Ilana Redstone

Ilana Redstone is an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Director of the Mill Institute at UATX.

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What Is Elizabeth Hoover Apologizing For?

So long as Hoover’s scholarship has met the standards expected of her, it is not clear that she’s done anything wrong.

Ilana Redstone

15 May 2023 · 6 min read

Why ‘Just Follow the Science’ Won’t Solve All Our Problems

The upshot is this: When a topic has moral or ideological implications, people typically have an a priori point of view that they then use as an end point, at least on a subconscious level.

Ilana Redstone

23 Jan 2021 · 6 min read

The Dangers of Defining Deviancy Up

The idea of defining deviancy down has attracted renewed attention from commentators in the Trump era.

Ilana Redstone

24 Jan 2019 · 7 min read

Kimmel and Conflict Theory: Sociology Turns Its Lens onto One of Its Own

Recent case of Michael Kimmel can be understood as a real-life manifestation of the ham-handed, universal application of a conflict theory perspective.

Ilana Redstone

19 Aug 2018 · 11 min read