This Week in Sociological Perspective

(Audio) Economists talk money. Politicians talk government. On This Week in Sociological Perspective we talk money, politics, and everything else that makes the world go ‘round, offering insight on society, public affairs, and news of the week. Guest authors join your host, UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas, to transcend the headlines through fascinating research in sociology.

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu22 Audio 09/23/2022

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu22 Audio This week we discuss a woman in England who uses her drone in service to others. And, I recently spoke with Professor Scott Duxbury of the University of North Carolina about his recent paper titled “The Boys in Blue Are Watching You: The Shifting Metropolitan Landscape and Big Data Police Surveillance in the United States.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and is co-authored by Nafeesa Andrabi. Segment 1 -- Scott Duxbury on “The Boys in Blue Are Watching You: The Shifting Metropolitan Landscape and Big Data Police Surveillance in the United States” Segment 2 -- A generous dog-lover uses her drone to help rescue lost dogs for free /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/24466419

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu15 Audio 09/18/2022

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu15 Audio This week we discuss the insertion of a new player in the fight to reform policing in the United States. And, I recently spoke with Dr. Robert Bozick, Director of the Houston Population Research Center of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, about his recent paper titled “An increasing disinterest in fatherhood among childless men in the United States: A brief report.” The paper is to be published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Robert Bozick on “An increasing disinterest in fatherhood among childless men in the United States: A brief report.” Segment 2 -- Insurer's financial hammer and motivating police departments to reform /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/24407727

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu08 Audio 09/10/2022

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu08 Audio This week we discuss results from the natural experiment of COVID-era remote instruction for 9 year olds. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Carly Knight of New York University about her recent paper titled “Classifying the corporation: the role of naturalizing analogies in American corporate development, 1870–1930.” The paper is to be published in the Socio-Economic Review and is sole-authored. Segment 1 – Carly Knight on “Classifying the corporation: the role of naturalizing analogies in American corporate development, 1870–1930” Segment 2 – The COVID-era natural experiment of remote instruction and what it tells us about schools /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/24333207

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu01 Audio 08/30/2022

TWiSP 2022 M09 Thu01 Audio This week we discuss emerging controversy in how reporters cover wildfires. And, I recently spoke with Geoffrey Wodtke, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, about his recent paper titled “Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development.” The paper is to be published in Demography, and is co-authored by Sagi Ramaj, and Jared Schachner. Segment 1 -- Geoffrey Wodtke on “Toxic Neighborhoods: The Effects of Concentrated Poverty and Environmental Lead Contamination on Early Childhood Development” Segment 2 – Wildfire in personal and public perspective /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/24207015

TWiSP 2022 M08 Thu11 Audio 08/15/2022

TWiSP 2022 M08 Thu11 Audio This week we discuss citizen stakeouts of ballot drop-boxes. And, I recently spoke with Patrick Denice, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario, about his recent paper titled “Spatial Mismatch and the Share of Black, Hispanic, and White Students Enrolled in Charter Schools.” The paper is to be published in Sociology of Education and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Patrick Denice on “Spatial Mismatch and the Share of Black, Hispanic, and White Students Enrolled in Charter Schools.” Segment 2 – Citizen Stakeouts of Ballot Drop-boxes /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/24064062

TWiSP 2022 M08 Thu04 Audio 08/06/2022

TWiSP 2022 M08 Thu04 Audio This week we discuss national implications of some of the characteristics advertised as amenities on Airbnb. But first, I recently spoke with Nicolo Pinchak of Ohio State University about his recent paper titled “Paws on the Street: Neighborhood-Level Concentration of Households with Dogs and Urban Crime.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is co-authored by Christopher R. Browning, Bethany Boettner, Catherine A. Calder, Jake Tarrence. Segment 1 -- Nicolo Pinchak on “Paws on the Street: Neighborhood-Level Concentration of Households with Dogs and Urban Crime.” Segment 2 -- Airbnb and Collective Memory: Slave Cabins Rehabbed and Marketed as Luxury Accommodations of Southern Hospitality /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23978736

TWiSP 2022 M07 Thu14 Audio 07/17/2022

TWiSP 2022 M07 Thu14 Audio This week we discuss social multipliers of an emerging threat to billions of people. But first, I recently spoke with Dr. Jacqui Frost, a postdoctoral scholar at Rice University who is moving soon to a faculty position at Purdue University, about her recent paper titled “Ritualizing Nonreligion: Cultivating Rational Rituals in Secular Spaces.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Jacqui Frost on “Ritualizing Nonreligion: Cultivating Rational Rituals in Secular Spaces” Segment 2 – Social multipliers of an emerging threat to billions /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23770517

