Hello, everyone! TSP has been buzzing with everything from elections abroad to academics at home this week. Here’s a look at our latest work.
There’s Research on That!:
“Is #MasculinitySoFragile?” Allison Nobles and Aisha Upton look at the research that makes this hashtag resonate.
“Mass Incarceration’s Challenges for Black America: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Edition.” Amber Powell rounds up research from the sociologists featured in Coates’ latest article for The Atlantic.
Discoveries:
“Fact or Fiction: NFL Players More Criminal than General Population” by Amber Powell. Research from Wanda Leal, Marc Gertz, and Alex Piquero shows the answer may surprise you!
Give Methods a Chance:
Vinnie Roscigno on Mixed Methods Research. “I feel more confident when I can pull off this blending of methods…this type of sociology is poignant. It’s powerful.”
Clippings:
“Men Who ‘Wait for Marriage‘” by Amber Powell. Sarah Diefendorf talks to The Huffington Post about her research on male abstinence support groups.
“An Academic Bind: ‘Publish or Perish’ Means Playing It Safe” by Miray Philips. A study on the sociology of studies. So meta.
“Surviving Gun Violence” by Eamon Whalen. “Getting shot really changes a person’s social world”
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“The Complexities of Black Youth Suicide” by Kimya N. Dennis
Contexts:
“Would you empty your bank account for…” Take the poll and tell us who you would rescue!
“Something’s Going on North of the Border, Eh?” Howard Ramos gives us a look at the Canadian elections this past week.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Sociological Images talks planned obsolescence and the links between masculinity, marines, and My Little Pony
- Cyborgology talks authenticity in political campaigns and small town internet
- Sociological Lens analyzes the airport
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