CISS Affiliate Jonathan Mijs Explains His Behind-the-Scenes Role on the Political (And Sort of Sci-Fi) Drama, Paradise
It’s one of the hottest shows on television right now, a gripping political thriller with a sci-fi twist and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. And behind the scenes of it all, providing technical advice to the writers and show creators, was an unassuming, low-key assistant professor of sociology at Boston University.
How did Jonathan Mijs, a scholar of inequality, education, and belief formation at the College of Arts & Sciences, find himself a technical consultant on the smash drama Paradise, streaming now on Hulu and starring Sterling K. Brown (the Emmy Award–winning actor of This Is Us fame)?…
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