This is a selection of my publications dating from 2006. For the complete list, see my vita. For relevant metrics, see my google scholar profile.

• Wray, M. ed. 2013.Cultural Sociology: An Introductory Reader. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. Table of Contents here. Available August 2013.

• Klugman, J, G Condran, M Wray. 2013. “The Role of Medicolegal Systems in Producing Geographic Variation in Suicide Rates.” Social Science Quarterly. Abstract here. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2012.00937.x

• Wray, M, J Gurvey, M Miller, I Kawachi. 2012.“Estimating Visitor Suicide Risk in Destination Cities: A Reply to Zarkowski and Nguyen.” Social Science & Medicine.74 (10):1471-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.045

• Wray, M. 2012. “Surviving the Odds: Preventing Suicide in Las Vegas.” Contexts. Vol. 11: 1 (Winter). DOI: 10.1177/1536504212436481

• Wray, M, T Poladko, MV Allen. 2011. “Suicide Trends in Nevada: An Update.” In D. Shalin, ed. The Social Health of Nevada, Vol. 2.

• Wray, M., C Colen, B Pescosolido. 2011. “The Sociology of Suicide.” Annual Review of Sociology #37. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150058

• Wray, M. 2010. “Losing Las Vegas.” Contexts 9: 69-71. DOI: 10.1525/ctx.2010.9.4.69

• Wray, M, M Miller, J Gurvey, J Carroll, and I Kawachi. 2008. “Leaving Las Vegas: Does Exposure to Las Vegas Increase Risk for Suicide?” Social Science & Medicine 67: 1882-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.002

• Volberg, R. and M Wray. 2007. “Problem Gambling as a Mechanism of Social Domination: New Directions for Research.” American Behavioral Scientist. 51:1 (September). DOI: 10.1177/0002764207304844

• Wray, M. 2006. Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness. Durham: Duke University Press. Reviewed in Alabama Review, American Historical Review, American Journal of Sociology, American Literature, American Studies, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Contemporary Sociology, Cultural Studies, Ethnic & Racial Studies, Journal of American Culture, Journal of American Ethnic History, Journal of American Folklore, Journal of American History, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Journal of Social History, Journal of Southern History, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Medical Sociology Online, Revue Française D’Etudes Américanes; Social Forces, Southern Literary Journal, Studi Culturali, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Featured as a 2007 “Editor’s Pick” in Choice.

• 2006. Wray, Matt. “A Blast from the Past: Preserving and Interpreting the Atomic Age.” American Quarterly 58.2: 467-483 (June). DOI: 10.1353/aq.2006.0052