TSP’s Roundup February 3, 2023 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy Board member Jacob Otis wrote up new research from Tony Cheng that shows...
A Chat with Dr. Elizabeth Hirsch - Contexts
What is Dr. Beth Hirsch’s favorite section of Contexts? The policy briefs, she says, are great...
Curating Police Complaints - Discoveries
Tony Cheng, “The Cumulative Discretion of Police over Community Complaints,” American Journal of Sociology, 2022 Recent...
Mothering in Sanctuary - Council on Contemporary Families
On a bright day last spring, a group of Latina immigrant mothers gathered in a park...
TSP’s Roundup January 27, 2023 - The Editors' Desk
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A Chat with Dr. Laura Nelson - Contexts
About Contexts and its trends section, Dr. Laura Nelson (University of British Columbia) enthuses, “This is...
Authentic and Inexpensive? Ethnic Restaurants in the “Fine Dining” Scene - Discoveries
Gillian Gualtieri, “Discriminating Palates: Evaluation and Ethnoracial Inequality in American Fine Dining ,” Social Problems, 2022...
What aspects lead to long-term success in marriage? - Council on Contemporary Families
The rate of people entering marital unions is dwindling. Half a century or less ago, almost...
Don’t Call it a Comeback! The Resurgence of HBCU Athletics
For many people across the U.S., the summer of 2020 felt as if racial tension reached...
TSP’s Roundup January 20, 2023 - The Editors' Desk
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Best of 2022: School Expulsion Leads to Earlier Police Contact - Discoveries
Dylan Jackson, Alexander Testa, Jelena Todić, and Jonathan Leos-Martinez, “Exclusionary School Discipline during Childhood and Adolescent...
A Chat with Dr. Ethan Raker - Contexts
As UBC welcomes Contexts (or, should we say, CANtexts?), we’re speaking with sociology faculty to learn what they love...
Has the Pandemic Increased Gender Inequality in Domestic Labor? It’s Complicated. - Council on Contemporary Families
Throughout the first two and a half years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the one constant has...
TSP’s Roundup January 13, 2023 - The Editors' Desk
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Best of 2022: Uncertainty, Work, and Emotions - There's Research on That
Originally published March 30, 2022. Today “help wanted” signs are commonplace; restaurants, shops, and cafes have...
Work and the Transgender Employee - Contexts
Can I tell my employer about my gender identity? Many transpeople worry about the range of...
To Achieve Greater Gender Equality, We Need to View Fathers as Fully Engaged Dads - Council on Contemporary Families
My dad was the primary cook for my family growing up. Learning from him, I handle...
Black Interim Head Coaches in the NFL - The Society Pages
“Since the first Diversity and Inclusion Coaching Mobility Report in 2013, it hasbeen noted that the...
Best of 2022: Does Going to College Change Your Values? - Discoveries
Miloš Broćić and Andrew Miles, “College and the ‘Culture War’: Assessing Higher Education’s Influence on Moral...
Are Adverse Childhood Experiences a Warning Sign of Adult Criminal Justice Contact - Council on Contemporary Families
Millions of children grow up in a household that involves abuse, neglect, or other forms of...
Happy Holidays from TSP! - The Editors' Desk
If this week you are celebrating a winter holiday, TSP sends warm wishes as you gather...
Fall 2022 Table of Contents - Contexts
letter from the editors in brief: “Racial Elevator Speeches,” by C.C. Servon “Artistic Freedom?” by C.C....
Femininity Places U.S. Servicewomen at Risk for Harassment and Discrimination - Discoveries
Stephanie Bonnes, “Femininity Anchors: Heterosexual Relationships and Pregnancy as Sites of Harassment for U.S. Servicewomen,” American...
TSP’s Roundup December 15, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy S Ericson wrote up Christina Gibson-Davis and colleagues’ work emphasizing the importance of...
