Professor of Sociology

Fabio Rojas is the Virginia L. Roberts Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington. He was the the co-editor of Contexts: Sociology for the Public, the official magazine of the American Sociological Association. His books include From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline, Party in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9/11, and Theory for the Working Sociologist. His work has appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Journal of Sociology, and the Academy of Management Journal. He has written for The Washington Post, USA Today, The Hill, and other popular outlets. I speak and write about protest and social movements, Black politics (such as the Black Studies movement of the 1960s or the more recent Black Lives Matter movement); the antiwar/peace movement, open borders, free speech, and classical liberalism.

Speaker's Title and Institutional/Organizational Affiliation: Virginia L. Roberts Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington
Event Type :
Lecture/Presentation
Fireside Chat
Book Talk
Constitution Day Event
Classroom Visit
Workshop
Podcast
Debate, Forum, or HxConversation
Speaking Topics - List up to 5 specific topics or titles, each separated by a semicolon: Black politics and social movements ; open borders ; campus free speech ; classical liberalism ; antiwar/peace movement
Blackout Dates (Dates speaker is unavailable, Days/Month/Year): Variable
Distance Willing to Travel: Any/No Limits to Travel Radius
Scholarly Area: Social Sciences
Modality of Event : In Person and/or Virtual
Willingness to be recorded: Willing
Speaking Fee (Not including travel/lodging expenses): $0-$10,000 USD
Recent Appearance (1 of 5) -title, host institution, year: "How to be a Professor," Population Association of America, 2023
Recent Appearance (2 of 5) -title, host institution, year: "Improving Patient Safety in American Acute Care Hospitals," Business School at the University of Warwick, 2023
Recent Appearance (3 of 5) -title, host institution, year: “A Discussion of Anti-War Protests Throughout History, Rawley Graduate Conference, the University of Nebraska, 2022
Recent Appearance (4 of 5) -title, host institution, year: "Beyond the New Left: University Radicalism in the Sixties," Society for US Intellectual History, 2022
Recent Appearance (5 of 5) -title, host institution, year: " Discussion of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan," The Tavis Smiley Show, 2021
Link to Speaker's Professional Website (to include sample writings and more extensive bio): fabiorojas.net