Brooke Harrington

E. Brooke Harrington is an American academic and author, and professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College.[1]

Early life

Harrington earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Stanford University in 1990, and a master's degree and PhD in Sociology, both from Harvard University, in 1996 and 1999.[2]

Career

From 1999 to 2007, Harrington was Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Brown University.[2] From 2006 to 2009, she was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.[2] She was a professor of economic sociology at the Copenhagen Business School, 2010–2018.[2] In 2017, she faced legal difficulties with the authorities in Denmark about a visa dispute, even though she had been invited to speak as a guest lecturer to the Danish Parliament; the dispute ended eight months later when Denmark changed its laws.[3] She is an advocate against xenophobia and for the benefits of immigration.[3] In January 2019, she became a Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Publications
  • Capital without Borders: Wealth Management and the One Percent (Harvard University Press, 2016)[4]
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References
  1. "Brooke Harrington – DEPARTMENT OF Sociology – Dartmouth College". sociology.dartmouth.edu/. November 30, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  2. "E. Brooke Harrington: CV" (PDF). CBS.dk. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  3. Brooke Harrington, December 3, 2019, The New York Times, I Almost Lost My Career Because I Had the Wrong Passport: I had become a full professor and a best-selling author. Weeks later, Denmark charged me with violating my work and residence permit.. Retrieved December 4, 2019, "...the populist Danish People’s Party formed a bloc in Parliament in the early 2000s and influenced a shift in the laws of a country ... The party didn’t want to just eliminate immigration; it sought to return Denmark to an imaginary past of racial and ethnic “purity."..."
  4. Harrington, Brooke (October 19, 2018). "The bad behavior of the richest: what I learned from wealth managers". The Guardian. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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