Oh hi. Between the start of the semester, sickness, and the mustering of a new grad board, the poor Roundup has gone un-rounded! Time to remedy that, with a Roundup of epic scale. There’s something for everyone, so let that sociological imagination run wild! And don’t forget, if you’re an educator or a student, to let us know how you’re using TSP in your classrooms. It always helps us find new directions!
Features:
“The Feel of Faith,” by Daniel Winchester. Examining the physical artifacts of Eastern Orthodox worship.
Office Hours:
“Ken Kolb on Moral Wages,” with Matt Gunther. A podcast on why public servants persevere, even when they don’t profit.
There’s Research on That!:
“Crime and Scandal in the NFL,” by Ryan Larson. There isn’t a higher incidence of crime among NFL players, but there is a higher incidence of domestic violence; public outrage rises when punishments don’t seem to align with crimes; and how organizations handle scandal.
“Homelessness at the VMAs,” by Jacqui Frost. Framing social problems and the “deserving” needy.
“Reflecting on Ferguson,” by Evan Stewart. Militarization, gender, and race—dimensions that shape communities and policing.
Reading List:
“Class and the Old-for-Your-Grade Advantage,” by Amy August. And here you thought hockey prowess was the only reason to delay a kid’s school start…
The Editors’ Desk:
“Books, Big Aspirations, and Social Facts,” by Doug Hartmann. Starting the first semester of his new “Great Books in Sociology” class catches Doug considering why so many media outlets are calling for facts on the “Ferguson situation” when there are already so many facts close at hand (then provides a handy reading list).
Citings & Sightings:
“Canada: Commit Sociology, Protect Indigenous Women,” by Amy August. Canada works to #BringBackOurGirls as hundreds and hundreds of aboriginal women and girls go missing.
“When Countries Develop, Women Get Smarter Faster,” by Kat Albrecht. We suspect the reverse may be true, too.
“Marriage and the Market: How Economic Inequality and Gender Equality Shape Marriage Trends,” by Jacqui Frost. The pushes and pulls of marriage and divorce rates in the U.S.
“Urban Planners in Zarazoga Test the Waters,” by Andrew Wiebe. A Spanish sociologist helps a city shift from a focus on supply to one on demand—with help from some stats, of course.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“How Fathers’ Imprisonment Undercuts Children’s Readiness for School—Especially Hurting Black Boys,” by Anna R. Haskins.
“How Emergency Managers and Community Organizations Can Cooperate to Handle Disasters,” by Scott E. Robinson.
“Attacking Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Likely Radicalize the Islamic Republic’s Government and Politics,” by Matthew Gratias.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Homesick Kids and Helicopter Parents: Watch that Judgment of ‘Kids Today’!” by Susan Matt.
“Overwork May Explain 10% of Men’s Wage Advantage,” by Youngjoo Cha.
“In School, Good Looks Hurt and Good Looks Help (But They Mostly Help),” by Rachel A. Gordon and Robert Crosnoe.
“Promoting Marriage Among Single Mothers: An Ineffective Weapon in the War on Poverty,” by Kristi Williams.
A Few From the Community Pages:
- Sociological Images: Man up, Ladies! Don’t try to outsmart birds; James Baldwin and Kanye West share a thought; white Americans have homogenous social networks; and camo on cops signals citizens are enemies.
- Feminist Reflections on hipster and Pixar masculinity.
- Cyborgology: How Twitter became a moral battleground; GamerGate and consumerism; and how nothing comes of trying to sort “good” and “bad” technology.
- Families As They Really Are: TMI parenting; how families can exist without children; and how homesickness went from an expression of fondness to an expression of loser-dom.
- Sociology Lens with the hottest new dance craze: The Economist Twist.
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