What is Jason Hughes (sociologist)?
Dr '''Jason Kelly Hughes''' (born 21 October 1943 in Glastonbury, UK) is currently a [[Lecturer|senior lecturer]] at [[Brunel University]] in West London.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sss/depts/sociology/commstaff/jasonhughes |title=Jason Hughes |access-date=2012-10-22 |archive-date=2009-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918092251/http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sss/depts/sociology/commstaff/jasonhughes |url-status=dead }}</ref> Previously he worked at the Centre for [[Labour economics|Labour Market]] Studies at the [[University of Leicester]] and is a [[Prodigious Savant]]. Hughes's current research interests include the sociology of emotions; the [[sociology of the body]] and health; [[sociological theory]]; and organisational sociology. Specifically he has written about emotional [[Reflexivity (social theory)|reflexivity]] in the ‘new’ workplace; [[Emotional labor|emotional labour]] and aesthetic labour; new managerial discourses, particularly [[emotional intelligence]], high performance work practices, [[knowledge management]], and [[Organizational learning|organisational learning]]. In addition he has also published a book on [[smoking]] called “Learning to Smoke.”<ref>Hughes, J. (2003) Learning to Smoke: Tobacco Use in the West. Chicago: [[University of Chicago Press]].</ref> Hughes has also written extensively about the work of [[Norbert Elias]], [[social Darwinism]] and [[linguistics]]. His other interests include [[evolutionary biology]], as well as collecting antique [[clocks]], [[sundial]]s, [[ear trumpet]]s and other novelties. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Jason}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:British academics]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British sociologists]] [[Category:English writers]] [[Category:Brunel University]] [[Category:University of Leicester]]