http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-presents-at-southern-sociological-society-panel-on-topic-of-having-it-all http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-presents-at-southern-sociological-society-panel-on-topic-of-having-it-all At the recent annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society in Atlanta, (April 24-28), Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons presented as part of a panel she co-organized with a colleague, University of Louisville Professor Karen Christopher. Fri, 03 May 2013 08:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-irons-opinion-piece http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-huffington-post-em-publishes-irons-opinion-piece Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons reacted quickly to a serious error made by The Daily Show's Jon Stewart last week when, in Iron’s words, he “lampooned Dick Molpus.” The white former Secretary of State and civil rights champion, Molpus was responsible for registering Mississippi’s 1995 decision to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. Irons, who had worked for Molpus in the 1990s, wrote an opinion piece in the Huffington Post titled “Civil Rights Champion Falsely Accused by Jon Stewart” in which she corrected Stewart's mischaracterization. Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:30:51 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/levitt-center-announces-reorganization http://www.hamilton.edu/news/levitt-center-announces-reorganization The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center has reorganized into three, thematically based programs: Security, Sustainability and Inequality and Equity. The goal in creating these groupings is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion among those with similar interests, but potentially different perspectives. Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-publishes-book-on-race-in-the-civil-rights-era http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-publishes-book-on-race-in-the-civil-rights-era Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons has published a book, Reconstituting Whiteness: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, with Vanderbilt University Press. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/marthas-vineyard-paradise-or-problem http://www.hamilton.edu/news/marthas-vineyard-paradise-or-problem Growing up on Martha’s Vineyard, Samantha Rabin ’11 never thought her home was that different from any other. But now that Rabin is older, she realizes that because she is surrounded by crowded hotels and sun-scorched bathers, her seemingly commonplace life is actually dominated by an unusual economy. She is working with Associate Professor of Sociology Jennifer Irons to assess how a person’s financial position shapes his or her relationship to the community. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-publishes-review-essay-in-on-line-journal http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-publishes-review-essay-in-on-line-journal Associate Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons recently published an essay, "Political Elites and the Culture of Social Movements," in Sociology Compass (Culture Section, Vol. 3, May 2009), an online journal that publishes peer-reviewed survey articles that address current research. The article synthesizes scholarship that directly and indirectly addresses the question of how political elites impact the culture of social movements, and vice versa. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-participates-in-invited-panel-on-anti-civil-rights-violence http://www.hamilton.edu/news/irons-participates-in-invited-panel-on-anti-civil-rights-violence Assistant Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons participated in an invited panel on anti-civil rights violence in the south at the Southern Political Science Association Meetings, Jan. 8-10, in New Orleans. The interdisciplinary panel brought together scholars from law, political science and sociology to discuss their work on white violence against civil rights activists and black southerners during the civil rights era. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST