Mike DeLand

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Qualitative Sociology honors the life of Bob Emerson with a special tribute in our latest issue. Bob was a dedicated ethnographer and one of the discipline's greatest teachers, training generations of students in the craft of field research. [1/2]

Dude thinks that he sounds sophisticated by mixing the word lethality with JV sports clichés

The other essays in the issue discuss Bob's impact on Swedish sociology and on justice/policy research.

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Fun and Trouble: Coursework and Fieldwork with Bob Emerson - Qualitative Sociology This essay reviews the intellectual impact of Bob Emerson on the author's scholarship and teaching. Emerson’s mentorship supported the author’s ethnographic research and imparted lessons that continue...

In my essay I wrote about how Bob's interest in "trouble" shaped my research and teaching career and sparked a recent project on the sociology of "fun"

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Tribute to Robert M. Emerson - Qualitative Sociology This special section honors and reflects upon the legacy of Robert M. Emerson, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who passed away on December 18, 2023...

It was an honor to be part of a tribute to my late professor Bob Emerson in the latest issue of Qualitative Sociology. Bob was a humble and kind man, a clear thinker, and a rigorous and incisive ethnographer. The tribute was organized by Bob's student Leslie Paik.

Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.

Long summer Spokane days are great. Glad you enjoyed with some fry bread!

I was just in Spokane this weekend, and it is beautiful there. I also ate really excellent frybread (from Indigenous Eats).

Oh, and there's a sociology job there at Gonzaga!

Spokane is Washington's second biggest city with a rich urban history. Huge waterfalls in downtown park. Close to nature, hiking, skiing. Distinct neighborhood cultures. Relatively affordable housing. Food/beer/coffee/music scene gets better every year.

Gonzaga is in Spokane, WA. Basketball made us a name brand and we do love our men's and women's teams. But we also have an excellent reputation as a teaching university. Lots of creative and passionate teacher/scholars working together in a mission driven context.

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived).

We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

Oh phew, it wasn't a kidnapping. It was just... a kidnapping?

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My deepest learning came in an apprenticeship relationship rather than a faceless trial where I competed for points in an educational machine. I'd rather figure out how to scale humanistic mentorship relationships than lean back on a point economy as a stand-in for real learning.

But I balked at his use of "grade inflation" as an indicator of a watered down education. Using a system that differentiates between 89.4% and 90.3% turns the classroom into a point economy. And incentivizes gamesmanship rather than learning.

Opinion | I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul

Really good piece on the importance of liberal arts education. Well rounded higher ed is so key protecting against a future susceptible to the ravages of disinformation, fascism.

I just finished re-reading Telander's Heaven is a Playground. And we're a long way away from Rodney making calls selling middling Brooklyn playground ballers to JuCos in middle America.

Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A. Pro sports have long seemed like the closest thing we have to a true meritocracy. But maybe not anymore.

Great piece on the changing shape of the US hoop dream and why that has produced more NBA player's kids in the NBA. @kang.bsky.social

History of Chavez Ravine comes full circle

Happy pride and no kings day in Spokane, WA. Many thousands turned out in a purple city of 220K.

Right. As soon as campaign season was over, the definition of crime became existing here without documents. Or with documents that the administration prefers not to respect.

This looks so great! I think people tend to think of LA's suburbs as homogenous, white, and wealthy. They've probably never been to Antelope Valley. I'm excited to go there with Rahim.

In Santa Monica the “east side” means inland of Lincoln Blvd

Grabbed it for $16. Can't wait to read one of my favorite ethnographer's foray into fiction writing.

LOVE LEARNING. DO IT NOW OR ELSE

Is it just me or does Hegseth say the word “lethality” every other sentence?

INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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