Sociological snacks, academic dishonesty, perceptions of illegal immigration, incarcerated parents, the crime drop, exacerbating the education gap with Adderral, and when we care about economic inequality, all this week on The Society Pages. Also, be sure to check out our topics pages for Gender, Culture, Inequality, Race, Crime, Politics, and Teaching to get our graduate board’s latest picks from around the web!
Office Hours podcast:
“Michaela DeSoucey on Food and Cultural Authenticity,” with Matt Gunther. DeSoucey joins to discuss her work on food, culture, consumption, and politics.
Give Methods a Chance podcast:
“Shamus Khan on Historical Data,” with Kyle Green. The author of The Practice of Research, Shamus Khan says, “I love very micro-level analyses where you can see what one person is doing or what is happening on the ground…
“Chris Uggen on Academic Dishonesty and Public Sociology,” with Sarah Esther Lageson. Our co-editor Chris Uggen takes the mic to discuss recent sociology headlines around data and ethics.
Discoveries: (formerly The Reading List)
sar”Proving Perception Trumps Reality in Immigration Debates,” by Ryan Larson. New research in Social Problems teases out perceived threat as a driver of isolationist opinions.
Clippings: (formerly Citings & Sightings)
“Black Communities Hit Hard When Government Shrinks,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. When government jobs go away, so do economic mobility opportunities for black communities, says Jennifer Laird.
“Economic Recovery Highlights Economic Inequality,” by Caty Taborda. Sociologist Leslie McCall offers the NYTimes an explanation for why worries over inequality are higher after the Great Recession.
Teaching TSP:
“Replication and Extension Projects: Making Class More Interesting and Useful,” by Matthew Salganik. A guest post to help students and the field of sociology.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“What Children Experience When Mothers, Fathers, or Both Parents Are Sent to Jail or Prison,” by Allison Dwyer Emory.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Interpersonal Violence and the Great Crime Drop,” by Samuel Walker.
Contexts Magazine:
“Academic Doping?” by Angie O’Brien.
“Learning to Parent Transgender Children,” by Nicole Bedera.
“What Sells Women’s Soccer?” by Rachel Allison.
“Got Skills?” by Karen L. Kelsky.
“Words Burn Lips,” by Sylvia Pasquetti.
“Hiking the West Bank,” by Andy Clarno.
A Few from the Community Pages Blogs:
- Sociological Images: women graduate college at higher rates than men… unless they’re gay. Also: using OK Cupid to teach research methods, children’s pageants and the performance of gender, conservatives’ moral acceptance of homosexuality, and race, gender, and skin color dynamism in comic books (reprinted from Feminist Reflections). Finally, do not skip Grumpy Sociology (wait… no one skips grumpy sociology…)
- Cyborgology, meet SCOTUS. SCOTUS, meet Cyborgology. A new ruling allows for flexibility in understanding and punishing online harassment and threats.
- Education & Society looks at new research suggesting high-achievers’ reading comprehension grows just as well in the summer sun as in the classroom.
- Girl w/ Pen: Manly Musings’ C.J. Pascoe and Sarah Diefendorf consider sexual conservatives and the curious case(s) of the Duggars.
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