Steve Derné
James & Julia Lockhart Endowed Professor (2023-2026)
Bailey Hall 243
(585) 245-6203
derne@geneseo.edu
Steve Derné has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1993.
For more information, visit Steve Derné’s Curriculum Vitae (PDF).

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Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Publications
Derné, Steve. 2023.”Tantra and Technology: Practicing Wonder in Daily Life (Eat, Walk, Love, See).” Motilal Banarasidass
Derné, Steve. 2017. “Sociology of Well-Being. Lessons From India.” Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
Derné, Steve. 2008. “Globalization on the Ground. Media and the Transformation of Culture, Class, and Gender in India.” Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Derné, Steve. 2000. “Movies, Masculinity, and Modernity: An Ethnography of Men’s Film going in India.” Greenwood Press
Derné, Steve. 1995. “Culture in Action: Family Life, Emotion, and Male Dominance in Banaras, India.” SUNY Press
Interests
- Well Being
- Mystic Experiences, Peak Experiences & Supernatural Encounters
- Wonder
- Wander
- Religion
- Emotion
- India
- Himalayan Cultures
- Burma
- Pacific Islands
