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Chris Uggen's Blog

• soundtrack to brooke
  
  
  Whenever I'm tempted to whine about the strains of academic life, I recall summer jobs cutting asbestos and spreading tar for minimum wage. By comparison, things seem pret-ty cushy down here at the brain mill. That said, we academics often sprint a bit harder at this time of year....
  
  
• editing and the elements of style
  
  
  Professional editing is our "secret advantage" at TSP and this secret advantage has a name: Ms. Letta Page. Without her sharp-eyed and supportive editorial work, we'd be offering far less content on The Society Pages -- and what we could provide would be...
  
  
• (don't) run in public
  
  
  In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, Jonathan Capehart relayed a couple of the "it ain't right, it ain't fair, but that's the way it is" lessons he was taught in youth: don't run in public, lest someone think you're suspicious; and, don't run while carrying anything in your...
  
  
• James Q. Wilson and Hats
  
  
  Whenever I get to teach a criminology seminar, I always assign a little James Q. Wilson in the very first week. Not his influential writing on policing, mind you, but his powerful 1975 critique of academic criminology in Thinking about...
  
  
• congrats to Jesse and Mike
  
  
  Yes, it can be bittersweet when graduate students move on, but I'm delighted to update the advisee page when they've moved on to great places.
  
  Jesse Wozniak accepted a tenure-track position at West Virginia University. He'll be finishing up his...