JOSH SEIM

I'm a sociologist at Boston College, where I broadly focus on issues related to work, medicine, welfare, punishment, and more. I also frequently write about pedagogy and ethnographic methods. 

My research has appeared in American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Sociological Methods and Research, Social Science and Medicine, Sociology of Health and Illness, Punishment and Society, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Critical Sociology, Teaching Sociology, and other outlets. 

My first book, Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering, was released in 2020 by University of California Press. My second book, The Welfare Assembly Line: Public Servants in the Suffering City, will be released by University of California Press in Spring 2026.