fabian Accominotti. April 2024. 鈥淧olyoccupationalism: Multiple Occupational Identification in the Arts.鈥�
3. Lena, Jennifer C. and Gemma Mangione. 2018. 鈥淪ummative Assessment: Strengthening Cultural Enterprises and Community Institutions, Arts Management Program.鈥� Jerusalem: Sabreen Organization for Artistic Development. Pp. 1-17.
4. Lena, Jennifer C. and Gemma Mangione. 2018. 鈥淪trengthening Cultural Enterprises as Community Institutions: Arts Management Program Needs Assessment.鈥� Jerusalem: Sabreen Organization for Artistic Development. Pp. 1-66.
5. Lena, Jennifer C. 2014. 鈥淢aking It Work: The Education and Employment of Recent Art Graduates.鈥� Annual Report on the 2013 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). With Sally Gaskill, Rebecca F. Houghton, Amber Lambert, Angie Miller, and Steven J. Tepper. Pp. 1-30.
6. Lena, Jennifer C. 2014. 鈥淎n Organizational Autopsy of Exit Art: Non-Profit Closure as Successful Management.鈥� Executive Report. NYU Fales Library, Exit Art Archives. Pp. 1-23.
7. Lena, Jennifer C. and Erin Johnston. 2014. 鈥淯.S. Cultural Engagement with Global Muslim Communities: Contours and Connections in an Emerging Field.鈥� Expanded report with index. NYU Brademas Center. Pp. 1-83.

8. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淲hen Non-Profits Change Leaders: CEO Transitions, Strategic and Cultural Concerns.鈥� Brooklyn Academy of Music, NEXT Transition Advisors. Pp. 1-8.
9. Lena, Jennifer C. and Mitali Banerjee. 2014. 鈥淎nnotated Bibliography for American Jewish World Service.鈥� American Jewish World Service, NEXT Transition Advisors. Report on executive transitions in non-profit service organizations. Pp. 1-21.
10. Lena, Jennifer C. 鈥淓very Entrance is an Exit: The Last Year of Exit Art.鈥� Narrative Report. NYU Fales Library, Exit Art Archives. Pp. 1-45.
11. Gaskill, Sally, Steven Tepper and George Kuh with Rebecca Houghton, Amber D. Lambert, Jennifer C. Lena, Danielle Lindeman, and Angie L. Miller. 2013. 鈥淎n Uneven Canvas: Inequalities in Artistic Training and Careers.鈥� Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Annual Report. Pp. 1-34.
12. Lindemann, Danielle and Steven Tepper, with Sally Gaskill, Scott D. Jones, George D. Kuh, Amber D. Lambert, Jennifer C. Lena, Angie L. Miller, Kendall Park, Ellen B. Rudolph, and Leah Vanderwerp. 2012. 鈥淧ainting with Broader Strokes: Arts Alumni, Artistic Contributions, and Achievement.鈥� National Endowment for the Arts Report on the 2010 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). Pp. 1-38.
13. Kuh, George and Steven Tepper with Sally Gaskill, Scott D. Jones, Amber D. Lambert, Jennifer C. Lena, Danielle Lindemann, Elizabeth Long-Lingo, Angie L. Miller, Rick Shoup, Kendall Park, Carly Rush and Leah Vanderwerp. 2012. 鈥淎 Diverse Palette: What Arts Graduates Say 麻豆原创 Their Education and Careers.鈥� Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Annual Report. Pp. 1-36.
14. Kuh, George and Steven Tepper with Sally Gaskill, Scott D. Jones, John Kennedy, Amber D. Lambert, Jennifer C. Lena, Elizabeth Long-Lingo, Angie L. Miller, and Carly Rush. 2011. 鈥淔orks in the Road: The Many Paths of Arts Alumni.鈥� Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Annual Report. Pp. 1-22.
15. National Endowment for the Arts. 2010. 鈥淟ive from Your Neighborhood: A National Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals.鈥� NEA Research Report #51.
16. DiMaggio et. al. 2008. 鈥淣otes Toward an Agenda for Research on Orchestras.鈥� New York: Mellon Foundation.

