About the AuthorsPrimary Adapting Author – William Little, PhDDr. William Little is an adjunct assistant professor in Sociology at the University of Victoria where he has taughtsociology since 1996. He is also an open learning faculty member in Sociology and Anthropology at Thompson RiversUniversity. He has taught online open learning courses at TRU since 2011. Dr. Little’s research interests includecontemporary social theory, media and popular culture, political violence and neonazism, and the biopolitics of healingpractices. His work on neonazism and violence has been published inNew German Critique,theJournal for Cultural andReligious Theory,and in several edited collections.Contributing Adapting Author – Ron McGivernRon McGivern is the senior lecturer in Sociology and Associate Dean of Arts at Thompson Rivers University in BritishColumbia. His work focuses on applied sociology, social marketing, and policy analysis. Mr. McGivern is a championof open access, open learning, and open scholarship. Most of his courses incorporate free open textbooks or openeducational resources in place of published texts. When not “committing sociology”, Mr. McGivern is working on hishobby farm trying to keep up with chickens, ducks, sheep, steers, horses, and grandchildren.673
