Hello and happy Friday! We are enjoying our last few days of winter break here in Minnesota, but we are excited to be back in full force for the spring semester next week. In this roundup, we have our last round of Best Of and Most Popular 2016 posts, and we highlight some new pieces on charitable giving, medical school, and repertoires of contention.
There’s Research on That!:
“The Social Determinants of Charitable Giving,” by Caity Curry. The holidays are an annual “giving season” for many, but research shows that social factors often determine who gives and for what.
*~!MOST POPULAR 2016!~*
“Millennials Misunderstood,” by Evan Stewart. In the most viewed TROT of 2016, social research helps explain why Millennials are at once fiercely independent, but also missing key markers of adulthood.
Clippings:
“Teaching Medical Students To Rethink Race,” by Caty Taborda-Whitt. Dorothy Roberts talks to Stat News about the need for medical students to learn about the social construction of race.
Discoveries:
*~!BEST OF 2016!~*
“Fifty Shades of Pay,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Voted Best Title of 2016, this Discovery details a study from Sociology of Race and Ethnicity that finds wage inequalities between dark and light skinned immigrants.
*~!MOST POPULAR 2016!~*
“On Noisy Neighbors,” by Evan Stewart. The most viewed Discovery of 2016 summarizes research from AJS that shows how class and culture determine what we find “noisy.”
From Our Partners:
Contexts:
“Revisiting the Rationing of Medical Degrees in the United States,” by Tania M. Jenkins and Shalini Reddy.
“The Contemporary American University, In Seven Emails,” by Rebecca Schuman.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Disabled American Workers Need Ongoing Social Support As Well As Jobs and Fair Wages,” by Gwendolyn Barnhart.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Sociological Images talks income inequality and mass murder as a repertoire of contention.
- Cyborgology remembers Zygmunt Bauman and trolls #notallmen in India.
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