I am an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State studying culture, politics, and violence. 

I have a book 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.   
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Publications

Gorman, Brandon and Charles Seguin. 2018. World Citizens on the Periphery: Threat and Identification with Global Society" American Journal of Sociology
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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
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Andrews, Kenneth and Charles Seguin 2015. “Group Threat and Policy Change: The Spatial Dynamics of Prohibition Politics, 1890-1919.” American                   Journal of Sociology 121 (2): 475–510

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
Seguin, Charles 2018. "When Northern Newspapers Justified Lynching" The New York Times

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Data
Lynching Victims in the Midwest 1883-1930 (see Rigby and Seguin 2018 for details)

New York Times Articles on Foreign Leaders 1950-2008 (see Gorman and Seguin 2015 for details)