Annex Sociology Podcast

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Christian Nationalism (Perry & Perrin) May 17, 2021

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On today’s Annex, we discuss the Christian nationalism and the sociology of religion with Samuel Perry (University of Oklahoma) and Robin Perrin (Pepperdine). Host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian)

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A More Radical Sociology (Michelle Jackson) May 10, 2021

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In today’s episode, we discuss the need for a more radical sociology with Michelle Jackson from Stanford. Michelle authored the book Manifesto for a Dream: Inequality, Constraint, and Radical Reform (Stanford). Hosts are Joseph Cohen (CUNY Queens College) and Daniel Morrison (Abeline Christian).

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Police & Race (Roscigno, Prieto-Hodge & Ture) May 03, 2021

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In this episode, we discuss the complicated relationship between the police and the African-American community. Our guests are Vincent Roscigno (Ohio State), Kayla Prieto-Hodge (Rutgers Camden), and Kalfani Ture (Quinnipiac).

Photo Credit. Alvin C. Krupnick Co, photographer. Truck on street near Litan Hotel carrying soldiers and African Americans during Tulsa, Okla., race riot in. Oklahoma Tulsa, 1921. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/95517748/.

Danger and Police Culture (Sierra-Arevalo) Apr 26, 2021

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In this episode of The Annex, we discuss how conceptions of danger influence police culture with Michael Sierra-Arevalo (University of Texas, Austin). Sierra-Arevalo recently published “American Policing and the Danger Imperative” in Law and Society.

Photo Credit. Bain News Service, Publisher. Police, Bayonne strike. , 1916. [?] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014702988/.

Applied Sociology (Karen Albright) Apr 12, 2021

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It has been a very tough decade for the sociology job market, and faculty jobs are getting tougher to land. At the same time, doctoral students often feel discouraged from pursuing a career outside of the academy. One viable response may be to reconsider old attitudes about a career in applied sociology. In this episode, we discuss the applied field with Karen Albright, former President of the Associate for Applied and Clinical Sociology and former Chair of the ASA’s Section on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology.

Photo Credit. Assembly line at the Ford Motor Company’s Highland Park plant. Highland Park Michigan, ca. 1913. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011661021/.

Cults (2 of 2) (Craig Rawlings) Apr 06, 2021

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This episode is the second installment of our two-part series on the Sociology of Cults. If you missed our first episode with Rick Moore, catch it here.

In today’s episode, we strike at the heart of our interests in cults with a talk about group pressures on belief systems with Craig Rawlings of Duke University. Craig recently published “Cognitive Authority and the Constraint of Attitude Change in Groups” in American Sociological Review.

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Cults (Part 1 of 2) (Rick Moore) Apr 05, 2021

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This is the first in a two-part series on the Sociology of Cults. Our first episode examines the concept of New Religious Movements in sociology. My guest is Rick Moore from Washington University of St Louis.

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Loneliness (Margolis & Torres) Mar 22, 2021

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On today’s episode of the The Annex , we look at the topic of loneliness from a sociological perspective. Our guests are Rachel Margolis (Western University) and Stacey Torres (University of California, San Francisco). Rachel is a demographer and sociologist whose specialties include gerontology, kinship, and social relations. She recently co-published “Measuring Older Adult Loneliness Across Countries” in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B. Stacey Torres is an ethnographer whose expertise includes aging, social relations, and local community. She recently published “On Elastic Ties: Distance and Intimacy in Social Relationships” in Sociological Science.

Photo Credit. “A fairy moon and a lonely shore”. Japan, None. [Between 1890 and 1940] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680225/.

Rating British Departments (JP Pardo-Guerra) Feb 22, 2021

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In this episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, we discuss the British system of evaluating departments’ scholarly productivity with JP Pardo-Guerra from the University of California, San Diego. JP recently authored “Research Metrics, Labor Markets, and Epistimc Change: Evidence from Britain, 1970 – 2018“. Pardo-Guerra explains how the system works, and how it shapes intellectual production. Special guest co-host Charles Gomez (CUNY Queens College).

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Populism in 19th Century America (Adam Slez) Dec 07, 2020

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On today's Annex, we talk to Adam Slez from the University of Virginia. Adam is the author of The Making of the Populist Movement: State, Market, and Party on the Western Frontier (2020, Oxford), and an expert on 19th century American political populism. Adam tells us the story of the original Populist movement in the late-19th century Dakotas, and reflects on what the history of populism can teach us about political populism today.

Photo Credit. By James B. Weaver presidential campaign - http://sageamericanhistory.net/gildedage/documents/PopulistPlat1892.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79292807

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