In the Public Eye

Bliss, Catherine

Faculty Profile: Bliss, Catherine

Interviewed for The Scientist on "What Your DNA Can't Tell You."
Participated in LeapsMag's Big Questions debate with the op-ed "DNA Tests for Intelligence Ignore the Real Reason Why Kids Succeed or Fail."
Interviewed for and consulted on RadioLab's miniseries "G."

Cerulo, Karen

Faculty Profile: Cerulo, Karen A.

Featured on the radio show Freakonomics regarding her research on public apologies.
Research on the social meaning of commercial scents was featured in the Science section of LeMonde.
Work on our inability to anticipate worst case scenarios was featured in Slate Magazine and Sociology Lens.

Chaudhary, Ali R.

Faculty Profile: Chaudhary, Ali R.

Research on immigrant voting in Europe featured by the International Migration Institute at Oxford University.
Interviewed about New Jersey Supper Clubs as a strategy to reduce inter-group tensions between natives and immigrants in the Asbury Park Press and USA Today Network.

Davidson, Thomas

Faculty Profile: Davidson, Thomas

Published op-eds in The Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog on the relationship between social media activity and far-right support in Germany and Italy.
Interviewed by The New Scientist and Vox about his research on automated hate speech detection.

Friedman, Brittany

Faculty Profile: Friedman, Brittany

Sat down with Chuck Mertz of 89.3 FM Chicago to discuss the carceral state and the unequal punishment of black militant prisoners behind bars.
A talk with legendary black journalist Glen Ford of Black Agenda Radio about the political uses of solitary confinement.
Research discussed in Rutgers Today in a media feature titled “Poor People Pay for Criminal Justice System.”

Gerson, Judith

Faculty Profile: Gerson, Judith

Audio recording of the March 15, 2018 Ina Levine Lecture presented by Judith Gerson at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Description of the 2019 Silberman Faculty Seminar at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, co-taught with Professor Robin Judd of the Ohio State University.

Hirschfield, Paul

Faculty Profile: Hirschfield, Paul

Penned a piece in the Huffington Post explaining why the United States has the highest rate of deadly force by police in the industrialized world.
Research featured in a Salon article by Charlie May entitled “We may have a treatment for our police shooting epidemic we’re just not using it.”
Interviewed by Tasnim News (Iran) on the role of racism in America’s deadly force epidemic and challenges and utility of forging a multi-racial coalition to confront the issue.

Jones, Leslie Kay

Faculty Profile: Jones, Leslie Kay

Silva, Katelyn. 2017. The New Salon: Leslie Jones on the intersection of Black feminism and social media.

Kempner, Joanna

Faculty Profile: Kempner, Joanna

Research featured in Jill Buchner, 2019. “Doctors Ignored This Woman’s Suffering for Years. Why Is Women’s Pain So Often Dismissed?” Reader’s Digest-Canada.
In this video, Quartz, the video arm of The Atlantic, draws on Kempner’s research to argue that stigma contributes to the delegitimation of migraine. “Why don’t we have a cure for migraine?”
A documentary film entitled Out of My Head that explores migraine, featuring Kempner’s research alongside an intimate portrayal of her life with migraine.

Lee, Catherine

Faculty Profile: Lee, Catherine

Discusses the role of families in U.S. immigration policies, past and present.

MacKendrick, Norah

Faculty Profile: MacKendrick, Norah

MacKendrick’s book Better Safe Than Sorry featured in the Washington Post, “Scientists know plastics are dangerous. Why won’t the government say so?” September 12, 2018.
Interviewed on National Public Radio, (Madison, WI). Should We Be More Worried About Chemicals in Food and Consumer Products? June 12, 2018.
A multi-media article on global plastics consumption that highlights Norah MacKendrick’s research on precautionary consumption.

Phillips, Julie

Faculty Profile: Phillips, Julie

Penned an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled “The Dangerous Shifting Cultural Narratives around Suicide” Sunday, March 24, 2019.
Research featured in the New York Times, “How Suicide Quietly Morphed into a Public Health Crisis”, June 8, 2018.
Interviewed on NPR’s Hidden Brain about American Masculinity and Loneliness, March 19, 2018.

Roos, Patricia A.

Faculty Profile: Roos, Patricia A.

Claire Cain Miller. 2017. “More Men are Taking ‘Women’s’ Jobs, Usually Disadvantaged Men.” New York Times, March 9, 2017
Spoke at the N.J. Senate Commerce Committee: Lilo H. Stainton. 2019. “New Jersey Comes Closer to Approving Mental-Health Parity Law.” NJ Spotlight, January 18, 2019.
Patricia A. Roos. 2017. “My son died of a heroin overdose. Trump’s commission could help the crisis-if he listens.” Star Ledger, November 12, 2017.

Salime, Zakia

Faculty Profile: Salime, Zakia

Research featured in the New York Times, “In a Fight for land: A Women’s Movement Shakes Morocco.” May 7, 2017.
Interviewed by the New York Times about the public reception of Moroccan actress in her role as a sex work in controversial movie, “Loubna Abidar, Moroccan Actress, Finds Fame Tinged with Fury.” February, 12, 2016.
Summary of workshop at the Eliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University in Washington Post, Monkey Cage, “The changing face of women’s political participation in the Middle East”. May 10, 2016.

Shepherd, Hana

Faculty Profile: Shepherd, Hana

Research featured in the New Yorker about the role of norms in social change.
Research featured in a CNN Health article specifically about Shepherd’s anti-peer harassment field experiment in 56 NJ middle schools.

Stein, Arlene

Faculty Profile: Stein, Arlene

Book Unbound reviewed by New York Times, Harper's, The New Yorker, Kirkus, Bookmarks, Washington Post, Men and Masculinities.
Excerpted in Lit Hub, Daily Beast.
Interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio, WNYC, Doing Decimal, CSPAN, Bay Area Reporter, Nursing Clio

Zerubavel, Eviatar

Faculty Profile: Zerubavel, Eviatar

On “Thinking Allowed” (BBC Radio 4) about Taken for Granted
On “The Tel Aviv Review” about Taken for Granted
On “The Diane Rehm Show” about The Elephant in the Room

Department of Sociology

Department of Sociology

In the Public Eye

Bliss, Catherine

Cerulo, Karen

Chaudhary, Ali R.

Davidson, Thomas

Friedman, Brittany

Gerson, Judith

Hirschfield, Paul

Jones, Leslie Kay

Kempner, Joanna

Lee, Catherine

MacKendrick, Norah

Phillips, Julie

Roos, Patricia A.

Salime, Zakia

Shepherd, Hana

Stein, Arlene

Zerubavel, Eviatar

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