Welcome back! This week we’ve got a new podcast episode featuring Courtney Bell on how she teaches sociology to high schoolers. You can also find social science research on media coverage of immigration, public housing’s mental health benefits, and the trouble with school registration timelines.
Office Hours:
“Teacher Spotlight: Courtney Bell,” by Amber Powell. In our most recent episode, Amber talks with high school teacher, Courtney Bell about how she makes sociology engaging for high school students.
There’s Research on That!:
“Global Media Coverage of Immigration,” by Allison J. Steinke. Immigration seems to always be in the news, so we rounded up social science research on how media covers immigration globally.
Discoveries:
“How Registration Timelines Worsen School Inequality,” by Jean Marie Maier. New research in Sociology of Education finds that public school registration timelines can worsen school inequality.
“Public Housing Provides Children Mental Health Benefits,” by Allison Nobles. New research in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior finds that public housing may benefit children’s mental health.
Clippings:
“Fewer Marriages Mean Fewer Divorces,” by Mark Lee. In a recent article in The Atlantic, Andrew Cherlin provides an unromantic explanation for fewer divorces.
“Gentrification and Toxic Waste,” by Jasmine Syed. The Guardian talks to Scott Frickel and James R. Elliot about current data on environmental hazards and how gentrification has diversified the types of people at risk of exposure to toxic waste.
From Our Partners:
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Housewife Visas and Highly Skilled Immigrant Families in the U.S.,” by Pallavi Banerjee.
Social Studies MN:
““Fake News” and Informational Moral Panic,” by Allison J. Steinke.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies reflects on the politics in naming genocides.
- Cyborgology ponders the gender politics of Doctor Who, part two.
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