In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss the inner world of political campaigns with Daniel Laurison (Swarthmore).  Daniel is the author of Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Penguin).

In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss the inner world of political campaigns with <a href="https://daniellaurison.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Laurison</a> (Swarthmore). Daniel is the author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706221/producing-politics-by-daniel-laurison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us</a> (Penguin).

The Inner World of Political Campaigns (Laurison)

In today's episode of The Annex, we explore the relationship between money and science with David Reinecke (Princeton University), whose work examines what happens to large scientific projects when funding runs out.  David is the author of "When Funding Fails: Planetary Exploration at NASA in an Era of Austerity, 1967 - 1976" in Social Studies of Science and "Moonshots to Nowhere? The Metroliner and Failed High-Speed Rail in the United States, 1962- 1977" in Journal of Transport History, 

In today's episode of The Annex, we explore the relationship between money and science with <a href="https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/david-reinecke" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Reinecke</a> (Princeton University), whose work examines what happens to large scientific projects when funding runs out. David is the author of "<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/03063127211021913" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When Funding Fails: Planetary Exploration at NASA in an Era of Austerity, 1967 - 1976</a>" in Social Studies of Science and "<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00225266221074951?journalCode=jthc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moonshots to Nowhere? The Metroliner and Failed High-Speed Rail in the United States, 1962- 1977</a>" in Journal of Transport History,

Science When the Money Runs Out (Reinecke)

In today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia) and Omar Lizardo (UCLA) to discuss classical sociological theory and their Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory (Springer).

In today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with <a href="https://sethabrutyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seth Abrutyn</a> (University of British Columbia) and <a href="http://olizardo.bol.ucla.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omar Lizardo</a> (UCLA) to discuss classical sociological theory and their <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-78205-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory</a> (Springer).

Classical Sociology (Lizardo & Abrutyn)

In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss how Americans misunderstand China and its political system.  We imagine a society in which the government controls what people know and what they say.  We hear about government filters and censorship, and how democracy activists are punished for their speech.  But is it all so simple? In this episode of The Annex Live, we will sit down to learn the details of China's political and government system with two experts.  Ya-Wen Lei (Harvard University) is is the author of The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China (Princeton University Press), a book that examines the development of the Chinese public sphere through during the Internet revolution.  Emily Chua (National University of Singapore) is the author of the upcoming The Currency of Truth: Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era (University of Michigan Press), a book about the detailed inner workings of the Chinese media and how these relationships shape journalism and governance in that country.

In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss how Americans misunderstand China and its political system. We imagine a society in which the government controls what people know and what they say.  We hear about government filters and censorship, and how democracy activists are punished for their speech.  But is it all so simple? In this episode of The Annex Live, we will sit down to learn the details of China's political and government system with two experts.  <a href="https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/yawen-lei" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ya-Wen Lei</a> (<a href="https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard University</a>) is is the author of <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691166865/the-contentious-public-sphere" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China</a> (Princeton University Press), a book that examines the development of the Chinese public sphere through during the Internet revolution.  <a href="https://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/socchce/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emily Chua</a> (<a href="https://fass.nus.edu.sg/socanth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National University of Singapore</a>) is the author of the upcoming <a href="https://www.press.umich.edu//12573170#:~:text=In%20The%20Currency%20of%20Truth,their%20positions%20against%20one%20another." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Currency of Truth: Newsmaking and the Late-Socialist Imaginaries of China's Digital Era</a> (University of Michigan Press), a book about the detailed inner workings of the Chinese media and how these relationships shape journalism and governance in that country.

How Americans Misunderstand China's Political System (Chua & Lei)

Some manifestations of racism are easily identifiable.  Practices that do things like promoting racial residential segregation, facilitating race-based job discrimination, or the unequal application of criminal law across races are clear examples of social behaviors that harm people of color and perpetuate white supremacy.  Others are difficult to see, even when looking directly at them.  In this episode, we will discuss how white supremacy subtly suffuses culture through a look at Raul Perez's new book, The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy (2022, Stanford University Press), and related work being done in the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Our panelists include:  Raul Perez (University of La Verne) Ann Morning (New York University) Victor Ray (University of Iowa)  CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE STREAM

