Robert Sampson, author of Great American City, discusses how crises impact communities differently with Karen Sternheimer.
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Category: Video: Everyday Sociology Talk
Everyday Sociology Talk: Nikki Jones on Managing Relationships with Research Informants
Nikki Jones, author of Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence, discusses how she negotiated relationships with the people she studied in her field research.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Robert Sampson and how Communities Become Poverty Traps
Robert Sampson, author of Great American City, discusses his research on communities and poverty with Karen Sternheimer.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Nikki Jones on Commodifying the “Ghetto”
Sociologist Nikki Jones, author of Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence, discusses the commodification of the "ghetto" with Karen Sternheimer.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Robert Sampson on the Importance of Neighborhoods
Karen Sternheimer recently interviewed Robert Sampson about his new book, Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Nikki Jones and the Meaning of “Ghetto”
Karen Sternheimer interviews sociologist Nikki Jones about her book, Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Joel Best on Fears about Halloween Candy Poisoning
Karen Sternheimer talks to Joel Best about fears about Halloween candy and the construction of social problems.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: The Fashion Industry Labor Market
Sociologist Ashley Mears, author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model, discusses the nature of the fashion labor market with Karen Sternheimer.
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Everyday Sociology Talk: Sharon Zukin on Las Vegas
This year at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Las Vegas we interviewed many sociologists about their work. Here, Sharon Zukin, urban sociologist and author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places, talks about why she is not a fan of Las Vegas.
Everyday Sociology Talk: Majoring in Sociology
Thinking of majoring in sociology? Members of USC's sociology club talk about why they became sociology majors. Click here to learn more about careers in sociology.