Angela Stroud, sociologist and author of Good Guys with Guns, is interviewed in this eighteen-minute BBC World Service podcast, The Why Factor, where investigators explore the shift and expansion of guns and why people say they carry them. To listen….
Worried about the future of democracy? Want to learn more about how social change happens? Join Associate Professor Angela Stroud to discuss how we might move toward justice in the face of urgent threats, including climate change, social inequality, and global conflicts. This event is free and open to the…
Angela Stroud’s contribution to the Items “Understanding Gun Violence” series calls for greater conceptual clarity among researchers. As an important example, Stroud examines different ways in which “mass shootings” are defined, and how fuzzy definitions contribute to public perceptions that overestimate their frequency. A more purposeful and sustained interdisciplinary conversation…
Northland College students have chosen Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social justice, to provide the last lecture of the school year and the last lecture seniors will hear before graduation. Sponsored by the Northland College Student Association in cooperation with the College’s commencement committee, Stroud will present “Learning…
Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social justice at Northland College in Ashland, will speak with us about her newly released book Good Guys With Guns: The Appeal and Consequences of Concealed Carry. We’ll talk about why people choose to arm themselves after mass shootings like the one in…
…lives. Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new story—one in which they are once again the heroes. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HARD WORK? When Northland College sociologist Angela Stroud studied applications for licenses to carry concealed firearms in Texas, which exploded after President Obama…
…publicly armed citizenry means for society. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Justice Angela Stroud has researched for eight years the reasoning behind concealed carry. She presents her results in, Good Guys with Guns: The Appeals and Consequences of Concealed Carry, published by the University of North Carolina Press in…
Gun sales usually spike following mass shootings like the one in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub last weekend. A northern Wisconsin professor warns arming ourselves might not be the answer, but some gun rights advocates say people should be able to defend themselves. Angela Stroud, assistant professor of sociology and social…
It has happened again: another mass shooting. For those of us who have spent a lot of time in places like the Pulse nightclub, this mass murder is particularly painful. In a culture in which queer people are made to feel grateful for merely being tolerated, gay clubs are spaces…
