Sociology

"Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System"

"An eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at [America's] often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants -- young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience." -- Booklist (starred review)

An upcoming, free-to-the-public lecture on economics here at TU: "The Limits of Freedom"

On this edition of ST, a discussion of freedom, identity, meritocracy, employment, wages, and the social safety net in America today.

"Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It" (Encore)

"Well-written and illuminating.... [This book] has some excellent comebacks, statistics, and arguments for the rest of us to use against the office sexists, or to understand better the gap that harms even very successful women." -- Financial Times

"The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It"

"Well-written and illuminating.... [This book] has some excellent comebacks, statistics, and arguments for the rest of us to use against the office sexists, or to understand better the gap that harms even very successful women." -- Financial Times

"The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It"

"Well-written and illuminating.... [This book] has some excellent comebacks, statistics, and arguments for the rest of us to use against the office sexists, or to understand better the gap that harms even very successful women." -- Financial Times

The Best of StudioTulsa in 2021 -- "Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain"

"[Vedantam] explains the phenomenon of deceit in general, and self-deception in particular, with the same plain language and gentle authority that his listeners have come to rely on." — The Washington Post

The Best of StudioTulsa in 2021 -- "Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain"

"[Vedantam] explains the phenomenon of deceit in general, and self-deception in particular, with the same plain language and gentle authority that his listeners have come to rely on." — The Washington Post

The Best of StudioTulsa in 2021 -- "But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood"

"Schaefer mixes social science, psychology, original reporting, and personal anecdotes into a work of nonfiction that is...compact and refreshing...[and] clearheaded and full of heart." — Vogue

The Best of StudioTulsa in 2021 -- "But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood"

"Schaefer mixes social science, psychology, original reporting, and personal anecdotes into a work of nonfiction that is...compact and refreshing...[and] clearheaded and full of heart." — Vogue

"Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration" (Encore)

Dr. Christine Montross discusses her well-researched, quite unsettling, and very important book, "Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration."