“We study the underdog, we study everybody in society, not just the elites.” - Dr. Jim Bruce If These Bricks Could Talk: Tales of Hendrix Past

For this episode, we welcome Dr. Jim Bruce, who taught sociology
at Hendrix from 1974 to 2004. Dr. Bruce introduced three decades of Hendrix students to classical social theory, psychological anthropology, the sociology of death, and countless other topics; founded the Arkansas Undergraduate Sociology and Anthropology Symposium in 1979; advocated for expanding the Hendrix Sociology department to include anthropology faculty; and conducted research on social and cultural developments in post-communist Poland.

Jim’s conversation partner today is his former student Dr. Sarah Beth Estes, Hendrix Class of 1992, who now serves as Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education