Some manifestations of racism are easily identifiable.  Practices that do things like promoting racial residential segregation, facilitating race-based job discrimination, or the unequal application of criminal law across races are clear examples of social behaviors that harm people of color and perpetuate white supremacy.  Others are difficult to see, even when looking directly at them.  In this episode, we will discuss how white supremacy subtly suffuses culture through a look at <a href="https://laverne.edu/directory/person/raul-perez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raul Perez's</a> new book, <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy</a> (2022, Stanford University Press), and related work being done in the <a href="https://www.asanet.org/asa-communities/sections/racial-and-ethnic-minorities" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Minorities</a>. Our panelists include: <ul> <li><a href="https://laverne.edu/directory/person/raul-perez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raul Perez</a> (<a href="https://artsci.laverne.edu/sociology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of La Verne</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/ann-j-morning.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ann Morning</a> (<a href="https://as.nyu.edu/departments/sociology.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York University</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://clas.uiowa.edu/sociology/people/victor-ray" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Victor Ray</a> (<a href="https://clas.uiowa.edu/sociology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Iowa</a>)</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSm5DY7eRcM&amp;ab_channel=TheAnnexSociologyPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR THE YOUTUBE STREAM</a>

Racism and Racial Humor (Raul Perez)

It is easy to profess a commitment to human rights.  Making those rights a reality can be an arduous and complicated process.  What can sociologists tell us about the process by which governments are forced to respect human rights, if they are forced to do so at all?  Our discussion will be anchored by Lisa Hajjar's (UC Santa Barbara) new book, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight Against Torture (2022, University of California Press), which tells the story of the long, arduous battle by human rights lawyers to stop the government practice of torture during the War on Terror.  We will discuss how this study and similar recent work in this space can help inform our efforts to establish and enforce basic human rights, and other currents of sociology that inform our struggles with war and conflict. Our panelists include:  Lisa Hajjar (University of California, Santa Barbara) Christopher NJ Roberts (University of Minnesota) Hedi Viterbo (Queen Mary University of London)

It is easy to profess a commitment to human rights.  Making those rights a reality can be an arduous and complicated process.  What can sociologists tell us about the process by which governments are forced to respect human rights, if they are forced to do so at all?  Our discussion will be anchored by Lisa Hajjar's (UC Santa Barbara) new book, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520378933/the-war-in-court" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight Against Torture</a> (2022, University of California Press), which tells the story of the long, arduous battle by human rights lawyers to stop the government practice of torture during the War on Terror.  We will discuss how this study and similar recent work in this space can help inform our efforts to establish and enforce basic human rights, and other currents of sociology that inform our struggles with war and conflict. Our panelists include: <ul> <li><a href="https://soc.ucsb.edu/people/lisa-hajjar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lisa Hajjar</a> (University of California, Santa Barbara)</li> <li><a href="https://www.christophernjroberts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher NJ Roberts</a> (University of Minnesota)</li> <li><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/viterbo.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hedi Viterbo</a> (Queen Mary University of London)</li></ul>

Making Governments Respect Human Rights (Hajjar, Roberts & Viterbo)

In this episode, Daniel Morrison interviews Elizabeth Popp-Berman from the University of Michigan Organization Studies.  Her new book,  Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy, discusses how economic styles of thinking have come to dominate economic policy discussions.

In this episode, Daniel Morrison interviews <a href="https://epberman.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Popp-Berman</a> from the <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/orgstudies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan Organization Studies</a>. Her new book,  <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691167381/thinking-like-an-economist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy</a>, discusses how economic styles of thinking have come to dominate economic policy discussions.

The Economic Style of Thinking (Popp-Berman)

Today's episode of The Annex discusses the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, with a focus on J.P Pardo-Guerra's new book, The Quantified Scholar (2022, Columbia University Press).  This book examines modern British efforts to improve research through the development of quantitative metrics and metric-related incentive systems, and how this scheme altered the behavior of scientists and academic departments.  The study stands as one example of modern sociology’s efforts to understand how the organization and incentivization of scientists affect the character of how scientists do their work and what kind of information gets produced. Our banter discusses America's largest sociology departments. Panelists include: JP Pardo-Guerra (UC San Diego)Charles J. Gomez (Arizona)Joseph N. Cohen (CUNY Queens College)Daniel R. Morrison (Abilene Christian)

