Sociologists Making Change
Public Engagement for Social Justice
Sociologists Making Change
Public Engagement for Social Justice
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Description
This book explores how sociologists participate in political action by drawing on their scholarly understandings of the problems they confront and the social contexts in which these struggles are embedded.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How Can Sociologists Contribute to Political and Social Change? by Dale W. Wimberley and Jon Shefner
Part 1: Working Within the University for Change
Chapter 1: When Activism Gets Undermined by the Unexpected: The Science and Politics of Microaggressions at a Southern University by Kirk A. Johnson
Chapter 2: Making Change through the Everyday Life of a Faculty Member in the Deep South: Studying Abortion and Leading a Gender Studies Program in Mississippi by Kimberly Kelly
Chapter 3: The Ethics of Social Change: Navigating Community-Engaged Research at University-Based Research Centers by Carrie Lee Smith
Chapter 4: Teaching During a Storm: The Killing of Sam Dubose by Earl Wright II
Part 2: Pressing for Change Through Electoral Politics
Chapter 5: Challenging Civil War Memorialization: Renaming “Robert E. Lee High School” in Staunton, Virginia by Stephen C. Poulson
Chapter 6: Practicing Politics, Practicing Sociology: Applying Sociology as an Elected Official in Local Government by Anna M. Sorensen
Chapter 7: Progressive Political Activism in Southwest Virginia: A Local Indivisible Group Protecting Democracy by Dale W. Wimberley
Part 3: Movements For Rights, Recognition, And Equality
Chapter 8: We Say No to Moss 3 Landfill! Using Sociology to Fight for Environmental Justice in Appalachian Virginia by Shannon E. Bell, Amy Branson, and Amanda Burroughs
Chapter 9: Building and Sustaining a Movement for Immigrant Rights in Knoxville, Tennessee by Meghan Conley
Chapter 10: Activist Public Sociology Informing the Rental Housing Crisis in Jacksonville Florida by David Jaffee
Chapter 11: Sociology in the Borderlands: Bridging Global Human Rights and Local Advocacy in U.S. Cities by Jackie Smith
Part 4: Scholar Activists Over the Life Course
Chapter 12: Curating the Outfit: My Pathway toward Integrating Sociology and Organizing through Institution Building by Lisa East
Chapter 13: A Life Worth Living: My Sociologically Engaged Path toward LGBQTI+ Justice by Christine M. Robinson
Chapter 14: A Social Movement Career as a Sociologist: Confronting the Dilemma Of Expertise by Jon Shefner
Epilogue by Jon Shefner and Dale Wimberley
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: How Can Sociologists Contribute to Political and Social Change? by Dale W. Wimberley and Jon Shefner
Part 1: Working Within the University for Change
Chapter 1: When Activism Gets Undermined by the Unexpected: The Science and Politics of Microaggressions at a Southern University by Kirk A. Johnson
Chapter 2: Making Change through the Everyday Life of a Faculty Member in the Deep South: Studying Abortion and Leading a Gender Studies Program in Mississippi by Kimberly Kelly
Chapter 3: The Ethics of Social Change: Navigating Community-Engaged Research at University-Based Research Centers by Carrie Lee Smith
Chapter 4: Teaching During a Storm: The Killing of Sam Dubose by Earl Wright II
Part 2: Pressing for Change Through Electoral Politics
Chapter 5: Challenging Civil War Memorialization: Renaming “Robert E. Lee High School” in Staunton, Virginia by Stephen C. Poulson
Chapter 6: Practicing Politics, Practicing Sociology: Applying Sociology as an Elected Official in Local Government by Anna M. Sorensen
Chapter 7: Progressive Political Activism in Southwest Virginia: A Local Indivisible Group Protecting Democracy by Dale W. Wimberley
Part 3: Movements For Rights, Recognition, And Equality
Chapter 8: We Say No to Moss 3 Landfill! Using Sociology to Fight for Environmental Justice in Appalachian Virginia by Shannon E. Bell, Amy Branson, and Amanda Burroughs
Chapter 9: Building and Sustaining a Movement for Immigrant Rights in Knoxville, Tennessee by Meghan Conley
Chapter 10: Activist Public Sociology Informing the Rental Housing Crisis in Jacksonville Florida by David Jaffee
Chapter 11: Sociology in the Borderlands: Bridging Global Human Rights and Local Advocacy in U.S. Cities by Jackie Smith
Part 4: Scholar Activists Over the Life Course
Chapter 12: Curating the Outfit: My Pathway toward Integrating Sociology and Organizing through Institution Building by Lisa East
Chapter 13: A Life Worth Living: My Sociologically Engaged Path toward LGBQTI+ Justice by Christine M. Robinson
Chapter 14: A Social Movement Career as a Sociologist: Confronting the Dilemma Of Expertise by Jon Shefner
Epilogue by Jon Shefner and Dale Wimberley
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Product details
| Published | 03 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9798216261704 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 6 bw figures |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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