TWiSP 2022 M07 Thu07 Audio 07/10/2022

TWiSP 2022 M07 Thu07 Audio This week we discuss the industrialization of migration across the southern border of the United States. But first, I recently spoke with Niccolò Armandola of the University of Zurich about his recent paper titled “Rebel without a Cause: The Effects of Social Origins and Disposable Income on Rule Violations.” The paper is to be published in the European Sociological Review, and is co-authored by Alexander Ehlert and Heiko Rauhut. Segment 1 -- Niccolò Armandola on “Rebel without a Cause: The Effects of Social Origins and Disposable Income on Rule Violations.” Segment 2 – The Industrialization of Illegal Immigration: From Cottage Industry to Drug Cartel Monopoly? /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23695655

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu30 Audio 06/30/2022

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu30 Audio On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court released several decisions, many of them major decisions in their domain and beyond. This week I spoke with Professor Mary Rose of the University of Texas-Austin about three of those Supreme Court decisions: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, and Vega v. Tekoh. Professor Rose identifies important new directions these decisions signal, and reflects on the implications of these directions for the judges’ reasoning, decision-making, and the exercise of rights. Single Segment -- Mary Rose on Dobbs, New York Rifle and Pistol Association, and Vega /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23596178

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu23 Audio 06/26/2022

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu23 Audio This week we discuss the increasing trend of teachers leaving teaching. And, I recently spoke with Professor Joseph Dippong of the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, about his recent paper titled “Vocal Accommodation and Perceptions of Speakers’ Prestige and Dominance.” The paper is to be published in Social Psychology Quarterly, and is co-authored by Will Kalkhoff and Cayce Jamil. Segment 1 -- Joseph Dippong on “Vocal Accommodation and Perceptions of Speakers’ Prestige and Dominance.” Segment 2 -- Teacher attrition in context, pre-COVID and now /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23543810

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu09 Audio 06/10/2022

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu09 Audio This week we discuss efforts to determine what the next generation will learn. And, I recently spoke with Dr. Kyla Thomas of the Center for Economic and Social Research of the University of Southern California about her recent paper titled “The psychology of distinction: How cultural tastes shape perceptions of class and competence in the U.S.” The paper is to be published in Poetics, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Kyla Thomas on “The psychology of distinction: How cultural tastes shape perceptions of class and competence in the U.S.” Segment 2 -- Tiananmen Square and Tulsa, Oklahoma: Generational censorship in nations of power /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23385545

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu02 Audio 06/03/2022

TWiSP 2022 M06 Thu02 Audio This week we discuss the removal of the allegedly “last” public payphone in New York. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Emily Rauscher of Brown University, about her recent paper titled “Learning to Value Girls: Balanced Infant Sex Ratios at Higher Parental Education in the United States, 1969–2018.” The paper is to be published in Demography, and is co-authored by Haoming Song. Segment 1 -- Emily Rauscher on “Learning to Value Girls: Balanced Infant Sex Ratios at Higher Parental Education in the United States, 1969–2018.” Segment 2 -- As payphones give way to wi-fi hotspots and cellphone dependence, collective goods give way to private goods whose performance in emergencies remain uncertain at best /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23312822

TWiSP 2022 M05 Thu12 Audio 05/13/2022

TWiSP 2022 M05 Thu12 Audio This week we discuss a spate of articles about COVID. And, I recently spoke with Professor Justine Tinkler of the University of Georgia about her recent paper titled “Sexual harassment training and men’s motivation to work with women.” The paper is to be published in Social Science Research, and is co-authored by Jody Clay-Warner and Malissa Alinor. Segment 1 -- Justine Tinkler on “Sexual harassment training and men’s motivation to work with women.” Segment 2 -- Sociological challenges in the COVID era /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23105435

TWiSP 2022 M05 Thu05 Audio 05/07/2022

TWiSP 2022 M05 Thu05 Audio This week we discuss the Politico leak of a draft Supreme Court decision. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Kyle Siler of the Université de Montréal about his recent paper titled “Inequality Within omnivorous knowledge: Distribution of Jeopardy! geography questions, 1984-2020.” The paper is to be published in Poetics and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Kyle Siler on “Inequality Within omnivorous knowledge: Distribution of Jeopardy! geography questions, 1984-2020.” Segment 2 – Abortion and the Social Politics of Womanhood /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/23037980

