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Today, Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) hosts a conversation with Dr. Sharon Quinsaat (@sharonquinsaat.bsky.social), associate professor of sociology at Grinnell College. Quinsaat is author of Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora, which was published in 2024 by the University of Chicago Press. A deeply researched and multi-layered project on the […]
Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) in conversation with Dr. Cayce Jamil (@mutualsociology.bsky.social), the Assistant Director of Research Development and Strategic Alliances at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Jamil holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Jamil discusses Emile Durkheim and his […]
Today, Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) interviews Dr. Joanna Kempner (@joannakempner.bsky.social), Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Kempner is author of Psychedelic Outlaws: The Movement Revolutionizing Modern Medicine, published in 2024 by Hachette Books. Kempner takes us on a journey into the history and politics of knowledge concerning drugs like psilocybin […]
Dr. Mariana Craciun, Associate Professor of Sociology at Tulane University about her new book From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn Psychotherapy
Dan Morrison (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) interviews conversation with Dr. Jason Blakely, (@jasonwblakely) Associate Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. Blakely is a political theorist whose work examines forms of inquiry in the human sciences, political and social polarization, communitarianism and post-liberal thought. He is sole author of three books and co-author […]
The role of academics as a group and higher education as a sector in responding to the coming Trump administration.
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 Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times (University of California Press). The book shows us how low income workers struggled […]
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. He spoke with Dan Morrison about his work on conflict within schools and the challenges that face rural educators and […]
Teenagers' use of social media to represent their lives, and in some cases, sexual abuse and assault.
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, and Inequality which was published this year by the University of California Press. An expert in the effects of digital […]
