Simone Polillo is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and obtained an International Baccalaureate from the United World College of the Atlantic (UK), and a B.A. in Economics and Social Theory from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

His interests include economic and political sociology, social theory, world-system theory and comparative historical sociology, and the sociology of the self.

“Wildcats in Banking Fields: The Politics of Financial Inclusion.” Forthcoming. Theory and Society.

“Money, Moral Authority, and the Politics of Creditworthiness.” Forthcoming. American Sociological Review.

Conservatives vs. Wildcats: A Sociology of Financial Conflict. Stanford University Press, 2013.

Undergraduate Level SOC 2900 (2559) - Economy & Society SOC 3120 - Sociology Research Workshop SOC 3310 (331) - Sociology of Self SOC 4054 (454) - Political Sociology

Graduate Level SOC 8054 (854) - Political Sociology SOC 5900 (5559) - Economic Sociology