BOOK REVIEWS

1. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of The Living Legacy of W. McNeil Lowry: Vision and Voice. (Ed. by Frank Kessel, Fwd. by Darren Walker. 2020) Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society. Vol. 51 (3).
2. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Inside the Critics鈥� Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times. (By Phillipa K. Chong. 2020) Social Forces.
3. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Artifacts and Allegiances: How Museums Put the Nation and the World On Display (By Peggy Levitt. 2015) Contemporary Sociology. Vol. 46 (1): 98-9.
4. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Music, Style, and Aging: Growing Old Disgracefully? (By Andy Bennett. 2013.) Contemporary Sociology. Vol. 43: 500-501.
5. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Hollywood Highbrow: From Entertainment to Art. (By Shyon Baumann. 2008.) American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 114 (6): 1894-1896.
6. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge. (By Keith Kahn-Harris. 2007.) American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 113 (3): 927-929.
7. Lena, Jennifer C. Book review of Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture. (By Aaron A. Fox. Duke University Press. 2004.) American Journal of Sociology. Vol. 111 (2): 652-654.

ONLINE ESSAYS

1. 鈥淲hy do we need a book about measuring culture?鈥� (With Terry McDonnell.) Scatterplot blog. September 3, 2020. https://scatter.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/why-do-we-need-a-book-about-measuring-culture/.
2. 鈥淎 Mix-Tape for Our President.鈥� November 7, 2012. Princeton University Press Election 101 Blog. http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2012/11/07/a-mix-tape-for-our-president/.
3. 鈥淭he Ancient Problem of Unruly Music.鈥� (A conversation with Jonathan A. Neufeld.) June 22, 2012. http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2012/06/22/the-ancient-problem-of-unruly-music-more-from-jenn-lena-on-music-and-the-election/.
4. 鈥淐ampaign Songs and Campaign Wrongs.鈥� May 1, 2012. Princeton University Press Election 101 Blog. http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2012/05/01/campaign-songs-and-campaign-wrongs/.
5. 鈥淧olitical (Dis)chord?鈥� April 11, 2012. Princeton University Press Election 101 Blog. http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2012/04/11/political-dischord-jennifer-lena-talks-political-branding-through-song/
6. 鈥淭he Disintegration of Genres.鈥� March 3, 2012. Culture Digitally. http://culturedigitally.org/2012/03/the-disintegration-of-genres/
7. 鈥淭op of the pops.鈥� February 16, 2012. Culture Digitally. http://culturedigitally.org/2012/02/top-of-the-pops/
8. 鈥淭esting the limits of knowledge.鈥� November 11, 2008. OrgTheory. https://orgtheory.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/testing-the-limits-of-knowledge/

麻豆原创 (all graduate-level)

Trash Art: Dirt, Junk, and the Environment in Art

Integrative Project Research and Writing Seminar in Arts Administration

History and Theory of Arts Administration

Cultural Data and Analysis

Capstone Seminar: Thesis

Integrative Project Proposal

Arts in Context

Diversity in the Arts

Art & Pop

Mapping Harlem鈥檚 Cultural Organizations

Masters Seminar in Arts Administration

Principles and Practices in Arts Administration

Principles and Practices in Arts Administration: Performing Arts

Cultural Policy

Barnard College (all undergraduate-level)

Institutional Analysis in Organizations

Senior Thesis Seminar

Culture in America

Sociology of Culture

The Culture Industry

Vanderbilt University (undergraduate & graduate level)

The Sociology of Culture

Sociology of Culture II: Production and Institutions

Introduction to Sociology 

The Sociology of Hip Hop and Rap Music

Popular Culture Dynamics

Columbia University (all undergraduate-level)

Mass Media and Popular Culture

Evaluation of Evidence 

2022                Professeur invit茅e, Sciences Po.

2022                Pedagogical Innovations Fellow, Digital Futures Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University.

2021-24           Member, Research Advisory Committee, Social Science Research Council, Arts Research on Communities of Color Post-Doc Fellowship Program.

2019-21           Thesis Advisor, Executive Master of Business Administration in Creative Leadership, Berlin School of Creative Leadership gUG.

2016                Consultant on Faculty Affairs, Columbia University School of Professional Studies.

2014-18           Senior Research Scholar, Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, Indiana University.

2008-14           Research Scholar, Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, Indiana University.

2007-08           Faculty Fellow, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs.

2000                Inaugural Resident Scholar. 鈥淗ip Hop America: Roots, Rhythm and Rage,鈥�Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Lena, Jennifer C. and Terence McDonnell. Junk Drawers. IRB approved; survey data collection completed in October 2021. Interview data collection currently being conducted. Goal to publish monograph in 2025.

Lena, Jennifer C. Ticket to Divide: Admissions Taxes and Artistic Diversity. Goal to publish monograph in 2026.

American Sociological Society

Eastern Sociological Society

Social Science History Association

International Committee of Museums, UNESCO

American Association of University Professors