Testimonies

Marc has always been a generous colleague and a brilliant scholar. I had read his work before meeting him, and was so impressed with his intellectual acuity. What a pleasure to realize that this [...]

I had Marc for my intro to sociology class, and as a scared little first year, he made me feel like I had a place. He encouraged my ideas and made me feel like I was important in the classroom [...]

I will always remember the things Marc did to keep us engaged as students. He taught Theories of Society the semester I took it. He did things like stand in a container of water on his desk and [...]

So many wonderful Marc memories. He was an inspiring, kind, and thoughtful person who changed my life. He would go to Stop and Shop to buy discount holiday candy very early in the morning the day [...]

I only took one class, Introduction to Sociology, with Marc Steinberg more than 20 years ago. I wasn’t a sociology major/minor, and he wasn’t my advisor. So we didn’t stay in touch beyond that [...]

Even though it was expected, it’s still a blow. I met Marc in 2006 when I was a Lecturer at Smith College fresh out of graduate school. I instantly thought of him as a quintessential small [...]

I haven’t been able to think of a single thing all day since I heard of Marc’s passing. What a tragic loss: Marc’s spirit is/was so utterly unique. So gentle and so deeply thoughtful, so kind and [...]

Today would have been Marc’s 63rd birthday. These last two weeks have felt like a century, and almost every day, I catch myself thinking of telling Marc something that happened in my day. Today, [...]

Marc created the intellectual and emotional space that made my graduate school experience life-changing. A group of us spent much of the 1980s in the Michigan program, and Marc was instrumental [...]