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African American Studies June 29, 2020

You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer

Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism

Tsedale Melaku

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
What kind of discrimination do Black women face in the legal profession? Tsedale Melaku explores this question and more in her new book: You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). Using in-depth interviews with Black women about their lived experiences working in elite law firms, Melaku explores topics including double burden, system gendered racism, and color-blind ideology. She also pushes our …
Anthropology May 15, 2020

Rapid Ethnographic Assessments

A Practical Approach and Toolkit For Collaborative Community Research

Thurka Sangaramoorthy and Karen Kroeger

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
How can researchers gather information quickly, for instance in the times of COVID-19? In their new book, Rapid Ethnographic Assessments: A Practical Approach and Toolkit for Collaborative Community Research (Routledge …
Music May 13, 2020

Ballad of the Bullet

Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy

Forrest Stuart

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
How do young men use drill music and social media to gain power? In his new book, Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy …
Popular Culture March 9, 2020

Gender, Masculinity and Video Gaming

Analysing Reddit’s r/gaming Community

Marcus Maloney, Steven Roberts, and Timothy Graham

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
What can online social spaces like Reddit’s r/gaming reveal about gender attitudes, masculinized spaces, and turning points in gamer communities? In their new book Gender, Masculinity and Video Gaming: Analysing …
African American Studies February 24, 2020

The New Noir

Race, Identity and Diaspora in Black Suburbia

Orly Clergé

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
How has the expansion of the Black American middle class and the increase in the number of Black immigrants among them since the Civil Rights period transformed the cultural landscape …
African American Studies January 30, 2020

You Can’t Stop the Revolution

Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson America

Andrea S. Boyles

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
“Black lives matter before death.” (p.132) In her powerful new book, You Can’t Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson America (University of California Press, 2019), Andrea …
East Asian Studies December 23, 2019

Dying for Rights

Putting North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses on the Record

Sandra Fahy

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
“The things that are happening to North Korea are happening to all of us…they are part of the human community. To say that this is just a problem for North …
American Studies December 9, 2019

Separated

Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid

William D. Lopez

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
What happens to families and communities after immigration raids? William D. Lopez answers this question and more in his new book Separated: Family & Community in the Aftermath of an …
American Studies October 29, 2019

Empathy Beyond US Borders

The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement

Gary J. Adler, Jr.

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
Do immersion trips really transform those who participate and how so? In his new book Empathy Beyond US Borders: The Challenges of Transnational Civic Engagement (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Gary …
Anthropology October 21, 2019

Gathering Social Network Data

jimi adams

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
What is social network data and what are the issues associated with collecting it? In his new book Gathering Social Network Data (Sage, 2019), jimi adams focuses on the principles …
American Studies June 28, 2019

Making Motherhood Work

How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving

Caitlyn Collins

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
Where in the world do working moms have it best? In her new book, Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving (Princeton University Press, 2019), Caitlyn Collins explores …
American Studies December 27, 2018

The Gay Marriage Generation

How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture

Peter Hart-Brinson

Hosted by Sarah Patterson
How and why did public opinions about gay marriage shift? In his new book, The Gay Marriage Generation: How the LGBTQ Movement Transformed American Culture (New York University Press, 2018) …