Repertoires of Control: Explaining Organizational Innovation and Change in US Protest Policing Abstract: Scholars studying social movement repression and protest policing in the US and abroad have prioritized the identification of, and explanation of, changes in best practice models … Read more
Born in Blood: Death Work, White Power, and the Rise of the Black Guerilla Family Abstract: Drawing on several hours of life history interviews and hundreds of archival documents, Friedman traces the institutional conditions that spurred the rise of the … Read more
Structural Sexism and Health in the United States Abstract: In this talk, Patricia Homan will discuss her award-winning work developing new theory and measurement for the concept of structural sexism. Her talk will describe: what structural sexism is, how it … Read more
Household Financial Returns to College Quality: Race, Gender, and Social Origins Abstract: College quality—a close substitute for terms such as selectivity or prestige—is a consistent predictor of economic returns throughout the life course. Yet, most research considers these outcomes only … Read more
“They’re Killing Us on Paper”: Accounting for Systemic Injustice and Black Resistance Beyond Policing and Protests Education: Ph.D. Kansas State University Biography: Dr. Andrea Boyles is a sociologist, criminologist, and author of the books, You Can’t Stop the Revolution: … Read more
Dare You Fight: W.E.B. Du Bois in The Crisis Abstract: In 1910, W.E.B Du Bois founded The Crisis, the official journal of the newly established NAACP. Du Bois commissioned thousands of articles during his twenty-five years as an editor, ranging from poetry and plays … Read more
U.S. Citizen Children De Facto Deported to Mexico Abstract: Between 2000 and 2015, the U.S. deported unprecedented numbers of Mexican immigrants. During the same period, the population of U.S.-born children living in Mexico doubled in size. In this study … Read more
Education: PhD (Sociology), Emory University BA (English and Political Science), North Carolina Central University Biography: Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom is an award-winning author, professor, and sociologist, whose work has earned national and international recognition for the urgency and depth … Read more
The Ultimate Americans: Social Class and Its Importance for Students Subjected to an Undocumented Status Biography Dr. Yader R. Lanuza is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Research Associate … Read more
