Jeff Guhin
Asst Prof at UCLA Sociology: Theory, Religion, Schools, Culture, Ethnography. Finishing book on Muslim and Evangelical high schools. Former high school teacher.
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Jeff Guhin
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'Derry Girls' Is A Hit In Northern Ireland
Derry Girls on Netflix is about teenagers in the '90s during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It's a comedy. Locals in Londonderry love it and they tell us why.
50 years of ‘Sesame Street’: What the show’s history can teach us about evangelization
The history of “Sesame Street” offers some helpful lessons to anyone trying to spread a message of hope in an all-too-divided world.
If Trump Were an Airline Pilot
Action would already be under way to remove him from that role.
'Christian left' is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants
The religious right may have dominated US politics for decades, but progressive Christians are growing louder in their faith-based opposition to the Trump administration's immigration policies.
Push for Ethnic Studies in Schools Faces a Dilemma: Whose Stories to Tell
A struggle in California, one of three states creating K-12 ethnic studies materials, highlights some of the fraught questions around the discipline.
Deviance Management
Deviance Management examines how individuals and subcultures manage the stigma of being labeled socially deviant. Exploring high-tension religious groups, white power movements, paranormal subcultures, LGBTQ groups, drifters, recreational drug and...
At UC Merced, a pipeline for more diverse faculty
Alumni of the Central Valley campus go on to earn doctorates at rates second to Berkeley's and tied with those of UCLA and UC San Diego.
Dear America, universal health care is what real freedom looks like
These systems allow people to take jobs they want and get care they need. The U.S. needs to move in that direction, not backslide toward a flawed past.
“The Feminism of the 1 Percent Has Associated Our Cause With Elitism”
The likes of Hillary Clinton have tarnished the name of feminism, associating it with neoliberalism and anti–working-class politics. For Nancy Fraser, feminism has to be about overthrowing corporate power, not giving it a female face.
Admins, Mods, and Benevolent Dictators for Life: The Implicit Feudalism of Online Communities
This essay considers how social networks train users to interact with each other through certain widespread interface designs. I argue that an “implicit feudalism” informs the available options for community management on the Internet’s...
S1E9 - Centering and Celebrating Black Women in Sociology
This episode features the recorded audio from the panel Cite Black Women: Centering and Celebrating Black Women in Sociology, that took place at the American Sociological Association Meeting in 2019:
Bernie’s Plan for Workplace Democracy Is the Boldest Presidential Plan for Workers’ Rights Ever
Bernie Sanders’s Workplace Democracy Plan, unveiled yesterday, is the best plan for promoting workers’ rights ever proposed by a major US presidential candidate. Whether they support or oppose it, all the other Democratic candidates will have to...
Jeff Guhin
Bernie’s Plan for Workplace Democracy Is the Boldest Presidential Plan for Workers’ Rights Ever
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The New Science of Building Baseball Superstars
“Sabermetrics” changed the national pastime. Now another technological revolution is transforming the game, for good or ill.
College Won't Train You for a Job, and That's Just Fine
Here are some pieces of advice for new college students.