Marcus Aldredge, PhD is a visiting assistant professor at Iona College. His areas of scholarly interest include the sociology of culture, social interactionism, community and everyday life, and urban ethnography. His recent research has focused primarily on expressive cultural practices in New York City, including his dissertation which was ethnographic study of "open mic" musicians. Professor Aldredge belongs to multiple professional organizations such as the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. He is currently refining a few papers from his dissertation research.

Recent publications:

Aldredge, Marcus. 2009. "Heebsters: Community and Identity (Re) construction of Urban Jewish Hipsters." Pp. 225-250 in Co-opting Culture: Questions of Culture and Power in Sociology and Cultural Studies, edited by B. Garrick Harden and Robert Carley. New York: Lexington Books.
 
Aldredge, Marcus. 2008. "(Re) constructing and Negotiating the South as Other:  Southern Food Restaurants in New York City." International Journal of Culture, Tourism, and Hospitality Research, 2, 2:  152-169. 

Aldredge, Marcus. 2006. "Negotiating and Practicing Performance:  An Ethnographic Study of a Musical Open Mic in Brooklyn, New York." Symbolic Interaction, 29, 1:  109-118.