Annex Sociology Podcast

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Disabled Americans' Rights (David Pettinicchio) Nov 25, 2019

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We meet David Pettinicchio from the University of Toronto. David is the author of Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform (Stanford University Press). We discuss the evolving rights of disabled Americans, and current attacks on these rights.

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Meet the Social Breakdown Podcast (Meiser, Patumsinchai & Bird) Nov 20, 2019

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Today, we meet the gang from a great teaching-oriented sociology podcast, The Social Breakdown, and the three University of Hawaii sociologists who developed it: Ellen Meiser, Penn Patumsinchai, and Omar Bird. We talk about their show, and academic podcasting more generally.

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Used from Social Breakdown producers. Fair use.

Relational Inequality Theory Nov 17, 2019

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Today, we meet Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (UMass Amherst) and Dustin Avent-Holt (Augusta University). We discuss their new book Relational Inequalities: An Organizational Approach (Oxford University Press).

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By Sharronzabary - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Making It In India Nov 13, 2019

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The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover concludes with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang discusses Patrick's work on social mobility in India.

Jean Beaman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She recently published Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France with University of California Press.

Neda Magbouleh is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. She recently published The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian-Americans & the Everyday Politics of Race with Stanford University Press.

Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press.

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The Comradely Professor Nov 11, 2019

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The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover continues with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang discusses the recent "Comradely Professor" in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press.

Ethnography Abroad (Beaman, Magbouleh & Inglis) Nov 06, 2019

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The Assistant Professor Annex Takeover begins with Jean Beaman (UC Santa Barbara), Neda Magabouleh (University of Toronto) and special guest Patrick Inglis (Grinnell College). In this episode, the gang talks about the challenges of conducting ethnographic research in other societies.

Patrick Inglis is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grinnell College. He recently published Narrow Fairways: Getting By and Falling Behind in the New India with Oxford University Press.

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By Dosseman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Elite Self-Pity Nov 04, 2019

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We discuss a recent op-ed by Richard Reeves describes a sense of self-pity among the wealthy. We discuss this phenomenon of elite self-pity, and whether we can fairly include sociology professors among the self-pitying elite.

Our guest is Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director at Columbia University Press.

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Reactions to Perceived Shortages in Marriageable Men Oct 30, 2019

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In a previous episode, we discussed research claiming to identify perceptions that there are shortages of marriageable men for women with college degrees. Today, we discuss popular reactions to this perceived shortage.

Our guest is Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director at Columbia University Press.

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Spinning Abstracts Oct 28, 2019

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We discuss a recent paper from Samuel Jellison and colleagues in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, "Evaluation of Spin in Abstracts of Papers in Psychiatry and Psychology Journals", which found that published research in their field routinely use rhetorical tactics to magnify the purported strengths and impact of one's findings. We discuss whether the practice is common in sociology, and whether it is a problem.

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By Mykl Roventine - https://www.flickr.com/photos/myklroventine/3405291415/, CC BY 2.0, Link

Academic Publishing (Eric Schwartz) Oct 24, 2019

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Today, we meet Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director at Columbia University Press. Eric has been a fixture in academic sociology publishing, having worked at several major presses, including Springer, Oxford, Princeton, and now Columbia. We asked Eric for insights about the publishing industry and the task of reviewing and choosing books for publication.