I am an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State studying culture, politics, and violence.
I have a project on the politics of lynching in the US from 1880-1930, as well as lines of research on social movements, cultural change, and international politics.
CV
I have a project on the politics of lynching in the US from 1880-1930, as well as lines of research on social movements, cultural change, and international politics.
CV
Publications
Seguin, Charles, Chris Julien, and Yongjun Zhang 2021. “The stability of androgynous names: Dynamics of gendered naming practices in the United States 1880–2016.” Poetics
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2020. "Who Supports Global Cooperation? Cooperative Internationalism at the Intersection of Social Class and Economic Development" Sociological Science
Maher, Thomas V., Charles Seguin, Yongjun Zhang, and Andrew Davis. 2020. "Social scientists’ testimony before Congress in the United States between 1946-2016, trends from a new dataset" PLOS ONE
Seguin, Charles and David Rigby 2019. "National Crimes: A New National Data set of Lynchings in the United States, 1883-1941" Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2018. "World Citizens on the Periphery: Threat and Identification with Global Society" American Journal of Sociology
Rigby, David and Charles Seguin 2018. "The Racial Position of European Immigrants 1883-1941: Evidence From Lynching in the Midwest" Social Currents
Seguin, Charles, Annete Nierobisz, and Karen Kozlowski 2017. "Teaching Racial Segregation with the Racial Dot Map" Teaching Sociology
Seguin, Charles 2016. "Cascades of Coverage: Positive Feedback in Media Attention to Social Movement Organizations." Social Forces
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2015. "Reporting the International System: Attention to Foreign Leaders in the US News Media, 1950-2008" Social Forces 94 (2): 775-799
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2020. "Who Supports Global Cooperation? Cooperative Internationalism at the Intersection of Social Class and Economic Development" Sociological Science
Maher, Thomas V., Charles Seguin, Yongjun Zhang, and Andrew Davis. 2020. "Social scientists’ testimony before Congress in the United States between 1946-2016, trends from a new dataset" PLOS ONE
Seguin, Charles and David Rigby 2019. "National Crimes: A New National Data set of Lynchings in the United States, 1883-1941" Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2018. "World Citizens on the Periphery: Threat and Identification with Global Society" American Journal of Sociology
- Outstanding Published Article Award, ASA Section on Alturism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
Rigby, David and Charles Seguin 2018. "The Racial Position of European Immigrants 1883-1941: Evidence From Lynching in the Midwest" Social Currents
Seguin, Charles, Annete Nierobisz, and Karen Kozlowski 2017. "Teaching Racial Segregation with the Racial Dot Map" Teaching Sociology
Seguin, Charles 2016. "Cascades of Coverage: Positive Feedback in Media Attention to Social Movement Organizations." Social Forces
- Clifford C. Clogg Award for Best Graduate Student Paper, ASA Methodology Section
- Best Graduate Student Paper, ASA Political Sociology Section
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2015. "Reporting the International System: Attention to Foreign Leaders in the US News Media, 1950-2008" Social Forces 94 (2): 775-799
Other Writing
Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin 2019. "What Conservatives Get Wrong About Cosmopolitans" The Washington Post (Monkey Cage)
Seguin, Charles 2018. "When Northern Newspapers Justified Lynching" The New York Times
Seguin, Charles 2017. "A Nail Gun or a Machine Gun? Will Big Data Tools Radically Reshape Historical Sociology?" Trajectories: Newsletter of the ASA
Comparative Historical Section.
Seguin, Charles 2015. "Media Bias, Media Endogeniety" Mobilizing Ideas
Seguin, Charles 2018. "When Northern Newspapers Justified Lynching" The New York Times
Seguin, Charles 2017. "A Nail Gun or a Machine Gun? Will Big Data Tools Radically Reshape Historical Sociology?" Trajectories: Newsletter of the ASA
Comparative Historical Section.
Seguin, Charles 2015. "Media Bias, Media Endogeniety" Mobilizing Ideas
Data
National Lynching Dataset 1883-1941
Lynching Dot Map: One Dot For Every Lynching Victim in the US
New York Times Articles on Foreign Leaders 1950-2008 (see Gorman and Seguin 2015 for details)
Lynching Dot Map: One Dot For Every Lynching Victim in the US
New York Times Articles on Foreign Leaders 1950-2008 (see Gorman and Seguin 2015 for details)