Joseph Davis

Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the Picturing the Human Project of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. Davis’ research explores the intersecting questions of self, morality, and cultural change, with a focus on medicine and psychiatry. His most recent books are Chemically Imbalanced: Everyday Suffering, Medication, and our Troubled Quest for Self-Mastery (Chicago), and the co-edited volume The Evening of Life (Notre Dame). His articles have appeared in both professional journals and more popular publications, such as First Things, The New Atlantis, and Aeon/Psyche. He writes a Psychology Today blog called “Our New Discontents,” and is working on a new book tentatively titled, “The Troubles of Youth.”