After Office Hours: UMass Sociology

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UMass-Amherst Sociology majors talk to professors and other students about their work.

Sanjiv Gupta


    • Dec 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    Finals Season: Tips and Tricks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 7:43


    On this weeks brief episode of After Office Hours, Quinn Kinney spoke to students in Foundations of Sociological Theory and Sociology Peer Advisor Ali Wolf about what strategies they use to get through finals season. If you want some helpful advice or just want to know what your peer advisors can do for you, give this episode a listen. Special thanks to the SOC302 students who participated: Ziyadah Zeigler, Jake Wheeler, Becky Lipson, Harriet Wiley, James Marsh, and Keera Whyte.

    Race, Class, and Healthcare with Sinead Sheehy and Professor Elizabeth Wrigley Field, Professor Linda Tropp, Danielle McCarthy and Hanna

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 30:57


    In this episode of After Office Hours Sinead Sheehy interviews Professors Elizabeth Wrigley Field and Linda Tropp, as well as graduate students Danielle McCarthy and Hanna on the topic of racism, poverty, and healthcare. In five sections Sinead touches on popular misconceptions and the best methods for having conversations with someone who disagrees on this topic.

    Race, Gender, and Medical Mistrust w/ Simon Ocampo, Quinn Kinney, and Professors Jay Pearson, Sanjiv Gupta, and Jay Pearson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 26:28


    The fifth episode of the rebooted After Office Hours features discussions on healthcare. The first by Simon Ocampo on race, ethnicity, and medical mistrust, and the second is by Quinn Kinney on trans substance users' challenges navigating healthcare. Featuring interviews with Professors Jay Pearson, Sanjiv Gupta, and Shanna K. Kattari, our two hosts ask important questions about how to improve the lives and health outcomes of a diverse array of people.

    Race and Policing with Lauren Terricciano, Brett Ross, and Kenzie Caputo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 23:41


    The fourth episode of the rebooted After Office Hours features two conversations on policing. The first between Lauren Terricciano and Brett Ross on the relationship between race, disability and law enforcement, and the second by Kenzie Caputo on the school-to-prison pipeline. Referencing personal observations and research, our three guests paint a picture of the relevant issues and offer insights on a better way forward. Stay tuned not only for this week's episode, but for new episodes of “After Office Hours” every two weeks.

    Transphobia and Healthcare with Quinn Kinney and Leo Crockett

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 38:10


    Our third episode of the rebooted After Office Hours features a conversation between Quinn Kinney and Leo Crockett. By referencing research and personal experiences and insights, the two unpack what it means to navigate healthcare systems as a transgender individual. Continue to look out for new episodes of After Office Hours every two weeks!

    Black Maternal Mortality in the U.S. with Julia Ganley and Danielle McCarthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 31:44


    On today's episode of After Office Hours, Julia Ganley speaks with Ph.D. student in the UMass-Amherst Department of Sociology, Danielle McCarthy. Their conversation explores the issue of black maternal mortality from the perspective of doctors, activists, and of course, mothers. Stay tuned every other week for fresh undergraduate produced content here on After Office Hours!

    How Chilean and U.S. Undergraduates Embrace the Sociological Imagination with Isabel Levin

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 36:41


    After Office Hours (AOH) is back, and with a fresh set of undergraduate produced episodes to share! AOH features the experiences and insights of undergraduate sociology majors at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In this first episode back, Isabel Levin shares a recorded panel conversation that she organized with sociology undergraduates at UMass in Amherst, Massachusetts and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. The students discuss what it has meant to study sociology in each context, and how engaging with the discipline has imparted tools to be used in fighting inequality in each country and globally. Speakers UMass Amherst: Isabel Levin (Moderator) Ananya Gurjar (Panelist) Talia Tartaro (Panelist) Thomas Crowley (Panelist) Cedric de Leon (Professor of Sociology) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Camila Chackiel (Student) Sofa Echeverra (Student) Martín Rosemblatt (Student)

    What Does it Mean to be a Public Sociologist? A Conversation with Sanjiv Gupta

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2021 35:16


    In the first episode of this conversation, Isabel and Siena chat with Professor Sanjiv Gupta, who originally helped kick off the podcast in the spring of 2020. We discuss what is means to practice public sociology and its significance to us as active participants in society, with a special focus on Professor Gupta's endeavors. Check out his podcast, Socialism in the Time of Corona, here: https://socialism-in-the-time-of-corona.castos.com

    Starting Another Virtual Semester with Aida Villanueva and Youngmin Yi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 37:40


    How do you do deliver online courses with vigor and compassion while also adjusting to a new job? In this episode kicking off the semester, Aida Villaneuva and Youngmin Yi, two new assistant professors in the UMass Amherst Sociology Department, discuss the new challenges brought to teaching and interacting within the context of the pandemic, sharing how they've found connection within the department, with students, and with each other.

    Music Festivals & Urban Sociology with Jon Wynn

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 36:12


    Isabel and Siena sit down (over Zoom) with Jonathan Wynn, associate professor and Sociology department chair at UMass Amherst, and discuss his research around music festivals and urban sociology, his new position in the department as chair, and life during the pandemic.

    Fresh Start: AOH Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 25:50


    Episode #1: Isabel and Siena begin their first podcast of the semester with an introduction to their plans for the show and themselves as students at UMass Amherst. As a first attempt, please do not judge them too harshly. Shoutout to Sanjiv Gupta, Taha Saeed, and Pat Scanlon for beginning this project, and you can check out their work on this page as well!

    Patrick Scanlon talks to students about Covid and social media

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 38:12


    Taha Saeed talks to Nathalie Amazan about prison abolition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 32:09


    Western Long Island, New York native Nathalie Amazon is receiving her double major in political science and legal studies with a minor in Afro-American studies. She has founded the Umass Restorative Justice Initiative through her fellowship with Young People For where they have worked together to foster a strong sense of restorative justice within the Umass community and abroad. She plans to take the LSAT this summer and start Law School in 2022 as well as continue to write and perform her thought-provoking poems and prose pieces.

    Siena Small talks to Millie Thayer about social movements

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 33:17


    Isabel Levin talks to Ofer Sharone about unemployment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 32:22


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