Interview Office hours with Sarah Damaske July 18, 2023 This month鈥檚 Office Hours is a conversation with Sarah Damaske, author of聽The Tolls of Uncertainty. Damaske is a professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Pennsylvania State University. She shares some good reasons to be hopeful about the future of sociology and also reminds us of the potential for profound and surprising moments during interviews. Read More
Essay Behind the attacks on the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and George Soros June 20, 2023 Soon after his indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney was announced, Donald Trump issued a statement in which he proclaimed the following: 鈥淢anhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was handpicked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace.鈥� Read More
Interview Office hours with Kimberly Kay Hoang March 14, 2023 This month, I am delighted to bring you Office Hours with Kimberly Kay Hoang, author of Spiderweb Capitalism. She has some excellent book recommendations, she offers valuable career advice for graduate students and junior faculty alike, and she shares a story that illuminates how a single conversation can completely change the trajectory of one鈥檚 research. Read More
Podcast The Influencer Industry March 07, 2023 Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. Read More
Interview In Dialogue: What is misunderstood about Blackness? February 27, 2023 For decades, 鈥楤lackness鈥� has been a crucial political and cultural category that grounds a public discourse on cherishing a robust historical tradition and systemically uprooting white supremacy. Read More
Podcast Data Driven February 15, 2023 Long-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Read More
Essay What does it mean to resist surveillance? January 28, 2023 If you talk to a long-haul trucker about why they chose their occupation, there鈥檚 a high likelihood they鈥檒l mention autonomy and freedom鈥攖hat they didn鈥檛 want someone looking over their shoulder all the time. Read More
Essay On the misuse of legacy: The Struggle for the People鈥檚 King January 14, 2023 On a humid day in late August 2010, the right-wing Tea Party activist and Fox News television host Glenn Beck held a rally to 鈥淩estore Honor鈥� at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Queer Career January 13, 2023 Workplaces have traditionally been viewed as 鈥渟traight spaces鈥� in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job.聽 Read More
Interview Elena Llaudet and Kosuke Imai on Data Analysis for Social Science November 28, 2022 Data Analysis for Social Science teaches step-by-step how to analyze data with the free and popular statistical program R and covers the fundamentals of survey research, predictive models, and causal inference. Read More
Interview Office hours with Forrest Stuart November 26, 2022 Forrest Stuart, author of Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy, shares some significant moments thus far in his career, offers valuable insight on some of his favorite books鈥攁nd may surprise you with his bedtime reading habits. Read More
Podcast Underwater Eye November 17, 2022 In聽The Underwater Eye, Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Chris Bail on polarization and the pandemic November 07, 2022 In this video Chris Bail, PUP Speaks speaker and author of Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing, demonstrates how the cracks that showed in our societies during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to split us in two. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Viral Justice November 04, 2022 Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of聽COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Read More
Essay Can we accept other people鈥檚 relationships with the environment? November 02, 2022 In the acclaimed television series, The Good Place, the main characters come to learn that in over 500 years, no one has avoided going to 鈥渢he bad place鈥� after their death. Read More