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu28 Audio 04/30/2022

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu28 Audio This week we discuss a leaked document showing that Facebook is unable to comply with emerging laws on privacy. And, I recently spoke with Professor Camila Alvarez of the University of California-Merced about her recent paper titled “Analyzing the Military’s Role in Producing Air Toxics Disparities in the United States: A Critical Environmental Justice Approach.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and is co-authored by Daniel A. Shtob and Nicholas G. Theis. Segment 1 -- Camila Alvarez on “Analyzing the Military’s Role in Producing Air Toxics Disparities in the United States: A Critical Environmental Justice Approach.” Segment 2 – Facebook Can’t Handle the Truth: Leaked document reveals Facebook doesn’t know what it does with your data or where it goes /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22960088

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu21 Audio 04/22/2022

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu21 Audio This week we discuss the repeal of mask mandates for airline travel and other public transit. And, I recently spoke with Reed DeAngelis, doctoral student at the University of North Carolina and the Carolina Population Center, about his recent paper titled “Moving on Up? Neighborhood Status and Racism-Related Distress among Black Americans.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Reed DeAngelis on “Moving on Up? Neighborhood Status and Racism-Related Distress among Black Americans.” Segment 2 -- Mask mandate repeal despite broad scientific and public support /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22875752

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu14 Audio 04/15/2022

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu14 Audio This week we discuss lessons from “Pandemic Kids’” return to school. And, I speak with Hana Shepherd, Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, about her recent paper titled “Administering New Anti-Bullying Law: The Organizational Field and School Variation During Initial Implementation.” The paper is to be published in Law & Social Inquiry, and is co-authored by Idit Fast. Segment 1 -- Hana Shepherd on “Administering New Anti-Bullying Law: The Organizational Field and School Variation During Initial Implementation” Segment 2 -- Lessons from schools’ response to Pandemic Kids’ return to school /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22801835

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu07 Audio 04/07/2022

TWiSP 2022 M04 Thu07 Audio This week we discuss an amazing new finding from the study of Mars. But first, I recently spoke with Tyler Bruefach, doctoral candidate at Florida State University, about his recent paper titled “Social isolation and achievement of students with learning disabilities.” The paper is to be published in Social Science Research, and is co-authored by John R. Reynolds. Segment 1 – Tyler Bruefach on “Social isolation and achievement of students with learning disabilities” Segment 2 – Social implications of the speeds of sound /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22719104

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu31 Audio 03/31/2022

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu31 Audio This week we discuss new efforts to alter the natural world to serve human desires and interests. And, I recently spoke with Professor Denis Trapido of the University of Washington-Bothell about his recent paper titled “The Female Penalty for Novelty and the Offsetting Effect of Alternate Status Characteristics.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Denis Trapido on “The Female Penalty for Novelty and the Offsetting Effect of Alternate Status Characteristics” Segment 2 -- Another effort to alter the natural world to serve human desires and interests /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22641623

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu24 Audio 03/20/2022

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu24 Audio This week I talked with Professor Kathryn Freeman Anderson of the University of Houston, about the causes and implications of the slow return of passengers to public transportation in the wake of COVID. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Eunmi Mun of the University of Illinois, about her recent paper titled “Meritocracy at Work?: Merit-Based Reward Systems and Gender Wage Inequality.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is co-authored by Naomi Kodama. Segment 1 – Professor Eunmi Mun on “Meritocracy at Work?: Merit-Based Reward Systems and GenderWage Inequality.” Segment 2 – Professor Kathryn Freeman Anderson on changes in public transportation use and policy post-COVID /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22508927

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu17 Audio 03/18/2022

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu17 Audio This week we discuss parents' hiring of a private security firm to patrol a campus area neighborhood in Philadelphia. And, I speak with Professor Mike Vuolo of Ohio State University about his recent paper titled “Surveillance, Self-Governance, and Mortality: The Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on U.S. Overdose Mortality, 2000–2016." The paper is to be published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and is co-authored by Laura C. Frizzell and Brian C. Kelly. Segment 1 – Mike Vuolo on “Surveillance, Self-Governance, and Mortality: The Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on U.S. Overdose Mortality, 2000–2016." Segment 2 – Private Patrolling, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22487444

