Jeffrey O Sacha
I am an assistant professor of Sociology at American River College in Sacramento. Prior to ARC, I was a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in the Sociology department at UC Davis. I received my PhD in Sociology from USC in 2016, where I was a Haynes Doctoral Dissertation Fellow and recipient of the 2010 USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. My research agenda broadly explores how social inequality shapes young men's transition from adolescence to young adulthood. I am interested in the unique challenges that groups of young men face in this transition and the kinds of resources they draw upon.
My current book project, "Life on the Sidelines: Educational Inequality and Male High School Sports," shows how race, class, and school context combine to shape young men’s lives at three high schools. The young men in my book attend schools marked by unequal educational opportunity, racially targeted discipline policies, and different definitions of a “good student.” I use original quantitative and qualitative data from over 500 male student-athletes at three Los Angeles-area high schools: College Prep is a majority-White private school, Pacific Coast High is a majority-Latino public school in an affluent neighborhood, and Park Heights High is a majority-Black school in a low-income neighborhood.
In a previous research project, I conducted an ethnography and interview study of a boxing gym in South Los Angeles. For this project, I observed and participated in the training practices of amateur boxing coaches and explored each trainer's use of emotional regimens with their fighters. The practices and justifications of these trainers revealed a deep concern with cultivating emotional competency in and an intimate connection with young men of color. Trainers often achieved this through the use of what I term "emotional regimens" with their fighters.
While in graduate school, I founded and ran a free community boxing gym (The Pico-Union Boxing Club). I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and am a proud graduate of Gonzaga University.
Supervisors: Michael Messner and Veronica Terriquez
Address: Davis, CA
My current book project, "Life on the Sidelines: Educational Inequality and Male High School Sports," shows how race, class, and school context combine to shape young men’s lives at three high schools. The young men in my book attend schools marked by unequal educational opportunity, racially targeted discipline policies, and different definitions of a “good student.” I use original quantitative and qualitative data from over 500 male student-athletes at three Los Angeles-area high schools: College Prep is a majority-White private school, Pacific Coast High is a majority-Latino public school in an affluent neighborhood, and Park Heights High is a majority-Black school in a low-income neighborhood.
In a previous research project, I conducted an ethnography and interview study of a boxing gym in South Los Angeles. For this project, I observed and participated in the training practices of amateur boxing coaches and explored each trainer's use of emotional regimens with their fighters. The practices and justifications of these trainers revealed a deep concern with cultivating emotional competency in and an intimate connection with young men of color. Trainers often achieved this through the use of what I term "emotional regimens" with their fighters.
While in graduate school, I founded and ran a free community boxing gym (The Pico-Union Boxing Club). I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and am a proud graduate of Gonzaga University.
Supervisors: Michael Messner and Veronica Terriquez
Address: Davis, CA
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