New & Noteworthy

Meet some of the TSP student board members from our last board meeting in our latest TikTok! The TSP board is made up for undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Minnesota and led by Dr. Christopher Uggen and Dr. Douglas Hartmann.

Mallory Harrington published a new Discovery by Michelle Gomez Parra and Lorena Garcia on the impact college has on young Latina women. Gender and sexuality expectations were core drivers for Latinas to attend college and redefine their identity.

From the Archives

Fall is in full swing and Halloween is right around the corner! Read “Why We Love Autumn” by Edgar Campos to learn about how our emotions are connected with this cozy time of year.

Claudia Goldin won the Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on women in the workplace and how education and occupational choices diverge for men and women after the birth of a child. For men, fathers made more than non-fathers, while mothers made less than non-mothers. Learn more from a piece in Council on Contemporary Families by Tania Cabello-Hutt and Kate Weisshaar.

More from our Partners & Community Pages

Contexts‘ latest include:

• Elena van Stee talks with Dr. C.J. Pascoe on her new book Nice Is Not Enough Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High. Click here to watch the interview and learn more about U.S. school’s culture of kindness.
• Parker Muzzeall writes up research on green-construction and how local civic institutions can guide these environmentally friendly initiatives.

Council on Contemporary Families:

• Stephanie M. Ortiz shares findings from her new research on college women and their negative online experiences of sexism, violence, and abuse.