The course combines research into the histories and sociology of social movements with activist interviews. This year, students examined how and where activism has left a mark on campus. “A lot of the ...

Living in an intensely divisive and contentious time like this current sociopolitical moment makes certain perspectives on the world more needed now than ever. As a college professor for 30 years, I ...

My main topics of interest include comparative political sociology/social movements, immigration and modern nation-state in the Middle East, sociology of Iranian pop arts and literature, and ...

In June 2015, a white supremacist opened fire inside the historic African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine black congregants, including the minister. The massacre ...

Leslie King’s research and teaching interests include population studies, environmental sociology, social movements and corporate power. Much of her research has focused on how ideologies of ...

Nancy Whittier’s areas of specialization are gender, social movements and women's movements, social change, sexual violence and sexuality. She teaches courses on gender, sexuality, social change, ...