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Our Students Need Sociology after the Election

November 18, 2016 / Julie Pelton / Leave a comment

Julie Pelton, University of Nebraska Omaha.and TRAILS Editor As I write, it has been a little over a week since the election. I suspect that my week has been similar to that of many academics who teach. The day after the election was a teaching day for me: a graduate-level Seminar on TeachingThat morning I…

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Understanding and Teaching about the 2016 Election and Its Results

November 14, 2016 / Johanna Olexy / 5 Comments

Arlie Russell Hochschild recently commented “Whether Donald Trump rises or falls, we need sociology to take up the task of analyzing the rise of the right. And we need our government and society at large to address all the ways millions of Americans have been—in real life—left behind.” As the 2016 elections come to a…

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