Scott R. Harris (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is Professor of Sociology at Saint Louis University, where he teaches courses on Emotions, Family, Research Methods, Social Psychology, and Contemporary Theory.� He is the author of two books on conceptualization and measurement:� What Is Constructionism? (which received the Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction) and The Meanings of Marital Equality.� He also co-edited Making Sense of Social Problems (with Joel Best) and co-authored Stargazing:� Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction (with Kerry Ferris).� He has reviewed articles for numerous journals and edited a special issue of the Journal of… Contemporary Ethnography.� Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sociology Compass.