Lisa M. Stulberg, in conversation with David Monahan, discusses & signs How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture

Lisa M. Stulberg is associate professor of sociology of education at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Sociology at NYU. Her research focuses on the politics of race and education, affirmative action in higher education, school choice policy and politics, and LGBTQ+ social change. She is the author of Race, Schools, and Hope: African Americans and School Choice after Brown (Teachers College Press, 2008) and LGBTQ Social Movements (Polity, 2018). She is the co-editor (with Eric Rofes) of The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools: Toward a Progressive Politics of School Choice (SUNY Press, 2004) and the co-editor (with Sharon Lawner Weinberg) of Diversity in American Higher Education: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach (Routledge, 2011). She is a frequent speaker and editorial writer on schooling, pop culture, and politics. She is also a devoted fan of television, an enthusiastic reader of fiction, and a strong advocate for institutional change in higher education through her work with NYU Steinhardt’s Womxn and Work Task Force, LGBTQ Working Group, and the Council for Action and Advocacy United for Social Justice and Equity (now called CAUSE). She currently is working on a book with Anthony S. Chen, of Northwestern University, on the origins of race-conscious affirmative action in college admissions. She received an A.B. from Harvard College, a Masters in Social Science (M.Soc.Sci.) in Cultural Studies from the University of Birmingham (in the U.K.), and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley.

David Monahan is an executive producer and writer on Ginny & Georgia for Netflix and recently wrapped production on the feature, Goodbye Girl, for Amazon/MGM that he wrote with his longtime partner, Danielle Hoover. He has written and produced a number of hit shows, including Liv and Maddie, Life in Pieces, and Insatiable. He got his start as an actor on Dawson’s Creek in 2000 and has acted in dozens of television shows and films, including Big Little Lies, Dexter, Crossing Jordan, and The Dark Knight Rises. He has appeared in national ad campaigns with his husband, actor Larry Sullivan, for Target, Sabra, and a viral Campbell’s Soup spot that earned them the title of Sexiest Pitchmen Alive in People Magazine’s 2015 Sexiest Man issue. Monahan is a graduate of Harvard University.