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu10 Audio 03/11/2022

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu10 Audio This week we discuss some insights from World War II and the nuclear stand-off in its aftermath. And, I speak with Professor Daniel Karell of Yale University about his recent paper titled “Small town propaganda: The content and emotions of politicized digital local news in the United States.” The paper is to be published in Poetics, and is co-authored by Anjali Agrawal. Segment 1 – Daniel Karell on “Small town propaganda: The content and emotions of politicized digital local news in the United States.” Segment 2 -- Insights from World War II, other conflicts, and the nuclear stalement of the latter half of the 20th century. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22413296

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu03 Audio 03/02/2022

TWiSP 2022 M03 Thu03 Audio This week we consider the Argus II retinal implant system as an example of orphan medical technology, and contrast its treatment with the responses to two other instances of orphan technology. But first, I recently spoke with Professor Colleen Heflin of Syracuse University about her recent paper titled “Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems and is co-authored by Rajeev Darolia and Sharon Kukla-Acevedo. Segment 1 -- Colleen Heflin on “Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment.” Segment 2 -- Orphan medical technology: models of support and implications of abandonment /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22316393

TWiSP 2022 M02 Thu24 Audio 02/25/2022

TWiSP 2022 M02 Thu24 Audio This week we discuss the start of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and the analogies some deploy to understand it. And, I speak with Professor Sylwia J. Piatkowska of Florida State University about her recent paper titled “Brexit, Terrorist Attacks, and Hate Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and is co-authored by Brian J. Stults. Segment 1 -- Sylwia J. Piatkowska on “Brexit, Terrorist Attacks, and Hate Crime: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Segment 2 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine in analogical perspective /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22252049

TWiSP 2022 M02 Thu17 Audio 02/18/2022

TWiSP 2022 M02 Thu17 Audio This week we discuss the move of pro-genocide frameworks into the political mainstream in France. But first, I recently spoke with Chinyere Agbai, doctoral candidate in sociology at Brown University, about her recent paper titled “Shifting neighborhoods, shifting health: A longitudinal analysis of gentrification and health in Los Angeles County.” The paper is to be published in Social Science Research, and is sole-authored. Segment 1 -- Chinyere Agbai on “Shifting neighborhoods, shifting health: A longitudinal analysis of gentrification and health in Los Angeles County” Segment 2 -- The mainstreaming of frameworks conducive to genocide /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/22177094

TWiSP 2022 M01 Thu06 Audio 01/10/2022

TWiSP 2022 M01 Thu06 Audio This week we take a look back at 2021, with Meredith Phillips, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, UCLA; and Mary Rose, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/21724922

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu22 Audio 07/23/2021

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu22 Audio This week we discuss the efforts of some anti-vaccination Facebook groups to avoid detection and removal. And, I recently spoke with Professor Megan Doherty Bea of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor Emily Taylor Poppe of the University of California-Irvine about their recent paper titled “Marginalized legal categories: Social inequality, family structure, and the laws of intestacy.” The paper is to be published in the Law and Society Review. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/19913606

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu15 Audio 07/16/2021

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu15 Audio This week we discuss Britney Spears’ conservatorship. And, I recently spoke with Professor Amy August of San José State University about her recent paper titled “Indirect Socialization in Preschool: How Teachers Harness Children’s Ability to Shape Peer Behavior.” The paper is to be published in Qualitative Sociology, and is sole-authored. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/19829969

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu01 Audio 07/01/2021

TWiSP 2021 M07 Thu01 Audio This week we discuss the drought in California’s agricultural central valley. And, I recently spoke with Professor Kerry Ard of Ohio State University about her recent paper titled “Examining the Relationship Between Racialized Poverty Segregation and Hazardous Industrial Facilities in the U.S. Over Time.” The paper is to be published in American Behavioral Scientist and is co-authored by Kevin Smiley. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/19679027

TWiSP 2021 M06 Thu24 Audio 06/25/2021

TWiSP 2021 M06 Thu24 Audio This week we juxtapose two recent federal legislative actions: one, the new federal Juneteenth holiday; the other, the heretofore failed effort to pass the “For the People” act. And, I recently spoke with Professor Benjamin Cornwell of Cornell University about his recent paper titled “Network Structure in Small Groups and Survival in Disasters.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is co-authored by Jing-Mao Ho. /episode/index/show/twispaudio/id/19600145

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