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Alexandrea Ravenelle on Side Hustle Safety Net

Dr. Alexandrea Ravenelle, @ajravenelle.bsky.social, @AJRavenelleNYC, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joins Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) to discuss her 2023 book Side Hustle Safety […]
Casey Jakubowski on Rural Education

A conversation with Dr. Casey Jakubowski. With a PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership from SUNY Albany, Casey is a prolific author, consultant, leadership coach, and expert on rural schooling. […]
Anna Gjika on When Rape Goes Viral

Teenagers’ use of social media to represent their lives, and in some cases, sexual abuse and assault.
Benjamin Shestakofsky on Behind the Startup

Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) interviews Dr. Benjamin Shestakofsky (@bshestakofsky), Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Shestakofsky is author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, […]
Lauren Olsen on Curricular Injustice

Education and inequality
Richard Ocejo on Gentrification and Race in a Small American City

Dan Morrison is joined by guest co-host Jeffrey N. Parker (@jnparker.bsky.social), Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Orleans. Jeffrey is an urban sociologist specializing in place reputation […]
Alka Menon on Refashioning Race

How cosmetic surgeons at the global, national, and local levels participate in racial projects through niche standardization.
Paige Sweet on Domestic Violence

Dr. Sweet is the author of The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and its Aftermath.
Ali Meghi on DuBoisian Sociology DuBois

Ali Meghji discusses DuBoisian sociology
Jasmine Harris on Black Women in the Ivory Tower

Dr. Jasmine Harris, incoming full professor and chair of Africana Studies at Metropolitan State University in Denver stops by the Annex to discuss her 2024 book Black Women, Ivory Tower: […]
David Yamane is Gun Curious

David Yamane discusses guns and gun culture.
Elizabeth Seale on Understanding Poverty

A special episode in cooperation with Dr. Robert Francis (Whitworth University) and his students. Bob spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Seale (SUNY-Oneonta) about her 2023 book Understanding Poverty: A Relational Approach, […]