Today's episode of The Annex discusses the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, with a focus on J.P Pardo-Guerra's new book, <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-quantified-scholar/9780231197816" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Quantified Scholar</a> (2022, Columbia University Press).  This book examines modern British efforts to improve research through the development of quantitative metrics and metric-related incentive systems, and how this scheme altered the behavior of scientists and academic departments.  The study stands as one example of modern sociology’s efforts to understand how the organization and incentivization of scientists affect the character of how scientists do their work and what kind of information gets produced. Our banter discusses America's largest sociology departments. Panelists include: <ul><li><a href="https://pardoguerra.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JP Pardo-Guerra</a> (<a href="https://sociology.ucsd.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UC San Diego</a>)</li><li><a href="https://charliegomez.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles J. Gomez</a> (<a href="https://sociology.arizona.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arizona</a>)</li><li><a href="https://josephnathancohen.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph N. Cohen</a> (<a href="https://qcsociology.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CUNY Queens College</a>)</li><li><a href="https://acu.edu/faculty/daniel-morrison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel R. Morrison</a> (<a href="https://acu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/communication-sociology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abilene Christian</a>)</li></ul>

The Organization of Science Affects the Progress of Knowledge (Pardo-Guerra and Gomez)

Josh Packard

In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Josh Packard (Springtide Research) to discuss teens' and young adults' changing relationship with religion, their wellbeing, and alt-ac careers.

In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Josh Packard (Springtide Research) to discuss teens' and young adults' changing relationship with religion, their wellbeing, and alt-ac careers.

Religion in the Lives of Teens and Young Adults (Josh Packard)

Jennifer Mueller

In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian) sits down with Jennifer C. Mueller of Skidmore College.  Prof. Mueller recently published (with DyAnna Washington) "Anticipating White Futures: The Ends-Based Orientation of White Thinking" in Symbolic Interaction.  Photo Credit.   Whistler, James Mcneill, Artist. Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad. West Point New York, 1852. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/90706050/.

In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host <a href="https://www.acu.edu/faculty/daniel-morrison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Morrison</a> (<a href="https://www.acu.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abilene Christian</a>) sits down with <a href="https://www.jennimueller.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jennifer C. Mueller </a>of <a href="https://www.skidmore.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Skidmore College</a>. Prof. Mueller recently published (with DyAnna Washington) "<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/symb.563" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anticipating White Futures: The Ends-Based Orientation of White Thinking"</a> in Symbolic Interaction. Photo Credit. Whistler, James Mcneill, Artist. Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad. West Point New York, 1852. Photograph. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/90706050/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/item/90706050/</a>.

Inequality, White Ignorance, and Public Sociology (Jennifer Mueller)

The Annex is a podcast for academic sociologists.  We discuss ideas, news, and research of interest to the academic sociology community.

This podcast helped me stay motivated and connected to the sociology world when I was finishing graduate school. The banter items are really interesting and provide fresh insight into what’s happening out in the world. I also like being exposed to sociologists whose work is relevant, come from a variety of institutions, and are at different stages in their career.

Engaging

I rely on The Annex to keep me current on topics in sociology and beyond, including exposure to interesting new work. Listening is part of my continuing education. Kudos to the crew for their pioneering work in sociology podcasting!

Essential Listening

Annex Sociology Podcast

We discuss the case of Lawrence Rosen, who sparked controversy by using N-word in a class on hate speech.  Photo Credit. By Internet Archive Book Images – https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14785007033/Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/physiologyhygien00heiz/physiologyhygien00heiz#page/n131/mode/1up, No restrictions, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43372572

We discuss the case of Lawrence Rosen, who sparked controversy by using N-word in a class on hate speech. Photo Credit. By Internet Archive Book Images – <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14785007033/Source" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14785007033/Source</a> book page: <a href="https://archive.org/stream/physiologyhygien00heiz/physiologyhygien00heiz#page/n131/mode/1up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/stream/physiologyhygien00heiz/physiologyhygien00heiz#page/n131/mode/1up</a>, No restrictions, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43372572" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43372572</a>

Using Offensive Words in Class

In this episode of The Annex, we sit down with Michael Siciliano of Queen's University (Canada).  Michael is currently working on a book for Columbia University Press about YouTubers, tentatively titled Creative Control: Platforms, Labor Relations, and the Aesthetics of Precarious Work.  We talk about YouTube, content creation, and media. This episode is hosted by Joseph Nathan Cohen (City University of New York, Queens College) and Gabriel Rossman (UCLA) Photo Credits By YouTube/Google - Unknown, Public Domain, Link

