1. Shelly Tenenbaum is associate professor of sociology and director of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies concentration at Clark University. Her research on ethnic enterprise, mutual aid, gender, education, and identity intersect the broad areas of sociology of American Jews and historical sociology. Her article “It's In My Genes: Biological Discourse and Essential-ist Views of Identity Among Contemporary American Jews” (with Lynn Davidman) will appear in The Sociological Quarterly (2007).
2. Robert J.S. Ross is professor of sociology and director of the International Studies Stream at Clark University and outgoing Chair of the Section on Political Economy of the World System of the American Sociological Association. His research interests are in globalization, labor, and urban affairs, and his most recent book is Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse en the New Sweatshops (University of Michigan Press, 2004).