Rory M. McVeigh is an American sociologist, Nancy Reeves Dreux Chair professor of

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and director of the Center for the Study of Social Movements and former chair (2007-2016) of the department of

at the

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. From 2015 through 2020 he served as one of the lead editors of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal of the

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. He is widely cited in the field of

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, particularly right-wing movements. He also edited the academic journal ''Mobilization'' from 2008 through 2015 and is the current the co-editor of the academic blog ''Mobilizing Ideas''.

Career

McVeigh received his bachelor's in sociology from the

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in 1991 before moving on to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he received a master's in sociology 1993 and a Ph.D. in sociology in 1996. During his time at Chapel Hill, McVeigh was an associate editor of the academic journal

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. He then took the position as Assistant Professor of sociology at

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from 1997 through 2002 and then at the

. At Notre Dame, he was promoted to

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with tenure in 2005 and to

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in 2009. In 2017, he became the Nancy Reeves Dreux Chair Professor of sociology. McVeigh's 2008 co-authored article ''Red Counties, Blue Counties, and Occupational Segregation by Sex and Race'' received an honorable mention for the 2008

Political Sociology Best Article Award. McVeigh's book, entitled ''The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-Wing Movements and National Politics'' was published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2009. The book went on to be reviewed by over a dozen academic journals and news outlets. According to reviewers Heidi Beirich and Kevin Hicks, "The work offers a sophisticated new explanation of the quick rise of an organization that, at its height, numbered more than three million." In 2009, McVeigh became the editor of the academic journal Mobilization: An International Quarterly a post he held until 2015. Along with co-editors

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, and

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, McVeigh edited the American Sociological Review from 2015-2020 , the flagship journal of the

. This is the top journal in the field of

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, and the editorship rotates every five years. McVeigh's second book, entitled ''The Politics of Losing: Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment,'' was published by

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in 2019.

References

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