In this episode of The Annex, we sit down with <a href="https://www.queensu.ca/sociology/michael-siciliano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Siciliano</a> of <a href="https://www.queensu.ca/sociology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queen's University</a> (Canada). Michael is currently working on a book for Columbia University Press about YouTubers, tentatively titled Creative Control: Platforms, Labor Relations, and the Aesthetics of Precarious Work. We talk about YouTube, content creation, and media. This episode is hosted by <a href="https://www.josephnathancohen.info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Nathan Cohen</a> (<a href="http://qcsociology.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City University of New York, Queens College</a>) and <a href="https://soc.ucla.edu/faculty/gabriel-rossman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabriel Rossman</a> (<a href="https://soc.ucla.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UCLA</a>) Photo Credits By YouTube/Google - Unknown, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68208637" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

World of YouTube

Joe, Neda Magbouleh (University of Toronto) and Bart Bonikowski (Harvard) discuss a viral speech by a Dutch writer at Davos, which argues that talk about the need to raise taxes on the rich. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY

Joe, <a href="https://www.nedamaghbouleh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neda Magbouleh</a> <a href="https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/sociology/department-sociology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(University of Toronto</a>) and <a href="https://scholar.harvard.edu/bonikowski/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bart Bonikowski </a>(<a href="https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harvard</a>) discuss a viral speech by a Dutch writer at Davos, which argues that talk about<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/30/historian-berates-billionaires-at-davos-over-tax-avoidance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> the need to raise taxes on the rich</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paaen3b44XY</a>

Taxing the Rich

We discuss a recent op-ed by Richard Reeves describes a sense of self-pity among the wealthy.  We discuss this phenomenon of elite self-pity, and whether we can fairly include sociology professors among the self-pitying elite. Our guest is Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director at Columbia University Press.  Photo Credit By Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist - Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2010651321Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/25400/25448u.tifOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010651321/, Public Domain, Link

We discuss a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/05/opinion/sunday/rich-meritocracy-pity.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recent op-ed</a> by Richard Reeves describes a sense of self-pity among the wealthy. We discuss this phenomenon of elite self-pity, and whether we can fairly include sociology professors among the self-pitying elite. Our guest is <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/editors/eric-schwartz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Schwartz</a>, Editorial Director at <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Columbia University Press</a>. <h3>Photo Credit</h3> By Keppler, Udo J., 1872-1956, artist - Library of CongressCatalog: <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2010651321" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lccn.loc.gov/2010651321</a>Image download: <a href="https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/25400/25448u.tif" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/ppmsca/25400/25448u.tif</a>Original url: <a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010651321/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010651321/</a>, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67804691" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Elite Self-Pity

Today, The Annex discusses a recent article in Harper's, which describes a commercial male retreat that is designed to address the ill effects of toxic masculinity. Our guest today  is Marybeth Stalp from the University of Northern Iowa.  We are also joined by special guest host Sarah Patterson from the University of Michigan. Photo Credit By Sarahmirk - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Today, The Annex discusses a recent article in Harper's, which describes a <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2019/11/men-at-work-evryman-barrett-swanson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">commercial male retreat that is designed to address the ill effects of toxic masculinity</a>. Our guest today is <a href="https://csbs.uni.edu/sac/sociology/faculty-staff-directory/marybeth-stalp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marybeth Stalp</a> from the <a href="https://uni.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Northern Iowa</a>. We are also joined by special guest host <a href="https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/people/profile/1522/Sarah_Patterson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Patterson</a> from the <a href="https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>. <h4>Photo Credit</h4> By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sarahmirk&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarahmirk</a> - Own work, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67726390" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

A Masculine Cure for Toxic Masculinity? (Marybeth Stalp)

Brian McCabe

Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and Brian McCabe (Georgetown University) discuss recent charges against Portland State philosopher Peter Boghossian for researcher misconduct for failing to clear his Sokal Squared hoax with his school's institutional review board.

Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and <a href="http://www.brianjamesmccabe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian McCabe</a> (<a href="https://sociology.georgetown.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georgetown University</a>) discuss recent <a href="http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/is-peter-boghossian-getting-railroaded-for-his-hoax.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">charges against Portland State philosopher Peter Boghossian for researcher misconduct</a> for failing to clear <a href="https://areomagazine.com/2018/10/02/academic-grievance-studies-and-the-corruption-of-scholarship/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his Sokal Squared hoax</a> with his school's institutional review board.

