It's been a good year for @socannex. Today's episode features @annamueller and @sethabrutyn discussing their new book Life Under Pressure (2024, Oxford University Press) with me.

We talk about their field site, Oak Grove, its high status, and high earning adult community, and the psychic pain that many young people experience.

The book advances sociological theory and helps address an important social problem, youth suicide. Listen on Spotify, Amazon, etc.:
https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/anna-s-mueller-and-seth-abrutyn-on-life-under-pressure/

It was a pleasure to speak with Dwaine Plaza and Regan Gurung of Oregon State University about their recent co-edited book. The contributions tackle the challenges of and lessons from teaching, learning, and leading universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please listen wherever you get your podcasts!

https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/dwaine-plaza-and-regan-gurung-on-teaching-in-pandemic-times/

Hajar Yazdiha's new book The Struggle for the People's King offers a unique set of case studies about the uses and misuses of Civi Rights movement memory across the political spectrum. I was honored to speak with Dr. Yazdiha earlier this year for The Annex:

https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/hajar-yazdiha-on-the-struggle-for-the-peoples-king/

Are we doing shameless self promotion on here or is that just the old bird site?

I have a new interview with JT Thomas, one of the leading lights in sociology working in the American South.

We discuss his new book, Du Bois, and more.

Please listen!

https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/j-t-thomas-on-du-bois-anti-semitism-and-the-color-line/

Debates over the moral worthiness of a sociological project are good, actually! They are one way that social research advances.

Listen to @shaidromi and Sam Stabler discuss their argument in this episode:
https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/dromi-stabler-on-moral-minefields/

We also talk New Haven pizza.

New paper alert!

Are you a scholar interested in #sexuality #gender #organizations and #inequality from #sociology #genderstudies #sexualitystudies or related fields?

@jonathancoley, Jessica L. Schachle-Gordon, Gabby Gomez, Lexie Taylor, and I just published Gendered Organizations as Heterosexualized Organizations: The Case of Housing, Roommate, and Visitation Policies at Christian Colleges and Universities in @sociusjournal. Paper here: https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231217819

1/?

Another manuscript sent off to a journal. Many thanks to our two friendly pre-reviewers who offered helpful and encouraging comments. You know who you are. #sociology

Now we wait.