Understanding Thursday’s ICC Warrants - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
On Thursday, the International Criminal Court issued warrants for senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin...
Instagram Activism and Black-Asian Solidarity - Discoveries
Rachel Kuo and Sarah J. Jackson, “The political uses of memory: Instagram and Black-Asian solidarities,” Media,...
This Chronicle piece offers five ways professors can incorporate AI - First Publics
This Chronicle piece offers five ways professors can incorporate AI into their classrooms, even if they...
TSP Tuesdays, November 19th, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy TSP’s Jordyn Wald has a new StoryMap on Law Enforcement and Body-Cams. It...
Sociology in the News – Ep.5 – Deborah Carr and Susan Brown in The New York Times on Older Adult Cohabitation - The Society Pages Podcast
TSP Board members Emma Goldstein, Mason Jones, and Leo LaBarre discuss Deborah Carr and Susan Brown’s...
letter from the editors: fall 2024 - Contexts
Let’s have fun! Autumn in North America is magical for many reasons. First, there’s the spectacle...
Clippings – November 18th, 2024 TSP Media Report - Clippings
Marianne Cooper (Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University’s VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab) and Priya Fielding-Singh...
fall 2024 table of contents - Contexts
from the editors in brief: “Parenting Gender, From Left to Right,” by Elena G. Van Stee....
50 Years of Rubik’s Cube: Speedcubing and a More Inclusive Society
In 2024, the Rubik’s Cube, the puzzle invented by the Hungarian professor of architecture Ernő Rubik,...
With fewer undergraduates choosing sociology, many professors - First Publics
With fewer undergraduates choosing sociology, many professors may seek new ways to attract students. This ASA...
Daniel Silver reads Georg Simmel - Give Theory A Chance
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and...
Who’s Not Cool With AC? - Sociological Images
This past summer was hot, hotter than it used to be, and this is causing a...
Law Enforcement and Body-Cams - The Society Pages
Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota....
same behavior, different meaning - Contexts
What does it mean to drive an electric vehicle? For some, it may be a bold...
This article, by Barry Eidlen, breaks down some of the victories union - First Publics
This article, by Barry Eidlen, breaks down some of the victories union reformers have made recently....
TSP Tuesdays, November 12th, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy Tressie McMillan Cottom (Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina’s School of Information...
From the Interim Director - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Nearly eight decades have passed since the end of the Second World War and of the...
Charles Fodor: A Story of Survival and the Variety of the Archives - Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies
Charles Fodor is a Minnesota Holocaust survivor, one of the survivors whose arrival to the Twin...
paying attention. period. - Contexts
Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) are absent from both the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable...
Are you looking for a short, approachable piece on impression management? - First Publics
Are you looking for a short, approachable piece on impression management? This Contexts article connects performing...
travel and the times - Contexts
How do you choose where to go on vacation? Maybe you consult friends or family or...
TSP Tuesdays, November 5th, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy Political memes and jokes connect people with candidates, encourage engagement, and make complex...
Humor and Memes in Politics - There's Research on That
Donald Trump with a red background and Kamala Harris with a blue background. Photo by author,...
How the Real Estate Industry May Make Community Tensions Worse in Mixed-Income Neighborhoods - Council on Contemporary Families
Take a moment to imagine the kinds of people who live in a mixed-income neighborhood. In...
Clippings – November 4th, 2024 TSP Media Report - Clippings
The Atlantic ran an article featuring Julia Sonnevend’s (Associate Professor of Sociology and Communications at the...
Making Adopted Activities Work for You - First Publics
Active learning is a growing trend in higher education for enhancing student engagement, but activities can...
saving money, saving relationships - Contexts
When a friend or family member asks for money and you are unable or unwilling to...
Looking for an activity to help teach your students about symbolic interactionism? If so, check out this - First Publics
Looking for an activity to help teach your students about symbolic interactionism? If so, check out...
our forests, ourselves - Contexts
Environmental dilemmas require social solutions. In North America, urbanites frequently lead the charge on environmental activism,...
There’s Research on That – Ep.4 – Halloween Special: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Sociology of the Cultic - Soc 101
On a dark, stormy night, a chill fills the air as something unseen seems to watch...
What “They” Don’t Want You to Know About Conspiracy Theories - There's Research on That
A young man holding a pamphlet labeled “The Truth”, donning a red, striped tie and tin-foil...
TSP Tuesdays, October 29th, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy A dark fascination with the paranormal grips society during this spooky time of...
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Sociology of the Cultic - The Society Pages
Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota....
Career Choices at a Crossroads - Contexts
“I’m like a safety net for my family,” Amanda told me, explaining her decision to accept...
3Q with Emily K. Carian Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men’s Gender Activism - Council on Contemporary Families
Emily K. Carian is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Sociology Department at the University...
Clippings – October 28th, 2024 TSP Media Report - Clippings
The Washington Post ran an article on older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia who live...
Engaging Elections: Political responsibility in the classroom - First Publics
Many sociological topics provoke heated political debates that can affect classroom dynamics. A common narrative in...
Restorative Justice - There's Research on That
Green grass with morning dew clinging and glowing in the sunlight. Image by Nandhu Kumar from...
TSP Tuesdays, October 22nd, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy A growing online movement, the “manosphere,” fuels gender-based culture wars by promoting misogynistic...
Clippings – October 21st, 2024 TSP Media Report - Clippings
Roger Southall (Professor of Sociology at the University of Witwatersrand) wrote an article for The Conversation...
War on Women on the Web - The Society Pages
Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota....
are you holding? - Contexts
Say you want to buy or sell some secondhand fashion online. To determine whether the platform...
Lessons on Living Theory - First Publics
“Well, you might say, this is all very well in ‘theory’ but what about ‘in practice’?”(Burawoy,...
TSP Tuesdays, October 15th, 2024 - The Editors' Desk
New & Noteworthy TSP Board member Shania Kuo writes up research by Patrick Krueger and colleagues’...
3Q with Nicole Bedera On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors - Council on Contemporary Families
Nicole Bedera is a sociologist and sexual violence researcher. She studies how our social structures contribute...
Clippings – October 14th, 2024 TSP Media Report - Clippings
Former President Barack Obama will be joining the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris, and...
Engaging Elections: Keeping the US elections in context - First Publics
This is a remarkable year for elections and democracy globally with about half the population of...
a broader look at the housing crisis - Contexts
As the housing crisis continues to affect millions of renters around the world, scholars tend to...
While most current literature - First Publics
While most current literature focused on implementing anti-racist pedagogy examines the instructor-undergraduate student dynamic, this article...
