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 […]
Knowledge
8 posts
Daniel Menchik is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. Author of the 2021 book Managing Medical Authority: How Doctors Compete for Status and Create Knowledge (Princeton University Press). Menchik spoke with Dan Morrison about the book, the state of medical sociology, and their shared affinity for Dr. Charles Bosk.
A discussion about the sociology of science, efforts to quantify scientific productivity, and America's largest soc departments.
A discussion about how the organization of science affects the behavior of scientists and departments, and in turn knowledge. With JP Pardo-Guerra (UC San Diego) and Charles Gomez (Arizona).
