In this episode we are joined by\xa0Dr. Michael DeLand, an Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology at Gonzaga University. In our conversation, Mike introduces us to the work of\xa0Herbert Blumer\xa0and discusses how Blumer\u2019s process-oriented theorizing of interaction and sense-making provide methodological inspiration and how Blumer\u2019s critiques of more distant and structural ways of studying social [\u2026]