Jennifer Carlson
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Jennifer Carlson is an American sociologist known for studying American gun culture.[1][2]
In October 2022 the Macarthur Foundation announced Carlson was one of the 25 individuals chosen for the 2022 Macarthur Fellowships.[1] The fellowship comes with an $800,000 stipend.[3]
Carlson is a professor at the University of Arizona.[3]
Carlson is the author of two books, "Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline", "Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race" with a third, "Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy" on its way.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matt Stevens (2022-10-12). "MacArthur Foundation Announces 25 New ‘Genius’ Grant Winners". New York Times: p. C2. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/arts/macarthur-foundation-genius-grant-winners.html. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ "Jennifer Carlson, Sociologist: Class of 2022". Macarthur Foundation. https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2022/jennifer-carlson#searchresults. Retrieved 2022-10-15. "Jennifer Carlson is a sociologist reconfiguring our understanding of gun culture in the United States. Through ethnographic research with gun owners, educators, and sellers; law enforcement; and state licensing bodies, Carlson investigates the motivations and assumptions that drive gun culture."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Gun culture expert Jennifer Carlson awarded MacArthur Fellowship". University of Arizona. https://news.arizona.edu/story/gun-culture-expert-jennifer-carlson-awarded-macarthur-fellowship. Retrieved 2022-10-15. "Carlson, an associate professor in the School of Sociology and the School of Government and Public Policy in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, has spent over a decade examining the politics of guns in American life. Through research with gun owners, gun sellers, law enforcement, gun violence survivors and state licensing bodies, Carlson investigates the forces that shape gun culture in the United States."
