Working Group
(still in formation)
Rep. Ro Khanna, Honorary Chair
Sociologists who have written ethnographic studies of blue-collar and rural Americans: Michèle Lamont of Harvard and Jennifer Sherman of Washington State.
Scholars who have studied the relationship of elite Americans with less privileged Americans: Michael Sandel of Harvard, Daniel Markovits of Yale Law School, and Joan C. Williams of University of California Law San Francisco.
Critical race scholars and others who study the interaction of class, race and gender privilege: Ian Haney López of Berkeley and Karyn Lacy of the University of Michigan, and Saida Grundy of Boston University.
Scholars who study people of color in politics: Mara Ostfeld of Michigan, Matt Barreto of UCLA/BSP research, and Corey Fields of Georgetown.
Social psychologists who study the psychological dimensions of interclass relationships: Susan Fiske of Princeton and Cecilia Ridgeway of Stanford.
Political scientists who study polarization and populism: Katherine Cramer of University of Wisconsin, Justin Gest of George Mason, Peter A. Hall of Harvard.
Scholars and activists who study the political dimensions of masculinity: Robb Willer of Stanford, Terri Vescio of Penn State and Jackson Katz.
Scholars of social inequality: Leslie McCall of CUNY and Hazel Marcus of Stanford.
Media scholars who study far-right media: Reece Peck of the CUNY Graduate Center and Anthony Nadler of Ursinus College.
People focused on the urban/rural divide: Lisa Pruitt of Davis, Anthony Flaccavento of Rural Urban Bridge Initiative.
Pollsters: Celinda Lake and Matt Baretto of UCLA/BSP Research.
Advisor and playwright: Jean Parvin Bordewich