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S. M. Miller

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S.M. (Mike) Miller, an economic-political sociologist and activist, has been a senior fellow of the Commonwealth Institute; former chair of Boston University’s Sociology Department; cofounder and board member of United for a Fair Economy; recipient of the 2009 American Sociological Association’s Award for the Practice of Sociology; and board member of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. He has authored, coauthored, or edited ten books and more than three hundred articles and has been published on Truthout, Alternet, NationofChange, Dissent Magazine, Classism, and Social Policy.

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