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My upcoming talks this spring…

By on March 15, 2013 in Academia, My Talks

March 16 Panelist: The Reach of Online Education Conference: Learning Mode – Critical Issues in Online Education The Berkeley Center for New Media 3.30-5:00 pm https://sites.google.com/site/criticalissues315/home March 19 Guest Lecturer: Political Sociology Course, Professor Laura Enriquez “An Internet Update Since Gitlin’s The Whole World is Watching” Sociology Department, UC Berkeley 9.40am-11.00am April 11 Guest Lecturer: Social and Organizational […]

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How Occupy Influenced the Election – Beyond the Pepper Spraying Cop

By on November 19, 2012 in Academia, Labor, Occupy, Social Movements, Sociology, Unions

Check out my latest post on a case study of how Occupy influenced the elections in California in Mobilizing Ideas, a social movement studies blog, which is part of The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame, editorial home of the academic journal Mobilization. Here’s the lede: “With all […]

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Justice Stories, Resistance Stories and Just Good Stories: Narrative and Storytelling as Critical Pedagogy

By on November 11, 2012 in Academia, Blogging, Digital Divide, Documentary Filmmaking, Sociology

This Wednesday, I’ll be on a panel at UC Berkeley sponsored by American Cultures and facilitated by Victoria Robinson. As the theme is narrative and social justice, I’ll be talking about everything from social media memes to documentary storytelling. Details from American Cultures: Wednesday, November 14th, 4-6pm, 231 Wheeler Hall Speakers: Regina Mason, Office of the […]

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