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Megan Thiele Strong

Professor, Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, San Jose State University
Chapter Member: Bay Area SSN
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About Megan

Thiele Strong (she/they) holds a doctorate and has 20 years of experience teaching a breadth of courses, including environmental sociology, quantitative methods, sociology of higher education and poverty, wealth and privilege. She researches at the intersections of social and environmental justice, mental health and education. They know we are meant to queer the status quo in order to be diverse, equitable, sustainable, creative and inclusive. Thiele Strong is a Public Voices Fellow at TheOpEdProject.

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Contributions

I Live Near the Moss Landing Battery Fire. Vistra Energy’s Response is Not Enough.

Commentary,

In the News

Opinion: "Trump Who? We Live in Musk’s World Now," Megan Thiele Strong, The Hill, November 20, 2024.
Opinion: "DEI Doesn’t Mean White People Should Feel Guilty. It’s a Call for Us All to Speak Out," Megan Thiele Strong, The Kansas City Star, July 31, 2024.
Opinion: "It’s Not Just Harrison Butker. Benedictine College Perpetuates Traditional Roles.," Megan Thiele Strong, The Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2024.
Opinion: "Protect More Than Women’s Bodies on Campus," Megan Thiele Strong, Ms. Magazine, May 21, 2024.

Publications

"Resource or Obstacle?: Classed Reports of Student–Faculty Relations" The Sociological Quarterly 57, no. 2 (2016): 333-355.

Explores the relationship between undergraduate students' class-based cultural capital and their facility in developing relationships with faculty. Reveals that lower- and middle-class students tended to inadvertently opt out of this key relational opportunity.