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Phil Kavanaugh
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Phil Kavanaugh

BS, Pennsylvania State University. 2002

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Areas of Research Interest:

Sociological and Criminological Theory. Adolecent Deviance. Sociology of Culture. Self and Identity.


Current Research Interests:

Investigating competing claims about the relationship between solidarity and drug use in the rave (EDM) scene. Here, raves and the current EDM scene are used as a microcosm to understand classic and contemporary ideas about solidarity and the cultural significance of drugs in youth culture. I also consider complications to the seemingly straightforward connection between drugs and solidarity, including how that connection may have been altered by rave's cultural fragmentation.

Research Experience:

09/2004 - Present.   Research assistant to Dr. Tammy Anderson. Department of Sociology, University of Delaware.

Research assistant on a NIJ-funded project examining drug use, criminal offending, and victimization in the electronic dance music and hip-hop nightlife leisure economy of Philadelphia, PA. Recruited participants for study, performed over 20 in-depth interviews and 20 direct observations, performed qualitative data analysis using ATLAS ti software, conducted follow-up email and telephone surveys of respondents.