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Brandon Lang earned his Ph.D. in sociology at North Carolina State University. He is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice at Bloomsbury University. Dr. Lang's areas of interest include the sociology of sports, and community, public, and environmental sociology. His writing has appeared in numerous journals including Culture and Agriculture, Technology in Society, and Journal of Environmental Education. Dr. Lang is a member of the International Sociology of Sport Association and the Eastern Sociological Society.

Molly Monahan Lang earned her Ph.D. in sociology at North Carolina State University. She is an assistant teaching professor of sociology at Penn State Behrend. Dr. Monahan Lang's research interests include the intersections of race, social class, and gender within social institutions with particular emphasis on marriages and death/dying.