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Dispatch from out here: reflections on a decade of public sociology

Posted on August 8, 2023 by rglw

No one ever told me if I left academia, I’d be considered a failure. They didn’t have to. The hushed judgment, the long pause, the confused stare you got when you told someone, I don’t think I’m going on the … Continue reading →

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Professor goes to Washington

Posted on March 18, 2014 by rglw

Okay, so I did not exactly go to Washington. I did take some students to the capital building to watch a public hearing last week and returned yesterday to listen to testimony on other education committee bills. Before last week, … Continue reading →

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