In a SOC 119 session at Penn State, Dr. Sam Richards opened with an unusual disclaimer. This wasn’t an anti-gun lecture, he said – it was a sociological conversation. He told his students he grew up ...

At Penn State University, sociologist Dr. Sam Richards posed a question that hit close to home for his class: Are American students being silenced? The discussion, featured on the YouTube channel SOC ...

Penn State sociology professor Dr. Sam Richards opened his class with a familiar critique. “You know what the problem with youth is today?” he said. “They’re too protected. They don’t know anything.

The SOC 119 class at Penn State doesn’t tiptoe into easy topics, and this highlight clip on the SOC 119 YouTube channel makes that obvious fast. In the discussion led by Dr. Sam Richards, students ...