The Sokal Squared Hoax and Researcher Misconduct

Today, we meet Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (UMass Amherst) and Dustin Avent-Holt (Augusta University).  We discuss their new book Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach (Oxford University Press). Photo Credits By Sharronzabary - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Today, we meet <a href="https://www.umass.edu/sociology/users/tomaskov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donald Tomaskovic-Devey</a> (<a href="https://www.umass.edu/sociology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UMass Amherst</a>) and <a href="https://www.augusta.edu/faculty/directory/view.php?id=daventho" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dustin Avent-Holt</a> (<a href="https://www.augusta.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Augusta University</a>). We discuss their new book Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach (Oxford University Press). <h4>Photo Credits</h4> By <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Sharronzabary&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sharronzabary</a> - Own work, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16635105" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Relational Inequality Theory

David Pettinicchio

We meet David Pettinicchio from the University of Toronto.  David is the author of  Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform (Stanford University Press).  We discuss the evolving rights of disabled Americans, and current attacks on these rights. Photo Credits By Unknown - http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/presidentshouse_bush-06.html, Public Domain, Link

We meet <a href="https://www.davidpettinicchio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Pettinicchio</a> from the University of Toronto. David is the author of Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform (Stanford University Press). We discuss the evolving rights of disabled Americans, and current attacks on these rights. <h4>Photo Credits</h4> By Unknown - <a href="http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/presidentshouse_bush-06.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_pictures/presidentshouse_bush-06.html</a>, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16667503" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Disabled Americans' Rights (David Pettinicchio)

How did COVID19 happen?  Why did we botch its handling?  How will society change in response to the virus? Alison Buttenheim is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.  She specializes in how people make health-related decisions.   Malia Jones is an Assistant Scientist at the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She looks at spatial differences in health outcomes.   Amy Hsin is an Associate Professor of Sociology here at Queens College in the City University of New York.  She is an expert on education and immigration, and has worked on New York schools' closure. Photo Credit By Jedimentat44 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedimentat/49641499342/, CC BY 2.0, Link

How did COVID19 happen? Why did we botch its handling? How will society change in response to the virus? <a href="https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/live/profiles/37-alison-m-buttenheim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alison Buttenheim</a> is an Associate Professor of <a href="https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania</a>. She specializes in how people make health-related decisions. <a href="https://cde.wisc.edu/staff/jones-malia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Malia Jones</a> is an Assistant Scientist at the <a href="https://apl.wisc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Applied Population Laboratory</a> at the <a href="https://www.wisc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Wisconsin-Madison</a>. She looks at spatial differences in health outcomes. <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/amyhsin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Hsin</a> is an Associate Professor of Sociology here at <a href="http://qc.cuny.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queens College</a> in the <a href="http://www.cuny.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City University of New York</a>. She is an expert on education and immigration, and has worked on New York schools' closure. <h4>Photo Credit</h4> By Jedimentat44 - <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedimentat/49641499342/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/jedimentat/49641499342/</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87881165" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

How Will Society Change in Response to COVID19?

Robert Wuthnow

This week, The Annex is thrilled to sit down with Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University. Robert just published The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America with Princeton University Press. We talk about the challenges facing small towns, the roots of their disaffect, and the politics that this distress creates. Photo Credit. By PumpkinSky – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64970282

This week, The Annex is thrilled to sit down with <a href="https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/robert-wuthnow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Wuthnow</a> of Princeton University. Robert just published The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America with Princeton University Press. We talk about the challenges facing small towns, the roots of their disaffect, and the politics that this distress creates. Photo Credit. By PumpkinSky – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64970282" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=64970282</a>

Robert Wuthnow on Small Town America's Distress

A recent study uses multiple imputation to develop an analysis that implies falling marriage rates to be a result of too few (economically) marriageable men.  We discuss the idea that a "shortage of marriageable men" is a strong explanation of falling marriage rates.  Victoria Reyes is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside.  She recently published the widely acclaimed Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines with Stanford University Press. Photo Credit By LearningLark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44282411@N04/6738328799/, CC BY 2.0, Link

A <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jomf.12603" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recent study</a> uses multiple imputation to develop an analysis that implies falling marriage rates to be a result of too few (economically) marriageable men. We discuss the idea that a "shortage of marriageable men" is a strong explanation of falling marriage rates. <a href="https://sociology.ucr.edu/faculty/victoria-reyes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Victoria Reyes</a> is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at <a href="https://sociology.ucr.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the University of California, Riverside</a>. She recently published the widely acclaimed Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines with Stanford University Press. <h3>Photo Credit</h3> By LearningLark - <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44282411@N04/6738328799/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/44282411@N04/6738328799/</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76566838" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

A Shortage of Marriageable Men?

