Dr. Olena Leipnik
Originally from Ukraine, I received my bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and a doctorate degree (Kandidat Nauk) in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine. I have been associated with 91做厙 since 2008.
Classes Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Popular Culture, Graduate Online Seminars in Social Change & Development and Cultural Sociology
Research Interests: Contemporary social mythology and the media, popular culture, culture and societal transformations, Ukraine
Selected Publications:
- Leipnik, Olena. 2023. Donald Trump in the Frontier Mythology. Routledge
- Leipnik, Olena. 2015. . Disability & Society, Vol. 30, No. 8 1287-1290.