EDITORS
Heather McLaughlin is a 2013 Ph.D. graduate of the University of Minnesota, now an assistant professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University. She conducts research on gender deviance and conformity within three institutional contexts—work, law, and sport. Her dissertation research examines the relationship between gender, high school sport participation, and young adult work. A separate line of research explores the precursors and antecedents of sexual harassment. Her work has appeared in Gender & Society, American Sociological Review, Law & Society Review, Sociological Quarterly, Handbook of Social Psychology of Inequality and Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
Kyle Green is a 2015 Ph.D. graduate of the University of Minnesota and currently an assistant professor of sociology at Utica College. He received his MA degree in geography and PhD in sociology from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include culture, gender, research, methods, sport, storytelling, and the body. His research on pain and community in the mixed martial arts gym, representations of masculinity in Super Bowl commercials, and the relationship between binge drinking and participation in organized sport has appeared in journals such as Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Social & Cultural Geography, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, and International Review for the Sociology of Sport. His work can also be found in The Social Side of Politics (Norton) and Getting Culture (Norton). Kyle has served on the editorial boards of both Contexts _and The Society Pages _and was a lead producer for the Office Hours podcast. He currently produces the Give Methods a Chance podcast, and co-authored a sociological research methods text of the same name.
Christopher Uggen is Regents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology and Law at the University of Minnesota. He studies crime, law, and deviance, firm in the belief that sound research can help build a more just and peaceful world. With Jeff Manza, he wrote Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy, and his writing on felon voting, work and crime, and harassment and discrimination is frequently cited in media such as the New York Times, The Economist, and NPR. His research, teaching, and advising interests include crime and punishment, social and political inequality, and law and society. Current projects include a comparative study of reentry from different types of institutions, employment discrimination and criminal records, crime and justice after genocide, and the health effects of incarceration. His outreach and engagement projects include editing Contexts Magazine and The Society Pages (with Doug Hartmann).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We thank Emily Bryant, Chelsea Carlson, Lesley Schneider, Mary Hicks, the University of Minnesota Libraries, and the College of Liberal Arts for their generous assistance and support of this project.