Rate My Professor Jordan McKenzie

Key publications by McKenzie include the books Dystopian Emotions: Emotional Landscapes and Dark Futures (Bristol University Press, 2021) and Deconstructing Happiness: Critical Sociology and the Good Life (Routledge, 2016). Prominent journal articles encompass 'Happiness vs Contentment? A Case for a Sociology of the Good Life' (Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2016), 'Emotion Management and Solidarity in the Workplace: A Call for a New Research Agenda' (The Sociological Review, 2019), 'Gendered Emotion Management and Teacher Outcomes in Secondary School Teaching: A Review' (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2019), and 'Friendship and Happiness from a Sociological Perspective' (2015). He contributes to teaching courses such as SOC 238 Happiness, SOC 207, and SOC 348, and engages in public commentary on topics including doomsday prepping, social resilience after COVID-19, and societal anxieties. McKenzie's scholarship advances understandings of emotional landscapes in contemporary society, bridging critical theory with empirical analysis of dystopian futures and emotional solidarity.