Thread by @Daniel_Laurison

#soctwitter & #poliscitwitter - if you're teaching something of mine this fall, I will very happily Zoom into your class (or come in person if possible). I try to make most things I write, and all my speaking, accessible to & engaging for undergrads & everyone else. Some ideas:

I would LOVE it if folks teaching American Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Political Sociology & etc use some or all of Producing Politics. It's got:
- an accessible overview of what we know about campaign effects (ch 1)
- discussion inequalities in pol participation (all thru)+

- insights into what campaigns actually do & what it's like to be on one (all thru, but especially ch 2)
- discussion of the campaign staff "revolving door" & of where they go outside campaigns (ch 6)
& lots more, in a short affordable book. bit.ly/ProducingPolit…

Next - if you are teaching Inequality/Strat or Race & Ethnicity, you might want a clear visualization of social mobility patterns in the US & how they differ between White and Black people, you might want to use this:

(Black adults in previous tweet; White adults below)
The article is in @socius (free access!) doi.org/10.1177/237802… w/@Dawn_M_Dow and @CarolynChernoff. I don't mind if you just take these images though (ideally with attribution, of course).

Classes on inequality & class might also want to teach The Class Ceiling, which features a similar image for the UK as well as lots of qual & quant data on how class matters in top occupations, again in an accessible & fairly affordable package. policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-class-ceil…

you can find the rest of my publications on my website or my google scholar page daniellaurison.com scholar.google.com/citations?hl=e… or Zotero zotero.org/dlaurison/publ….

I'm in the very lucky position of being on FOUR semesters of research leave, so I am pretty flexible & happy to come talk to whoever wants to listen to me, on any topic I've got work on, which is mostly political inequality in the US, & class in both US & UK.

I will NOT ask for $ for a class visit (though I'll happily take it if your institution has the budget for it). I love the small classes at Swarthmore but I also really like to talk to broader & bigger ranges of students.