Prasad

Joe and Gabriel interview Monica Prasad of Northwestern University about her recent article in Contemporary Sociology, “Problem-Solving Sociology“

In this week’s episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, we talk with Monica Prasad from Northwestern University   We discuss her new paper in Contemporary Sociology on problem-solving sociology, and a new grad student workshop that she is organizing. The gang also discusses the ASA’s recent statement on objectivity, and the new NDA and work-for-hire agreement at Purdue University.

Click here for more information on Monica Prasad’s workshop.

Download a copy of the NDA here

This week, The Annex sits down with Barry Eidlin from McGill University.  Barry recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press.  We discuss unions, the middle class, and comparative differences between the US and Canada.  Also, we discuss sexual inequality and charges that sociology is overrun by postmodernism.

The Annex sits down with Barry Eidlin from McGill University.  Barry recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press.  We discuss unions, the middle class, and comparative differences between the US and Canada.

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

Sex is distributed unequally.  We discuss an analysis by Paula England calculating a sexual GINI coefficient.

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

Jordan Peterson suggests that our discipline is overrun by postmodernism?  Is it true?  What does that even mean?

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

The Annex sits down with Barry Eidlin from McGill University.  Barry recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press.  We discuss unions, the middle class, and comparative differences between the US and Canada.

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

Sex is distributed unequally.  We discuss an analysis by Paula England calculating a sexual GINI coefficient.

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

Jordan Peterson suggests that our discipline is overrun by postmodernism?  Is it true?  What does that even mean?

Discussants

Barry Eidin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He recently published Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada with Cambridge University Press. Twitter: @eidlin

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman co-hosts The Annex. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation (2015, Princeton) Twitter: @GabrielRossman

This week, The Annex sits down with Clayton Childress from the University of Toronto.  Clayton wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel  with Princeton University Press.  We discuss the process of a fiction book’s conception, development, distribution, and reception, and the degree to which the fiction publishing industry resembles our own publishing industry. We also discuss Washington University in St Louis’ plan to charge for IRB review, and what to make of the spread of junk science news items on social media.

Discussants

Clayton Childress is an Assistant Professor of Sociology from the University of Toronto. He wrote Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel (2017 Princeton). Click here to hear other segments featuring Clayton. Twitter: @claytonchirping

Joseph Nathan Cohen co-hosts The Annex and directs the Sociocast Project. He is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, Queens College. He wrote Financial Crisis in American Households: The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class (2017, Praeger) and co-authored Global Capitalism: A Sociological Perspective (2010, Polity). Twitter: @jncohen

Leslie Hinkson co-hosts The Annex. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Her recent book is Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine (2017 University of Minnesota Press).

Gabriel Rossman