Popular Culture and Social Theory

Shai M. Dromi is Associate Senior Lecturer on Sociology at Harvard University. He is a cultural and comparative-historical sociologist with research on international humanitarian organizations and movements, transnational advocacy, and political culture. His research looks at the role of religion and cultural beliefs in creating civil society organizations and movements, and in shaping the production of social knowledge. Dromi's first book, Above the Fray: The Red Cross and the Construction of the Humanitarian Relief Sector, was published in January 2020 with the University of Chicago Press. It examines the origins and development of the humanitarian NGO sector, and draws on archival research at the International Committee of the Red Cross and related repositories. Dromi has done additional research on academic controversies, organizational culture, and social movements. At Harvard, Dromi teaches courses in the areas of nonprofit organizations, global and transnational sociology, religion and politics, and sociological theory. He received numerous Certificates of Teaching Excellence, as well as an ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Award and an Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times commendation for flexibility and creativity in addressing the challenges of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.