Phillipa Chong

Today, we meet Phillipa Chong from McMaster University.  We discuss her upcoming book, Inside the Critics' Circle (Princeton University Press) about literary criticism.   Special guest host Clayton Childress (University of Toronto). Photo Credit By The New York Review of Books – Designer unknown. - nybooks.com, Public Domain, Link

Today, we meet <a href="https://www.phillipachong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phillipa Chong</a> from <a href="https://sociology.mcmaster.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">McMaster University</a>. We discuss her upcoming book, Inside the Critics' Circle (Princeton University Press) about literary criticism. Special guest host Clayton Childress (University of Toronto). <h4>Photo Credit</h4> By The New York Review of Books – Designer unknown. - <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/issues/1975/04/03/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nybooks.com</a>, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81387564" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Literary Criticism (Phillipa Chong)

In this episode, we learn about neurosociology from Rengin Firat of the University of California, Riverside.  In her own work, Professor Firat uses brain scans to understand more emotional or visceral dimensions of social class, race, ethnicity, group cohesion, loneliness, agency, and other major concepts of interest to sociologists.  She discusses ideas about the role of emotion in social and moral life, and other ways that the human brain's workings influence how society operates.  Rengin Firat is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Riverside.  She recently published “Opening the “Black Box”: Functions of the Frontal Lobes and Their Implications for Sociology” in Frontiers in Sociology and  "A Novel Measure of Moral Boundaries: Testing Perceived In-group/Out-group Value Differences in a Midwestern Sample" in Socius.

In this episode, we learn about neurosociology from <a href="https://renginfirat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rengin Firat </a>of the <a href="https://sociology.ucr.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of California, Riverside</a>. In her own work, Professor Firat uses brain scans to understand more emotional or visceral dimensions of social class, race, ethnicity, group cohesion, loneliness, agency, and other major concepts of interest to sociologists. She discusses ideas about the role of emotion in social and moral life, and other ways that the human brain's workings influence how society operates. Rengin Firat is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of California, Riverside. She recently published “Opening the “Black Box”: Functions of the Frontal Lobes and Their Implications for Sociology” in Frontiers in Sociology and "A Novel Measure of Moral Boundaries: Testing Perceived In-group/Out-group Value Differences in a Midwestern Sample" in Socius.

Neurosociology (Rengin Firat)

In a recent New York Times opinion piece, columnist Michelle Goldberg reviews a new book by pollster Stanley Greenberg, R.I.P. G.O.P.: How the New American is Dooming the Republicans (St. Martin's Press).  The book describes long-term threats to Republicans' electoral chances, and Goldberg muses about the death of the G.O.P. in her article. What would happen if the Republican Party were destroyed?  Would it usher in an age of major liberal policy reforms?  That is not exactly what happened in Canada, when the national conservative party collapsed after the Prime Ministership of Brian Mulroney in the early-1990s. In this episode, we examine the aftermath of the Progressive Conservative Party's collapse with Howard Ramos of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.  Howard is a leading Canadian sociologist, and former president of the Canadian Sociological Association.

In a recent <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opinion/trump-democrats-2020.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York Times</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opinion/trump-democrats-2020.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> opinion piece</a>, columnist <a href="http://www.michellegoldberg.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelle Goldberg</a> reviews a new book by pollster Stanley Greenberg, R.I.P. G.O.P.: How the New American is Dooming the Republicans (St. Martin's Press). The book describes long-term threats to Republicans' electoral chances, and Goldberg muses about the death of the G.O.P. in her article. What would happen if the Republican Party were destroyed? Would it usher in an age of major liberal policy reforms? That is not exactly what happened in Canada, when the national conservative party collapsed after the Prime Ministership of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Mulroney</a> in the early-1990s. In this episode, we examine the aftermath of the Progressive Conservative Party's collapse with <a href="http://howardramos.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard Ramos</a> of <a href="https://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/sociology-social-anthropology.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dalhousie University</a> in Halifax, Canada. Howard is a leading Canadian sociologist, and former president of the <a href="https://www.csa-scs.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canadian Sociological Association</a>.

