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