#  Jason Gabler 

 

 



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 (Sociology, March 2007)  
*Thesis Title:* From *Captains Courageous* to *Captain Underpants:* Children's Books as a Cultural Field in the Twentieth Century  
*Committee:* Jason Kaufman (chair), Martin K. Whyte, Maria Tatar (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures)  
*Initial Placement:* Digital Producer, Minnesota Public Radio, and Writer (fiction and freelance journalism)

 I'm a writer and editor living in Minneapolis. My day job is as a digital producer at Minnesota Public Radio's [The Current](http://www.thecurrent.org/), where among other projects I host/write our [Rock and Roll Book Club](http://www.thecurrent.org/collection/rock-and-roll-book-club) feature and co-host our [Music News podcast](http://www.thecurrent.org/musicnews). I'm also a co-founder of [The Tangential](http://www.thetangential.com/). I'm the theater critic at [City Pages](http://www.citypages.com/), and I have contributed to numerous other publications. Books I've written, co-written, or co-edited include [*Sexts from the Sea*](http://www.thetangential.com/sexts-sea-2/) (2016), [*Bright Lights, Twin Cities*](http://thetangential.com/bright-lights-twin-cities) (2014), [*Future Cities*](http://www.amazon.com/Future-Cities-Fiction-Compilation-Tangential/dp/1938008154) (2013), [*Sociology for Dummies*](http://www.amazon.com/Sociology-Dummies-Jay-Gabler/dp/0470572361) (2010), and [*Reconstructing the University*](http://www.amazon.com/Reconstructing-University-Worldwide-Academia-Century/dp/0804753768) (2006). I'm on [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/jaygabler), [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/jaygabler), [Tumblr](http://jaygabler.tumblr.com/), [Instagram](http://www.instagram.com/jaygabler), and Snapchat — where you can probably figure out how to find me. Gmail: jaygabler. (Photo at right: Nate Ryan/MPR.



 

 

 





 

 

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