The Marxist sociologist, Erik Olin Wright, has called on progressives to envision “real utopias” which are “clear-headed, rigorous, and viable alternatives to existing social institutions that both embody our deepest aspirations for human flourishing and [...]
All those who teach in higher education like to think that students taking their classes will derive more from them than mere course credits and will retain what they have learned well beyond the final [...]
This session addresses a glaring gap in graduate student education and socialization. In Canada 60-70% of PhD graduates work outside of academia, yet graduate programs are specifically focused on training students for tenure track careers [...]
Public intellectualism is often understood as advancing discovery and transfer of knowledge among scholars and the public. Public intellectualism has become an important area of research and theorizing within sociology and criminology – drawing heavily [...]