Nice White Donors: How Public Radio’s Listener-member Class Shapes Workplace Conditions at Local Stations

UMN Sociology Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Laura Garbes will present, "Nice White Donors: How Public Radio’s Listener-member Class Shapes Workplace Conditions at Local Stations."

About the Speaker

Dr. Laura Garbes analyzes how racism and sound are intertwined in our modern world and manifest in the cultural industries.

Her research fuses the sociology of race, organizations, and cultural production with the fields of sound studies, American/ethnic studies, and the history of radio and broadcasting. Her scholarship has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, and the Brown University Graduate School.

Sociology Workshop Series

The Sociology Workshop Series provides a forum for faculty and students to present work and work in progress across a wide range of substantive areas, theoretical perspectives, and research methodologies.