Daniel M. Harrison

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About Daniel M. Harrison

Born in England, Daniel M. Harrison moved to the US in 1980. He earned a BA in Social Sciences from New College of the University of South Florida and his MS and PhD from Florida State University. He is currently Professor of Sociology at Lander University. He lives in Greenwood, SC with his wife, artist Rebecca Salter Harrison, their two daughters, three dogs and one cat.

Harrison first learned about Marshall Ledbetter while attending a graduate student keg party at FSU in fall 1994. Although it never occurred to him then to write a book about the incident, over the years the stories about Marshall Ledbetter kept circling back to him. In 2010 he committed himself to learning all he could about Marshall Ledbetter and to writing the definitive sociological account of Ledbetter's takeover of the Florida Capitol and its aftermath. A fascinating story in its own right, it is also a highly informative case study in the nature of deviance and social control.

Harrison's other work has appeared in journals such as Media, Culture, and Society, Sexualities and Current Perspectives in Social Theory. He is currently at work on his second book.