Musa al-Gharbi
Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in Sociology, Columbia University in the City of New York
Research Associate, Heterodox Academy
Chapter Member: New York City SSN
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About Musa
Al-Gharbi's research explores how we think about, talk about, and produce knowledge about social phenomena including race, inequality, social movements, extremism, policing, national security, foreign policy and domestic U.S. political contests.
Contributions
Why Dissatisfied People Settle for the Status Quo
Basic Facts Brief,
In the News
"Trump's Proposal to Enforce Campus Free Speech Will Only Hurt Conservatives," Musa al-Gharbi, The Washington Post,
"If the Midterms were a Referendum, Trump Won," Musa al-Gharbi, The Washington Post, November 9, 2018.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by John Blake, "One Word Shows How Much We've Changed the Way We Talk About Race" CNN, June 29, 2018.
"If Conservative Views are Not Represented in Social Research, Leftists Will Suffer Most," Musa al-Gharbi, Times Higher Education, March 29, 2018.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by Graham Vyse, "How Trump Wins Reelection" The New Republic, February 26, 2018.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by Thomas B. Edsall, "Can Democrats Follow #MeToo to Victory?" New York Times, January 18, 2018.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by Conor Brady, "A Rough Ride ahead with Trump as Default Driver" The Times, November 6, 2017.
Musa al-Gharbi's research on settling for the status quo discussed by , "This Behavioral Phenomenon is One of the Reasons Trump Will Probably Win Reelection in 2020," Mic, September 3, 2017.
"It's Disadvantaged Groups That Suffer Most when Free Speech is Curtailed on Campus," Musa al-Gharbi, The Atlantic, July 8, 2017.
"Forget about Impeachment—Donald Trump Will Likely be President until 2024," Musa al-Gharbi, Quartz, May 17, 2017.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by Thomas B. Edsall, "Donald Trump’s Political Stew" New York Times, March 9, 2017.
"The Democratic Party is Facing a Demographic Crisis," Musa al-Gharbi, The Conversation, February 27, 2017.
"In the Age of Trump, Thank God for James Comey," Musa al-Gharbi, Huffington Post, February 3, 2017.
"Racial Profiling is a Bad Counterterrorism Strategy," Musa al-Gharbi, The American Conservative, September 21, 2016.
Musa al-Gharbi quoted by Colbert I. King, "The Decline of the Black Republican" The Washington Post, September 2, 2016.
"Why Aren’t There More Black Republicans?," Musa al-Gharbi, The American Conservative, January 18, 2016.
on NewsMax TV, Musa al-Gharbi, September 21, 2015.
"There is No Social Change without Coercion: Race, Baltimore, and How Violence Makes Nonviolence Possible," Musa al-Gharbi, Salon, May 2, 2015.
Musa al-Gharbi's research on , "The Mexican Drug War Has Killed More Americans Than ISIS Or Ebola Ever Could," Elite Daily, October 21, 2014.
Publications
"Race and the Race for the White House: On Social Research in the Age of Trump" The American Sociologist (2018): 1-24.
Demonstrates how research on Trump and his supporters has been systematically distorted by researchers' own deep revulsion towards the man and what he represents to them, and by strong priors about what kind of person would vote for Trump, and what they would be motivated by.