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About Michelle Newhart

Michelle Newhart is an adjunct professor in sociology at the University of La Verne and Mt. San Antonio College in southern California. Her recent books include The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience and the textbook Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials.

Michelle Newhart is a sociologist who teaches at University of La Verne and Mt. San Antonio College, where she also works as an instructional designer.

NBN Episodes hosted by Michelle:

Sociology May 3, 2021

Privilege Lost

Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall

Jessi Streib

Hosted by Michelle Newhart
Talking about social class and the American class structure is a challenge. It can be easy to talk about the class system too rigidly, implying that “the rich stay rich …
Sociology October 16, 2020

Teen Spirit

How Adolescence Transformed the Adult World

Paul Howe

Hosted by Michelle Newhart
Paul Howe's book Teen Spirit: How Adolescence Transformed the Adult World (Cornell UP, 2020) is a “big idea” book. It proposes that some of the woes of contemporary life can …
Sociology August 27, 2020

Gray Matters

Finding Meaning in the Stories of Later Life

Ellyn Lem

Hosted by Michelle Newhart
As Baby Boomers reach the tipping point of aging into later life, the record numbers of seniors int the 65 and over crowd generates greater interest and in aging and …