About Krystina Millar

NBN Episodes hosted by Krystina:

Aliya Hamid Rao, "Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment" (U California Press, 2020)

July 23, 2020

Crunch Time

Aliya Hamid Rao
Hosted by Krystina Millar

In Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment (University of California Press, 2020), Aliya Hamid Rao gets up close and personal with coll…

Barbara J. Risman, "Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure" (Oxford UP, 2018)

June 16, 2020

Where the Millennials Will Take Us

Barbara J. Risman
Hosted by Krystina Millar

In Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure (Oxford University Press 2018), Barbara J. Risman uses her …

Adriana Mica, "Sociology as Analysis of the Unintended: From the Problem of Ignorance to the Discovery of the Possible" (Routledge, 2020)

May 26, 2020

Sociology as Analysis of the Unintended

Adriana Mica
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Sociology of unintended consequences is commonly depicted as a framework for understanding the outcomes that run counter to the initial intentions of …

Rebecca J. Kissane and Sarah Winslow, "Whose Game?: Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports" (Temple UP, 2020)

May 7, 2020

Whose Game?

Rebecca J. Kissane and Sarah Winslow
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Fantasy sports have the opportunity to provide a sporting community in which gendered physical presence plays no role—a space where men and women can …

M. R. Michelson and B. F. Harrison, "Transforming Prejudice: Identity, Fear, and Transgender Rights" (Oxford UP, 2020)

May 4, 2020

Transforming Prejudice

M. R. Michelson and B. F. Harrison
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, with a majority of Americans now supporting same-sex m…

Fiona Vera-Gray, "The Right Amount of Panic: How Women Trade Freedom for Safety" (Policy Press, 2018)

April 29, 2020

The Right Amount of Panic

Fiona Vera-Gray
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the wom…

Christopher D. Bader, "Fear Itself: The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America" (NYU Press, 2020)

April 22, 2020

Fear Itself

Christopher D. Bader
Hosted by Krystina Millar

From moral panics about immigration and gun control to anxiety about terrorism and natural disasters, Americans live in a culture of fear. While fear …

Baptiste Brossard, "Forgetting Items: The Social Experience of Alzheimer’s Disease" (Indiana UP, 2019)

April 20, 2020

Forgetting Items

Baptiste Brossard
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Alzheimer's disease has not only profound medical consequences for the individual experiencing it but a life-changing impact on those around them. Fro…

Miriam J. Abelson, "Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America" (U Minnesota Press, 2019)

April 13, 2020

Men in Place

Miriam J. Abelson
Hosted by Krystina Millar

American masculinity is being critiqued, questioned, and reinterpreted for a new era. In Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in Ameri…

J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan, "Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus" (Norton, 2020)

April 6, 2020

Sexual Citizens

J. S. Hirsch and S. Khan
Hosted by Krystina Millar

The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as man…

Owen Whooley, "On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not Knowing" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

April 3, 2020

On the Heels of Ignorance

Owen Whooley
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Psychiatry has always aimed to peer deep into the human mind, daring to cast light on its darkest corners and untangle its thorniest knots, often invo…

Baptiste Brossard, "Why Do We Hurt Ourselves? Understanding Self-Harm in Social Life" (Indiana UP, 2018)

March 30, 2020

Why Do We Hurt Ourselves?

Baptiste Brossard
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Why does an estimated 5% of the general population intentionally and repeatedly hurt themselves? What are the reasons certain people resort to self-in…

Neil Selwyn, "What is Digital Sociology?" (Polity, 2019)

March 27, 2020

What is Digital Sociology?

Neil Selwyn
Hosted by Krystina Millar

The rise of digital technology is transforming the world in which we live. Our digitalized societies demand new ways of thinking about the social, and…

Erin Hatton, "Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment" (U California Press, 2020)

March 24, 2020

Coerced

Erin Hatton
Hosted by Krystina Millar

What do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all…

Josh Seim, "Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering" (U California Press, 2020)

March 13, 2020

Bandage, Sort, and Hustle

Josh Seim
Hosted by Krystina Millar

What is the role of the ambulance in the American city? The prevailing narrative provides a rather simple answer: saving and transporting the critical…

Jennifer E. Gaddis, "The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools" (U California Press, 2019)

March 6, 2020

The Labor of Lunch

Jennifer E. Gaddis
Hosted by Krystina Millar

There’s a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation’s school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap,…

Joseph O. Baker, "Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters" (U California Press, 2019)

March 2, 2020

Deviance Management

Joseph O. Baker
Hosted by Krystina Millar

Christopher D. Bader and Joseph O. Baker's book Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters (University of California Press, 2019) …