Alumni Spotlight: Evan Stewart - The Society Pages
In honor of The Society Pages’ tenth anniversary in 2022 we’re highlighting the contributions and ongoing...
Low Family Wealth Harms Child Development - Discoveries
Christina Gibson-Davis, Lisa A. Keister, Lisa A. Gennetian, and Warren Lowell, “Net Worth Poverty and Child...
The Freedom Revolution, Awakened Ancestral Roots of a New Generation, and a Population Moving as One - Contexts
In many ways, Gen Z Iranians are a combination of the very best and the most...
Antisemitism, Conspiracy Theories, and Kanye “Ye” West - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Recently, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has notoriously gone on antisemitic tirades on social and...
The Problem with Sex Segregated Sport
Sex segregated sport is increasingly untenable. As sports authorities and politicians enact flawed attempts to regulate...
TSP’s Roundup December 9, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy Court fines and fees target and constrain the same groups of people that...
Facial Difference, Social Disability (Or, Why I Didn’t Mind Masking) - Contexts
Finalizing my divorce, searching for a new place to live, re-evaluating the possibility of a family—I...
The “Genius” Social Scientists Named 2022 MacArthur Fellows - The Society Pages
MacArthur Fellowship Every year in the United States, 20-30 exceptional Americans receive a MacArthur Fellowship for...
The Politics of Punishment and Payments - Discoveries
Ilya Slavinski and Becky Pettit, “Proliferation of Punishment: The Centrality of Legal Fines and Fees in...
TSP’s Roundup December 2, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
This week around eight inches of snow fell here in the Twin Cities, forecasts now call...
Sitcoms and Social Networks - Sociological Images
Social networks are a great way to introduce people to the power of Sociology. In my...
Peer Group Management and Social Inequalities in Preschool - Discoveries
Amy August, “Indirect Socialization in Preschool: How Teachers Harness Children’s Ability to Shape Peer Behavior,” Qualitative...
“Woman, Life, Freedom” and the Progressive Academe - Contexts
On September 13, 2022, a 22-two-year-old Kurdish woman named Jina (Mahsa) Amini was arrested by “Morality...
Another mass killing in a gay bar - Contexts
Journalists don’t contact me when new bars open, when they set new fundraising records, or when...
From Prussia With Love: The Palace That Got To Live Twice - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
There are some odd places in Germany’s Deep South that are strangely attractive to American tourists....
Teaching Exercises: Our Hard Days’ Nights - Contexts
Thanksgiving is almost upon our U.S. readers, and whether it’s the long drives, visiting a childhood...
TSP’s Roundup 18, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy We write up new research from Alexandra Murphy and colleagues showing that one...
can conflict create good community? - Contexts
This article was first published in the Spring 2022 issue of Contexts Magazine. That version contained...
Transportation Insecurity - Discoveries
Alexandra K. Murphy, Karina McDonald-Lopez, Natasha Pilkauskas, and Alix Gould-Werth, “Transportation Insecurity in the United States:...
TSP’s Roundup November 11, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy Board member Mason Jones wrote up new research from Stefanie Mollborn and colleagues...
Climate Change, Redlining, and Our Institutions’ Blue Roofs - Contexts
Dilapidated homes, unoccupied with boarded windows. Overgrown patches of land, acres of empty parking lots with...
How Much is Too Much? High Socioeconomic Status Families Negotiate Kid’s Tech Use - Discoveries
Stefanie Mollborn, Aubrey Limburg, Jennifer Pace, and Paula Fomby, “Family Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Screen Time,”...
What Past is Worth Remembering?: Germany’s Colonial History in Public Memory - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Luxembourg Agreement, the resulting agreements from the Conference...
TSP’s Roundup November 4, 2022 - The Editors' Desk
New and Noteworthy For our partner page World Suffering I wrote up new research from Mike...
Home-Working’s Covid Comeback - Contexts
Working from home was on a long, downward slide until the 1980s, when sectoral shifts and...