Members of the sociology division gave several presentations at this year’s Pacific Sociological Association’s (PSA) virtual meeting. Sociology junior Becca Ritchie presented her research titled “The High Price of Cheap Leggings: An Analysis of LuLaRoe’s Social Hierarchies and Business Practices.” She outlined the multi-level marketing company LuLaRoe and its discourse in women’s fashion by applying insights from her experience in her Fall 2020 sociology theory course.
Dr. Daniel Morrison, associate professor of sociology, presented his research titled “Football Helmet Technologies and the Cultivation of Ignorance.” As chair of the Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching, Morrison also organized two panels: “Teaching and Research in Politically Sensitive Times” and “Academic Freedom and the Management of Higher Education.” The panels featured scholars from the University of California at San Diego, University of Nevada Reno, Sonoma State University, Chapman University and Northern Arizona University, among others.