PK Chong

Associate Professor, Sociology

Phillipa K. Chong is a cultural sociologist who specializes in how we define and evaluate worth: this includes the value we assign to social objects (e.g., books, paintings, knowledge, opinions, etc) and social groups (e.g., experts, artists, minority groups, etc). To date, her empirical focus has been on book reviewers as market intermediaries in the cultural market.

Phillipa's research and expert opinion has been referenced for: TVO Arts, Gawker, N+1 magazine, New Books Network (NBN) in Critical Theory podcast, Critical Literary Consumption podcast, Soc Annex podcast, Live Mic: Best of Toronto Public Library Conversations podcast.