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Jillian Powers, PhD

Jillian Powers, PhD

3 Point Check List for Well-Meaning White People Who Want to do Good (But Aren’t Sure Where to…

Co-written by Jillian Powers and Allison Harbin

Aug 23, 2018

3 Point Check List for Well-Meaning White People Who Want to do Good (But Aren’t Sure Where to…

Aug 23, 2018

Jillian Powers, PhD

How to Crush College

A primer for new students about to head to college:

Jun 13, 2018

Jun 13, 2018

Jillian Powers, PhD

To Graduating High School Seniors

Hi All, I wrote this for my graduating seniors at Democracy Prep in Harlem where I teach a course, Seminar in American Democracy. I thought…

Jun 13, 2018

Jun 13, 2018

Jillian Powers, PhD

Violin Lessons, Human Potential

Learning the practice of practice

May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

Jillian Powers, PhD

A Quick intro to K-beauty from a total convert

I wrote this as an email to a friend who wanted to know my secret . I thought others might be interested, so here you go

Nov 4, 2017

A Quick intro to K-beauty from a total convert

Nov 4, 2017

Jillian Powers, PhD

Innovation for the People: Why Tech Needs More Sociologists

“ Us/ It’s the Machines” — Carl Cox & Josh Wink

Oct 12, 2017

Innovation for the People: Why Tech Needs More Sociologists

Oct 12, 2017

Jillian Powers, PhD

Returning to the place it all began:Radical acts of refusal from an academic on the outside

This is a talk I gave in February to Dartmouth College’s Department of Sociology. I could have waited until I was famous enough for someone…

Aug 7, 2017

Returning to the place it all began:Radical acts of refusal from an academic on the outside

Aug 7, 2017

Jillian Powers, PhD

I’m allowed to feel disappointed

“How can we as intellectuals and activists, acknowledge our own disappointments and failures in a way that can be enabling?” — Ann…

Aug 7, 2017

Aug 7, 2017

Jillian Powers, PhD

From lifestyle to life: A sociological autopsy of the Pepsi Generation

American society might be at its most contentious and polarized, but a few weeks ago, we found something we could all rally behind — hating…

May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017

Jillian Powers, PhD

Leaving Academia

As the semester draws to a close, and colleges and universities across America prepare for graduation, I keep thinking about my last day in…

May 26, 2016

May 26, 2016

Jillian Powers, PhD

Jillian Powers, PhD

Applied Sociologist: trend & insight interpreter; methodologist; builder of all things human-centered; cultural and social voyeur, sometimes participant

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