Volume 53 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction

is divided into three parts, providing contemporary readings of social situations. Part 1 includes three pathbreaking essays interpreting translational science. This is the study of the general scientific, medical and operational principles that turn observations into interventions, helping to improve patients’ lives. Part 2 consists of five essays, including an analysis of the Phantasmal in Qualitative Research and Miami’s Sea-level Rise Committee. Part 3, Norman K. Denzin and Studies in Symbolic Interaction, includes essays by Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, Michael Katovich and Joe Kotarba.