Office Hours

Professor Michaela DeSoucey [1] drops in to chat about consumer culture and the many political projects that shape our tastes for cuisine ranging from foie gras [2] to craft beer [3]. She discusses some of the challenges facing ethnographers who study taste, and we also consider how the industrial scale of modern food production may have leveled cultural practices once reserved for the wealthy. Dr DeSoucey's forthcoming book is called Contested Tastes: The Politics of Foie Gras in the U.S. and France. Download Office Hours #108 [4] [1] http://socant.chass.ncsu.edu/faculty_staff/madesouc [2] http://asr.sagepub.com/content/75/3/432.abstract [3] http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/workingpapers/118-14.pdf [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH108_DeSoucey.mp3

Professor Susan Terrio [1] of Georgetown University discusses her new book, Whose Child Am I? Unaccompanied, Undocumented Children in U.S. Immigration Custody [2]. In it, Dr Terrio considers the fraught relationship between the American government and the thousands of child detainees placed under both its care and prosecution. Her work reveals how the immigration system shapes the boundaries of childhood, culpability, and the American Dream. Download Office Hours #107 [3] [1] http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/terrios/ [2] http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520281493 [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH107_Terrio.mp3

In this episode, professor Joyce Bell [1] explains the legacy of activists in community organizations that emerged as a result of the Black Power movement in the 1960s and 70s. Her work demonstrates both the resources and tensions that radical social movements bring to institutions in civil society. Her new book is called The Black Power Movement and American Social Work [2]. Download Office Hours #106 [3] [1] http://www.sociology.pitt.edu/faculty/?q=joyce-bell/view [2] http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-black-power-movement-and-american-social-work/9780231162609 [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH106_Bell.mp3

Guest host Sarah Shannon [1] interviews Victor Rios [2], professor of sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara. In his recent ethnography, Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys [3], Dr. Rios searches for ways that police and a culture of punishment cause boys of color to internalize fatalistic attitudes about class and race. His book is the winner of several awards, including the American Sociological Association's Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award. Download Office Hours #105 [4] [1] https://thesocietypages.org/officehours/author/sshannon/ [2] http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/victor-rios [3] http://nyupress.org/books/9780814776384/ [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH105_Rios.mp3

In this episode, Wellesley College professor Hahrie Han [1] discusses some of the findings from her book, How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century [2]. In it, Dr Han explores how modern political organizations employ new strategies to inspire action and enthusiasm in the digital age. Download Office Hours #104 [3] [1] http://www.wellesley.edu/politicalscience/facstaff/han [2] https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-organizations-develop-activists-9780199336760?cc=us&lang=en& [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH104_Han.mp3

In this episode, we talk to Tim Pippert [1], Associate Professor of Sociology at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. In his recent co-authored paper, "We've Got Minorities, Yes We Do: Visual Representations of Racial and Ethnic Diversity In College Recruitment Materials [2]", Pippert explores the over-representation of students of color on college brochures throughout the United States. In this episode, we discuss, the over-representation of students of color in brochures, the motivation of colleges to over-represent, and the meaning of diversity on college campuses.   Download Office Hours #102 [3] [1] http://www.augsburg.edu/faculty/pippert/ [2] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08841241.2013.867920#.VKCBdsAEA [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH102_Pippert.mp3

In this episode, award winning journalist Leta Hong Fincher drops by to discuss her new book, Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China [1]. The Society Pages' Anne Kaduk [2] asks her to explain the reasons behind increasing marginalization of women in China, both in state policy and public discourse. Download Office Hours #101 [3]   [1] http://zedbooks.co.uk/node/16969 [2] https://thesocietypages.org/search/anne%20kaduk/ [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH101_Hong%20Fincher.mp3

In this episode we speak to Emily Bazelon. Emily is former senior editor at Slate, a New York Times Magazine staff writer, and the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School. We asked Emily to join us today as she is one of the most visible translators and disseminators of social science research. This episode also marks a milestone, as it is the 100th episode of Office Hours. Sarah Lageson and I, Kyle Green, have enjoyed producing and hosting the podcast for the past few years and we are now passing it on to the new graduate editorial board at the society pages. We will however be directing our efforts towards a new podcast on research methods in practice called Give Methods a Chance, find us at thesocietypages.org/methods [1]  . Thanks for listening! Download Episode #100!!! [2] [1] https://thesocietypages.org/methods [2] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH100_Bazelon.mp3

