Response to Comments on “Sociology and Its Publics”

ABSTRACT

Hartmann’s response to the commentaries on his 2016 MSS presidential address from Adia Harvey Wingfield, Annette Lareau, and Vanessa Muñoz. The emphasis is on conflict, different audiences, and the unique role that sociologists in organizations like MSS can play in public engagement.

KEYWORDS:

• Sociology
• public sociology
• public sphere
• engagement
• presidential address

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Douglas Hartmann

Douglas Hartmann is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and Past President of the Midwest Sociological Society. He is the author, most recently, of Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy (Chicago 2016) and co-author (with Syed Ali) of Migration, Incorporation and Change in an Interconnected World (Routledge 2015). Hartmann is also Publisher and Editor (with Christopher Uggen) of The Society Pages.org.