What if the Republican Party were Destroyed? (Howard Ramos)

Today, we discuss how society handles its mental health problems.  Our guest is Neil Gong from the University of Michigan.  Neil recently published "Between Tolerant Containment an d Concerted Constraint: Managing Madness for the City and the Privileged Family" in the American Sociological Review. Photo Credit By Unknown - Università degli Studi di Milano Centro Apice, Archivio storico, Archivio proprio, serie 7, Carteggio articolato sul titolario, b. 100, fasc. 82., CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Today, we discuss how society handles its mental health problems. Our guest is <a href="https://www.neilgong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neil Gong</a> from the <a href="https://lsa.umich.edu/soc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>. Neil recently published "<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0003122419859533" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Between Tolerant Containment an d Concerted Constraint: Managing Madness for the City and the Privileged Family</a>" in the American Sociological Review. <h4>Photo Credit</h4> By Unknown - Università degli Studi di Milano Centro Apice, Archivio storico, Archivio proprio, serie 7, Carteggio articolato sul titolario, b. 100, fasc. 82., <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83006971" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

How Society Handles Mental Health Problems

Today, The Annex sits down with Jacklyn Wong, who researches gender, relationships, and careers to ask: What is holding women back?.  Jaclyn Wong is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina.  She recently published “Competing Desires: How Young Adult Couples Negotiate Moving for Career Opportunities” in Gender and Society. Sarah Patterson is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. Leslie Hinkson is the National Vice President of Racial Justice and Equity at the League of Conservation Voters. Marybeth Stalp is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Northern Iowa. Photo Credit By Jan Sanders van Hemessen - Christie's, Public Domain, Link

Today, The Annex sits down with Jacklyn Wong, who researches gender, relationships, and careers to ask: What is holding women back?. <a href="https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/sociology/our_people/faculty_staff_directory/wong_jaclyn.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jaclyn Wong</a> is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the <a href="https://sc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of South Carolina</a>. She recently published “<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0891243217695520" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Competing Desires: How Young Adult Couples Negotiate Moving for Career Opportunities</a>” in Gender and Society. <a href="https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/people/profile/1522/Sarah_Patterson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Patterson</a> is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Population Studies Center at the <a href="https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-hinkson-46406714/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leslie Hinkson</a> is the National Vice President of Racial Justice and Equity at the <a href="https://www.lcv.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">League of Conservation Voters</a>. <a href="https://csbs.uni.edu/sac/sociology/faculty-staff-directory/marybeth-stalp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marybeth Stalp</a> is a Professor of Sociology at the <a href="https://csbs.uni.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Northern Iowa</a>. <h4>Photo Credit</h4> By Jan Sanders van Hemessen - <a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/jan-sanders-van-hemessen-double-portrait-of-6198676-details.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christie's</a>, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76762084" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Gender, Work and Relationships

Adis Maksic

For our Thanksgiving episode, we have a special treat:  two outstanding scholars of ethnic politics and genocide discuss the Bosnian War.   Adis Maksic is an Assistant Professor at International Burch University in Sarajevo.  He published Ethnic Mobilization, Violence, and the Politics of Affect:  The Serb Democratic Party and the Bosnian War (Palgrave).  Not only is Adis an expert on the Bosnian War, but he experienced these events firsthand as a youth in Sarajevo. Aliza Luft is an Assistant Professor at UCLA.  She was featured in previous episodes of The Annex, and published  “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda” in Sociological Theory.  Photo Credits By Elias Bizannes - originally posted to Flickr as P1020338, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

For our Thanksgiving episode, we have a special treat: two outstanding scholars of ethnic politics and genocide discuss the Bosnian War. <a href="https://people.ibu.edu.ba/amaksic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adis Maksic</a> is an Assistant Professor at <a href="https://people.ibu.edu.ba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Burch University</a> in Sarajevo. He published Ethnic Mobilization, Violence, and the Politics of Affect: The Serb Democratic Party and the Bosnian War (Palgrave). Not only is Adis an expert on the Bosnian War, but he experienced these events firsthand as a youth in Sarajevo. <a href="http://www.alizaluft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aliza Luft</a> is an Assistant Professor at <a href="https://soc.ucla.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UCLA</a>. She was featured in <a href="http://sociocast.org/speaker/aliza-luft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous episodes of The Annex</a>, and published “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda” in Sociological Theory. <h4>Photo Credits</h4> By <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/87956460@N00" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elias Bizannes</a> - originally posted to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flickr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flickr</a> as <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/87956460@N00/20056399" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">P1020338</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10102850" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

The Bosnian War (Adis Maksic)

Today, we discuss the everyday lives of American Muslim teen boys with John O'Brien (NYU Abu Dhabi).  John is author of the award-winning Keeping It Halal:  The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys with Princeton University Press. We have two special co-hosts.   Neda Magbouleh (University of Toronto) is author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. Eman Abdelhadi (University of Chicago) recently authored "The Hijab and Muslim Women's Employment in the United States" in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Photo Credit "DSC09217" by Strelka Institute photo is licensed under CC BY 2.0 

