Inequality in the Restaurant Industry (Eli Wilson)
We discuss Eli Wilson’s research on inequality in the restaurant industry.
Social Isolation and Physical Distancing in Time (Boyles, Sangaramoorthy & Finlay)
What effect will social isolation and physical distancing have on already marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Racialized Organizations (Victor Ray)
We speak to Victor Ray about racialized organizations.
Race and Racialized Voices at NPR
We discuss NPR as a racialized organization.
An Interview with Judith Stacey
An interview with Judith Stacey (NYU), a towering figure in gender studies, interviewed by Philip Cohen (Maryland)
Opening Higher Ed Access (Amaka Okechukwu)
Amaka Okechukwu discusses her new book about the historical politics of affirmative action and open admissions in college admissions.
Neurosociology (Rengin Firat)
Rengin Firat (UC Riverside) discusses how human neurology shapes the social phenomena that sociologists study.
Reparations at Georgetown
Recently, Georgetown students voted to pay an additional fee in an attempt to atone for the school’s past with slavery. We discuss the idea of reparations as a means for atoning for America’s past with slavery. Cristobal Young is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He is the author of The Myth of […]
Race on Capitol Hill (James R. Jones)
An interview with James R. Jones about his work on race. Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. She wrote The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race (2017, Stanford). Click here to hear other segments featuring Neda. Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of […]
Jussie Smollett
The Annex discusses the case of Jussie Smollett, an actor who was charged with fabricating a hate crime .