Episodes
In today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison sits down with Krystale Littlejohn to discuss her book Just Get on the Pill (2021, University of California Press).
Published 02/26/24
Published 02/26/24
Daniel Morrison sits down with Hajar Yazdiha (USC) to discuss her book, The Struggle for the People's King (2023, Princeton University Press).
Published 02/19/24
JT Thomas discusses Du Bois in Germany.
Published 02/12/24
Michelle Smirnova discusses the prescription to prison pipeline.
Published 02/05/24
On today's Annex, Daniel Morrison interviews Jonathan Coley on his 2018 book, Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities (University of North Carolina Press).
Published 01/29/24
On today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison sits down with Shai Dromi and Sam Stabler to discuss their new book Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science (2023, University of Chicago Press)
Published 01/22/24
On today's Annex Sociology Podcast, Daniel Morrison meets Louise Seamster to discuss her research on the racial equity effects of cancelling student debt, predatory inclusion and education debt, and her discussion with Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Published 01/15/24
In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss the inner world of political campaigns with Daniel Laurison (Swarthmore). Daniel is the author of Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Penguin).
Published 02/21/23
In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss the inner world of political campaigns with Daniel Laurison (Swarthmore). Daniel is the author of Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Penguin).
Published 02/21/23
In today's episode of The Annex, we explore the relationship between money and science with David Reinecke (Princeton University), whose work examines what happens to large scientific projects when funding runs out. David is the author of "When Funding Fails: Planetary Exploration at NASA in an Era of Austerity, 1967 - 1976" in Social Studies of Science and "Moonshots to Nowhere? The Metroliner and Failed High-Speed Rail in the United States, 1962- 1977" in Journal of Transport History,
Published 02/14/23
In today's episode of The Annex, we explore the relationship between money and science with David Reinecke (Princeton University), whose work examines what happens to large scientific projects when funding runs out. David is the author of "When Funding Fails: Planetary Exploration at NASA in an Era of Austerity, 1967 - 1976" in Social Studies of Science and "Moonshots to Nowhere? The Metroliner and Failed High-Speed Rail in the United States, 1962- 1977" in Journal of Transport History,
Published 02/14/23
In today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia) and Omar Lizardo (UCLA) to discuss classical sociological theory and their Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory (Springer).
Published 02/01/23
In today's episode of The Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia) and Omar Lizardo (UCLA) to discuss classical sociological theory and their Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory (Springer).
Published 02/01/23
In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss how Americans misunderstand China and its political system. We imagine a society in which the government controls what people know and what they say.  We hear about government filters and censorship, and how democracy activists are punished for their speech.  But is it all so simple? In this episode of The Annex Live, we will sit down to learn the details of China's political and government system with two experts.  Ya-Wen Lei (Harvard...
Published 01/28/23
In today's episode of The Annex, we discuss how Americans misunderstand China and its political system. We imagine a society in which the government controls what people know and what they say.  We hear about government filters and censorship, and how democracy activists are punished for their speech.  But is it all so simple? In this episode of The Annex Live, we will sit down to learn the details of China's political and government system with two experts.  Ya-Wen Lei (Harvard...
Published 01/28/23
Some manifestations of racism are easily identifiable.  Practices that do things like promoting racial residential segregation, facilitating race-based job discrimination, or the unequal application of criminal law across races are clear examples of social behaviors that harm people of color and perpetuate white supremacy.  Others are difficult to see, even when looking directly at them.  In this episode, we will discuss how white supremacy subtly suffuses culture through a look at Raul...
Published 12/15/22
Some manifestations of racism are easily identifiable.  Practices that do things like promoting racial residential segregation, facilitating race-based job discrimination, or the unequal application of criminal law across races are clear examples of social behaviors that harm people of color and perpetuate white supremacy.  Others are difficult to see, even when looking directly at them.  In this episode, we will discuss how white supremacy subtly suffuses culture through a look at Raul...
Published 12/15/22
It is easy to profess a commitment to human rights.  Making those rights a reality can be an arduous and complicated process.  What can sociologists tell us about the process by which governments are forced to respect human rights, if they are forced to do so at all?  Our discussion will be anchored by Lisa Hajjar's (UC Santa Barbara) new book, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight Against Torture (2022, University of California Press), which tells the story of the long, arduous battle by...
Published 11/30/22
In this episode, Daniel Morrison interviews Elizabeth Popp-Berman from the University of Michigan Organization Studies. Her new book,  Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy, discusses how economic styles of thinking have come to dominate economic policy discussions.
Published 11/22/22
Today's episode of The Annex discusses the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, with a focus on J.P Pardo-Guerra's new book, The Quantified Scholar (2022, Columbia University Press).  This book examines modern British efforts to improve research through the development of quantitative metrics and metric-related incentive systems, and how this scheme altered the behavior of scientists and academic departments.  The study stands as one example of modern sociology’s efforts to...
Published 11/17/22
In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian University) sits down with Josh Packard (Springtide Research) to discuss teens' and young adults' changing relationship with religion, their wellbeing, and alt-ac careers. Photo Credit. By MonstreDélicat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45229162
Published 05/09/22
In today's episode of The Annex Sociology Podcast, host Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian) sits down with Jennifer C. Mueller of Skidmore College. Prof. Mueller recently published (with DyAnna Washington) "Anticipating White Futures: The Ends-Based Orientation of White Thinking" in Symbolic Interaction. Photo Credit. Whistler, James Mcneill, Artist. Merit its own reward, or, The best man leads off the squad. West Point New York, 1852. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/90706050/.
Published 04/25/22
In this episode, we discuss unequal access to healthy food, activitism, and public policy with Ken Kolb (Furman University). Ken is the author of Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate (University of California Press).
Published 04/18/22
In today's episode of the Annex, Daniel Morrison (Abilene Christian) sits down with Michael Rosino (Molloy College) to discuss media framing and the War on Drugs. Michael is the author of Debating the Drug War: Race, Politics, and the Media (Routledge, 2021). Photo Credit. By U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration - https://www.dea.gov/divisions/car/2010/carib031110p.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65144785
Published 04/04/22