Dan Brook

Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

What research questions/issues currently preoccupy you?

I research and write about a variety of subjects, and while my work may seem eclectic, it鈥檚 all related to culture and social justice.

What has been most challenging in your RSCA?

I tend to work on various projects at once, so each one sometimes distracts me from the others and I鈥檓 always surrounded by unfinished work.

A hidden talent?

I have written several thousand haiku, some of which have been published.

Books that changed your life?

Ah, so many books have changed me in so many wonderful ways, as both a reader and a writer. These bricks of civilization are essential to a full life.

A website/journal/newspaper you follow?

I like news aggregators, including the progressive .

Advice you would give to newer faculty or to students?

鈥淐uriosity didn鈥檛 kill this cat!鈥� 鈥� Studs Terkel

Some recent publications?

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