In today's UW Today news, Professor Oliver Rollins is featured in the Faculty Friday's New Faculty Spotlight! Oliver shares his research focus, "I am a qualitative sociologist who works on issues of race/racism in and through science and technology. Specifically, my work is situated within a growing new area of inquiry, the sociology of the neurosciences. The recent explosion of brain research has dramatically affected the way we understand health, cognition, subjectivity, and the body." Additionally, he mentions his book, Conviction: The Making and Unmaking of The Violent Brain (Stanford University Press, 2021), where he traces the development of neuroimaging research on anti-social behavior.
After being asked what opportunities at UW excite you, Oliver replies, "I’m excited to establish greater connections and collaborations between the STEM and biomedical fields, on one hand, and the social and humanist sciences, on the other, to better envision and work toward equity and social justice."