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Social Problems is the official publication of The Society for the Study of Social Problems and one of the most widely respected and read professional journals in the social sciences …
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Dr. Jennifer C. Mueller is the author of "Producing Colorblindness: Everyday Mechanisms of White Ignorance." (May 2017)
Dr. Eric Anthony Grollman is the author of “Sexual Health and Multiple Forms of Discrimination Among Heterosexual Youth." (February 2017)
Dr. Dana M. Moss is the author of “Transnational Repression, Diaspora Mobilization, and the Case of The Arab Spring." (November 2016)
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