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On the October 5th edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore speaks with Beth Eck, Professor of Sociology at James Madison University, who for the past four years has been engaging in a study of single men in mid-life. Through her studies, Eck has found that there are a lot of assumptions and stigma associated with single men, and many reasons why they have remained single.
In last week’s show we examined the research of we examined the works of Tobias Lear, secretary to George Washington and envoy to North Africa for President Thomas Jefferson.
In today’s show, adapted from an article recently published on the Oscar Web site written by Melissa Maki, research communications coordinator for the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, we look at the research of Allison Pugh, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, and her study of how families deal with the increasing demands of a consumer culture…
For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar Show’s blog.