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Pat Reilly discusses his research on the career trajectories and early career challenges of comedians.
We discuss a recent argument between the Washington Post's Robert Samuel and sociologist David Brady.
This week, The Annex sits down with Pat Reilly from the University of California, Irvine. Pat’s researches career development and social networks in the comedy industry, and finished a multiyear participant-observation study in Los Angeles’ comedy scene. His “The Layers of Clown: Career Development in Cultural Production Industries” was published in Academy of Management […]
This week, The Annex sits down with Amy Binder of the University of California, San Diego. Amy is the author of Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives with Princeton University Press. We discuss campus conservatism, politics, and professors. We also discuss economic development and Betsy DeVos.
In episode 23 of The Annex, we meet Neda Maghbouleh from the University of Toronto. Neda is the author of The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press. We also talk about the Oscars ratings dive and Pew’s recent efforts to refine “generations” theory. Neda […]