Neil Gong is assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego. He is coeditor, with Corey Abramson, of Beyond the Case: The Logics and Practices of Comparative Ethnography. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
"“Combining rich storytelling, sharp analysis, and brave scrutiny of unpopular ideas, Gong reveals America’s mental health crisis to be as much about class inequality and cultural hypocrisy as it is about brain chemistry and medical diagnoses. Comparative sociology at its finest, from one of the most promising ethnographers working today.” * Forrest Stuart, author of ""Down, Out, and Under Arrest"" and ""Ballad of the Bullet"" *"