Testimonies

I have never met Marc. The first time I heard from Marc was when he sent me an email informing me that I had won the 2018 Zelizer Award for Best Book in Economic Sociology, along with a prize [...]

Remembrance of Marc Steinberg November 16, 2019 by Gretchen Purser Marc was truly one of the most amazing human beings I’ve ever known, and it is not an overstatement to say that he played a [...]

I’m Margaret Somers, Professor Emerita of Sociology and History at the University of Michigan. I first met Marc in 1987 when he was still a grad student and I was a new assistant professor in [...]

Marc came into my life in the Spring of 2016 when I took his “Social Movements” course. I’ll never forget his way of memorizing our names on the first day of class: making us line up with our [...]

Marc had a deep commitment to social justice, mentoring student activists advocating for sweatshop-free Smith apparel, getting Coke off campus, and divestment, among other issues. He was a fierce [...]

Marc was a wonderful colleague, a soft-spoken man with a gentle smile. I knew him as a reserved but always friendly colleague. I was aware he was also an outstanding scholar, but I didn’t [...]

Marc was among the most talented and thoughtful scholars of my generation. He was also a warm, modest human being and a beloved friend. I often asked him to comment on my papers and manuscripts, [...]

I took this photo of Marc’s door after I had heard about his passing because I felt so sad that we would no longer see each other in Wright Hall any longer. When I saw on his door the [...]

The one word (of many) that best describes “Schteiny” is compassion.  One of my distinctive memories is that the many times that we walked the streets of Baltimore, he went out of his [...]

This is a long email Marc wrote to me after I sent an email with the subject “seeking life advice”. It has been inspiring me for the past years, so I want to share it. From: Marc [...]