David S. Meyer is professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. He’s written extensively on social movements and social change, and is author or editor of ten books, most recently (with Sidney Tarrow), The Resistance: The Dawn of the Anti-Trump Opposition Movement, and How Social Movements (Sometimes) Matter. The 2017 recipient of the John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Scholarship of Social Movements and Collective Behavior, he holds a PhD in political science from Boston University, and an undergraduate degree in literature from Hampshire College.