Surviving Society

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. These episodes are guest hosted by local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Jesús Gregorio Smith is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Andrew W. Mellon Fellow. He received his PhD in Sociology in 2017 from Texas A&M University where he studied the intersections of systemic racism, masculinity, and sexuality and how they influence mental and sexual health. Tiago Machado Costa is a sociologist, queer researcher, and anti-racist scholar. They are currently a doctoral research at the University of Nottingham, where they are completing their thesis on racialized desires and sexual racism among gay men’s sexual spaces in the UK. Tiago’s research interests include the sexual geographies of ci