Faculty Publications

VanHeuvelen, Jane and VanHeuvelen, Tom. 2017. "Rich Foods: The Cross-National Effects of Healthy Eating on Health Outcomes." Advances in Medical Sociology, 18:27-58.

Improving the nutritious quality of diets for individuals and populations is a central goal of many public health advocates and intergovernmental organizations.

VanHeuvelen, Tom. 2018. “Recovering the Missing Middle: A Mesocomparative Analysis of Within-Group Inequality.” American Journal of Sociology, 123(4), 1064-1116.

This study assesses the causes of within-group inequality, or the inequality occurring among workers and households otherwise similar on observed characteristics.

McDermott, Monica. 2017. “Terminal Identities: The Racial Classification of Immigrants in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Death Records." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Article first published online: May 23, 2017

https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649217709292

Dill, Brian and Ronald Aminzade. “Historians and the Study of Protest.” Pp. 141–183 in Hand- book of Social Movements Across Disciplines, 2nd ed., edited by Bert Klandermans and Conny Roggeband. Dordrecht: Springer Press.

In this chapter, we reflect on the distinctive ways in which historians have contributed to our understanding of social movements and collective action. We find that historians interrogate the historical record in at least one of three ways.

The Fire That Fueled the Iran Protests

Unlike revolts of the past, the recent unrest in Iran came from an emerging, angry middle class facing a future of limited opportunity. How do we explain the eruption? Among the numerous observations, two broad explanations stand out. The first views the unrest as a prelude to a revolution.