Matthew Andersson on The Science of Dignity

In this episode of Moral Matters, Nicole and Jiwon interview Matthew Andersson on his recent book with Steven Hitlin, The Science of Dignity: Measuring Personhood and WellBeing in the United States.In this book, they integrate classic and contemporary treatments of dignity and use them to position dignity as a public health concern affected by resources and stressors, drawing on multiple years of recent data collected by Gallup that offer innovative measurement of subjective dignity and its relationship to well-being. Andersson is an associate professor of sociology at Baylor University. He studies health inequalities across the life course through a social-psychological lens. His work has appeared in numerous social science and population health journals, including American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and Social Science Research.