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This Week in Sociological Perspective, video
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.

Sep 23, 2022

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...


Sep 18, 2022

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...


Sep 10, 2022

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...


Aug 30, 2022

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...


Aug 15, 2022

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...