Sociology Colloquium with Dustin Kidd
Date: Fri. November 17th, 2023, 11:15 am-1:00 pmLocation: Mandel Center, Room 108
Please join us for Dustin Kidd‘s virtual colloquium, Disability Media Studies and Cultural Sociology, on Friday, November 17 from 11:30 to 1 PM. While this event will be held over Zoom, there will be a banquet lunch and watch party for those interested at the Jack, Joseph, and Mandel Center, room 108, starting at 11:15 AM. Dustin Kidd, Professor of Sociology at Temple University is an expert on both popular culture and the sociology of disability. His research examines film, television, fiction, social media, comics, video games, music, and the arts, focusing on both inequalities and the ways marginalized groups use media to challenge those inequalities. He is the author of several books, including Social Media Freaks and Legislating Creativity. His current work focuses on narratives of disability in popular culture, social media, and social policy.