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.
CV
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.
CV
Publications
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. 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
Data
Lynching Victims in the Midwest 1883-1930 (see Rigby and Seguin 2018 for details)
Lynching Victims 1883-1941 (National Dataset: see Seguin & Rigby 2019 for details)
New York Times Articles on Foreign Leaders 1950-2008 (see Gorman and Seguin 2015 for details)
Lynching in the United States 1883-1941 (interactive map)
Lynching Dot Map: one dot for every lynching victim in the US
Lynching Victims 1883-1941 (National Dataset: see Seguin & Rigby 2019 for details)
New York Times Articles on Foreign Leaders 1950-2008 (see Gorman and Seguin 2015 for details)
Lynching in the United States 1883-1941 (interactive map)
Lynching Dot Map: one dot for every lynching victim in the US