Famed sociologist Michael Burawoy [1] visits to share his thoughts on the common character of social movements happening throughout the world today. Michael is the former president of both the American and International Sociological Associations, and he is widely credited as a master of placing everyday life in the context of global and historical forces. Our own Erik Kojola [2] asks Michael about his vision for the future of social movement research, as well as the mounting problems that face public universities today. Download Office Hours #99 [3] [1] http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/ [2] https://thesocietypages.org/search/?cx=013555286668884123692%3Avdysd_r5lty&ie=UTF-8&q=erik+kojola [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH99_Burawoy.mp3

In today's episode, Furman University professor Ken Kolb [1] joins us to discuss his new book Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling [2]. Ken explains a rich case study, in which he finds workers motivated by emotional rewards rather than money or status. We discuss the strengths and drawbacks of a public service sector that relies heavily on moral reinforcement. Download Office Hours #98 [3] [1] http://www2.furman.edu/academics/sociology/Meet-Our-Faculty/Pages/Ken-Kolb.aspx [2] http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520282728 [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH98_Kolb.mp3

Today we are joined by Belinda Wheaton [1]. Belinda is a Principle Research Fellow in Sport and Leisure Cultures at the University of Brighton, UK. Belinda has published extensively on informal sports including articles, multiple edited volumes, and the recently published The Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sports [2]. We discuss why lifestyle sports are worthy of academic interest, race and California surf culture, and acts of political resistance. Download Office Hours #97 [3] [1] http://about.brighton.ac.uk/sasm/about-us/contacting-staff/academic-staff/bw6/ [2] http://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Politics-Lifestyle-Routledge-Critical/dp/0415478588/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid= [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH97_Wheaton.mp3

In this episode, political scientist Chad Lavin [1] discusses his new book, Eating Anxiety: The Perils of Food Politics [2]. Chad's work explores how our experiences with food shape popular ideas about identity, authenticity, and responsibility. He speaks with us about the political meanings of diet in a globalized society, and some limitations of the local food movement. Chad is a professor at Virginia Tech, where he teaches in the political science department and at ASPECT - the Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought. Download Office Hours #95 [3] [1] http://www.psci.vt.edu/people/lavin-bio.html [2] http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/eating-anxiety [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/Chad%20Lavin%20on%20Eating%20Anxiety.mp3

Today we are joined by Tristan Bridges. Tristan is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. Tristan researches and blogs on issues related to gender, sexuality, inequality, and space at Inequality by (Interior) Design [1] and Feminist Reflections [2], the newest Community Page at The Society Pages. We discuss Tristan’s recently published article “A Very ''Gay'' Straight?: Hybrid Masculinities, Sexual Aesthetics, and the Changing Relationship between Masculinity and Homophobia,” [3] that is part of his larger book project tentatively entitled "Othering Other Men: Transformations in Gender and Politics among Men."  Download Office Hours #96 [4]   [1] http://inequalitybyinteriordesign.wordpress.com/ [2] https://thesocietypages.org/feminist/ [3] http://gas.sagepub.com/content/28/1/58 [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH96_Bridges.mp3

In this episode, we talk with John D. Skrentny [1], Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS) at UC-San Diego. His work focuses on public policy, law and inequality. Today we discuss his recent book After Civil Rights: Racial Realism in the New American Workplace [2].  Download Office Hours #94 [3] [1] http://pages.ucsd.edu/~jskrentny/ [2] http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10095.html [3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH94_Skrentny.mp3

In this episode, guest host Richie LeDonne speaks with Peter McGraw, a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, and journalist Joel Warner on their new book, The Humor Code. We talk about their travels around the world in search of what makes things funny, how comedians create humor, and how laughs are used to cope with tragedy and wield political power. Download Office Hours #93 [1] [1] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH93_McGraw_and_Warner.mp3