I am an associate professor of sociology at Penn State.
I have projects on the politics of lynching in the US from 1880-1930, social movements, cultural change, and international politics.
CV
I have projects on the politics of lynching in the US from 1880-1930, social movements, cultural change, and international politics.
CV
Publications
Seguin, Charles. 2023. “The origins of hits: Cumulative advantage vs. multiplicative returns in cultural markets” Poetics
Seguin, Charles, Thomas Maher, and Yongjun Zhang. 2023. “A Seat at the Table: A New Dataset of Social Movement Organization Representation before Congress during the Twentieth Century.” Socius
Seguin, Charles and Sabrina Nardin 2022. “The Lynching of Italians and the Rise of Antilynching Politics in the United States.” Social Science History
Featured Here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html
Rigby, David and Charles Seguin. 2021. “Capital Punishment and the Legacies of Slavery and Lynching in the United States.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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
Featured Here: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/gender-neutral-baby-names-popularity/673464/
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
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
Seguin, Charles, Thomas Maher, and Yongjun Zhang. 2023. “A Seat at the Table: A New Dataset of Social Movement Organization Representation before Congress during the Twentieth Century.” Socius
Seguin, Charles and Sabrina Nardin 2022. “The Lynching of Italians and the Rise of Antilynching Politics in the United States.” Social Science History
Featured Here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html
Rigby, David and Charles Seguin. 2021. “Capital Punishment and the Legacies of Slavery and Lynching in the United States.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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
Featured Here: www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/gender-neutral-baby-names-popularity/673464/
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
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
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