Today, we discuss the everyday lives of American Muslim teen boys with <a href="https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/divisions/social-science/faculty/john-o-brien.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John O'Brien</a> (NYU Abu Dhabi). John is author of the award-winning <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168821/keeping-it-halal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping It Halal: The Everyday Lives of Muslim American Teenage Boys</a> with Princeton University Press. We have two special co-hosts. <a href="https://www.nedamaghbouleh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neda Magbouleh</a> (University of Toronto) is author of <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=24756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race</a> with Stanford University Press. <a href="https://humdev.uchicago.edu/directory/eman-abdelhadi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eman Abdelhadi</a> (<a href="https://humdev.uchicago.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of Chicago</a>) recently authored "<a href="https://humdev.uchicago.edu/sites/humdev.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/Abdelhadi%202019%20-%20RSSM%20Hijab.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hijab and Muslim Women's Employment in the United States</a>" in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. <h4>Photo Credit</h4> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/49456588@N03/46160477491" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">"DSC09217"</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/49456588@N03" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Strelka Institute photo</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY 2.0 </a>

The Everyday Lives of  Muslim American Teen Boys

Seth Abrutyn

Today, we talk to Seth Abrutyn from the University of British Columbia.  Seth teaches graduate classical theory in UBC's sociology program, and recently caught attention on Twitter for his views about the role of classical sociology in the contemporary sociology graduate curriculum.  He published a blog post on the topic here. Seth is best known for his work on suicide with Anna Mueller from Indiana University at Bloomington.  You can catch his earlier podcast episode on this work here. Photo Credits By John Jabez Edwin Mayal - International Institute of Social History, Public Domain, Link

Today, we talk to <a href="https://sociology.ubc.ca/profile/seth-abrutyn/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seth Abrutyn</a> from the <a href="https://sociology.ubc.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">University of British Columbia</a>. Seth teaches graduate classical theory in UBC's sociology program, and recently caught attention on Twitter for his views about the role of classical sociology in the contemporary sociology graduate curriculum. He published a blog post on the topic <a href="https://sethabrutyn.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/the-pedagogical-dead-end-known-as-classical-sociological-theory/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Seth is best known for his work on suicide with <a href="https://annasmueller.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anna Mueller</a> from <a href="https://sociology.indiana.edu/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indiana University at Bloomington</a>. You can catch his earlier podcast episode on this work <a href="http://sociocast.org/podcast/abrutyn-and-mueller-on-teen-suicide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. <h3>Photo Credits</h3> By <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Jabez_Edwin_Mayall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Jabez Edwin Mayal</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:International_Institute_of_Social_History" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Institute of Social History</a>, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=591288" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Teaching Classical Theory (Seth Abrutyn)

The Annex discusses the case of Jussie Smollett, an actor who was charged for filing a fake hate crime to gain publicity.  The case was dismissed by prosecutors, leading to outcry and conflict. Margaret Hagerman is an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University.    She wrote White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (NYU Press).  Twitter: @MaggieHagerman Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University.   Jean wrote Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France( (University of California Press).  Twitter: @jean23bean Photo By Dominick D - Jussie Smollett, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

The Annex discusses the case of Jussie Smollett, <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2019/03/jussie-smollet-attack-hoax-arrest-dropped-charges-explained.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an actor who was charged for filing a fake hate crime to gain publicity</a>.  The case was dismissed by prosecutors, leading to <a href="https://deadline.com/2019/04/rival-protests-break-out-in-chicago-over-handling-of-jussie-smollett-case-1202586662/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outcry and conflict</a>. <a href="https://t.co/bLRuHpiFFP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Margaret Hagerman</a> is an Assistant Professor at <a href="https://www.sociology.msstate.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mississippi State University</a>. She wrote White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (NYU Press). Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/MaggieHagerman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @MaggieHagerman</a> <a href="https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/sociology/directory/index.aspx?p=Jean_Beaman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Beaman</a> is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at <a href="https://www.cla.purdue.edu/sociology/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purdue University</a>. Jean wrote Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France( (University of California Press). Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jean23bean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@jean23bean</a> <h4>Photo</h4> By <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/82924988@N05" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dominick D</a> - <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/idominick/26362136311/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jussie Smollett</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48253478" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Link</a>

Jussie Smollett

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