William Anthony Gamson

IN HOPES that this is better late than never: Dr. Gamson, a fellow sociologist of movements & media who I regret never meeting, was an enormous influence on my own work, e.g. "Selling Protest in the News..." (2018). And far more than this, I saw that Bill Gamson's rare life path -- between 'the thinking life' of a scholar, the purposeful life of an activist, and the 'joie de vivre' of a community member -- made the world a better place. His life-well-lived made all the difference. And he...