~the-society-pages | Bookmarks (98)

Ken Kamoche and Kuok Kei Law, “‘I am a Scaffolder’: Constructing Safety Knowledge and Machismo in ‘Dirty Work’,” Work, Employment and Society, 2024 “Bamboo Scaffolding in Causeway Bay neighborhood” by gribbly is licensed under CC BY 2.0. The construction industry is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous industries around the world. In Hong […]

In his 2004 presidential address to the American Sociological Association, Michael Burawoy called on professional sociologists to recognize that, “as teachers, we are all potentially public sociologists.” Doing public sociology, he argued, entails engaging our students in collaborative dialogues about their lived experiences, the conditions that give rise to those experiences, and what all that […]

This Teaching Sociology article by Michael C. Lotspeich-Yadao and colleagues demonstrates the benefits of experiential learning for students interested in health careers.

New & Noteworthy Our latest Discovery, summarizing recent academic article publications, by Emma Goldstein highlights a recent study by Annika Pinch and colleagues which found that while BeReal initially encouraged authenticity through time-limited, unedited photo sharing, users gradually began to game the system by delaying posts and retaking images to appear more curated. This week’s […]

Reprinted from Council on Contemporary Families Brief Report A briefing paper prepared by Jeff Hayes, Women’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor[1],  and H. Elizabeth Peters, Urban Institute, for the Council on Contemporary Families symposium The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Gender Equality (PDF). Many workers will provide care for a newborn or for a […]

This Ologies podcast episode featuring Disability Sociologist Guinevere Chambers would be great for Introductory Sociology courses as well as courses focused on social problems, inequality, or health!

On March 27th, Doğukan Günaydin, a master’s student at the Carlson School of Business, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). While Doğukan’s detention is the result of a vague tightening of immigration enforcement, where his immigration status will ultimately be determined, the Fort Snelling Immigration Court, has been the epicenter of contentious deportations […]

Annika Pinch, Floor Fiers, Jeremy Birnholtz, Justine Fisher, and Brigid Reilly, “New Media & Society,” ‘Is It Time for Me to Be Authentic?’ Understanding, Performing, and Evaluating Authenticity on BeReal., 2024 Image by Jordyn Wald. “Time to BeReal. 2 mins left to capture a BeReal and see what your friends are up to!” This is […]

The TSP board disscussed the official launch of our new Flagship Journal, The American Journal of Unfinished Sociology on April 1st. Listen on Spotify

Many sociology instructors use podcasts in their courses, but how can we ensure that students are getting their full benefit? Read this Teaching Sociology article to find out more!

New & Noteworthy April 1st, 2025 marks the official launch date of TSP’s official journal, The American Journal of Unfinished Sociology. We have several submissions that we will be sharing in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. Gender-Affirming Care and Gender Stereotypes, our latest Discovery my Mallory Harrington, ​covers research by Tara Gonsalves‘s research […]

Rebecca Hanson, David Smilde, and Verónica Zubillaga Oneya Fennell Okuwobi Lucius Couloute Manuela Perrotta and Lucius Couloute Christine L. William

Are you teaching a class on Inequality or Race & Ethnicity? If so, this article by Annalena Oppel on meritocracy and race in South Africa might be of interest to you!

Check out this New York Times piece that discusses Allison Pugh’s new book and how some industries are trying to tie technology to care work or even outsourcing that work to AI.

About Us AJUS is dedicated to the proposition that every idea deserves a platform. We welcome dissertation chapters, voice memos, vague thoughts, lecture notes, and data analysis that speaks for itself. Use your sociological imagination. Manuscript Types Submission Guidelines Formatting Requirements References: Don’t forget anyone, because we will look through and will send it to whomever […]

For years, we have been inundated with messages about the importance of obtaining a college degree. Popular narratives portray the journey to and through college as the pathway to success—professional, economic, and personal. These narratives, which form part of what Tressie McMillan Cottom has described as the “education gospel,” undergird ideologies such as College for […]

Tara Gonsalves, “Elaborating Embodied Boundaries: Medical Expertise and (Trans)Gender Classification,” American Journal of Sociology, 2024 A small pile of piles next to a stack of money, by Kaboompics.com is licensed under Pexels License Over the past two decades, insurance coverage for gender affirming healthcare has rapidly expanded. Gender affirming care includes surgical, hormonal, or other care that enables […]

New & Noteworthy Jordyn Wald’s latest StoryMap leverages S. Ericson’s piece on conspiracy theories, summarizing research on how belief in hidden powers offers comfort amid uncertainty. The piece traces the rise of conspiratorial thinking across social classes, examines how distrust in institutions fuels belief, and highlights the internet’s role in transforming “stigmatized knowledge” into shared […]

Your most recent book, Misrepresentation in Silence in United States History Textbooks, demonstrates the distortion of history in American textbooks. What are the implications or effects of misrepresentation? Dr. Gellman: Misrepresentation continues to allow certain kinds of stories to be told about groups of people in ways that maintain and perpetuate dominant social hierarchies. For […]

Check out this TSP article, which discusses how conversations around race have changed in online spaces, focusing on colorblind nationalism.

In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Talcott Parsons’ On Institutions and Social Evolution, edited by Leon H. Mayhew. In our conversation, Dan helps me understand the logic […]