Hey everyone! We’ve got tons of great research and writing across the site this week. Enjoy!
TSP Special Feature:
“The Untold Asian American Success Story,” by Jennifer Lee, Jess Lee, and Oshin Khachikian. A new special feature reveals three “untold stories” of Asian American mobility and success.
Office Hours:
“Jooyoung Lee on Blowin’ Up: Rap Dreams in South Central,” with Matthew Aguilar-Champeau. Our latest podcast episode features a conversation with professor Jooyoung Lee about his research and his many skills – from ethnography to dance.
There’s Research on That!:
“The Illusion of Media Objectivity,” by j. Siguru Wahutu. Despite ideals of media objectivity, social scientists find that political reporting is far from unbiased.
“Indigenous Health,” by Allison Nobles. Social science researchers point to a number of social and historical factors that help explain why Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have lower life expectancies than any other U.S. racial group.
Discoveries:
“From Glass Ceilings to Class Ceilings,” by Jacqui Frost. New research on Britain in the American Sociological Review finds that even when people who are from working-class backgrounds are successful in entering a high-status occupation, they earn an average of 17% less than individuals from privileged backgrounds in that same occupation.
Clippings:
“Police Brutality Leads to Fewer 911 calls,” by Chelsea Carlson. Matt Desmond, Andrew Papachristos, and David Kirk talked to The Atlantic about the consequences of police violence.
“More Fun For Dads Means More Stress For Moms,” by Allison Nobles. The Huffington Post recently featured sociologist Ann Meier and her research on the division of parenting labor.
“The Shawshank Restriction? Penal Laws and Felon Disenfranchisement,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Our very own Chris Uggen, Ryan Larson, and Sarah Shannon were featured in The New York Times and elsewhere for their research on felon disenfranchisement. See the full report here.
“Students of All Backgrounds Prefer Teachers of Color,” by Caty Taborda-Whitt. Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng and Peter Halpin discuss their research on students’ perceptions of their teachers with NPR.
From Our Partners:
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Forward or Back on Voting Rights? A Research Compendium.” A collection of SSN posts on voting rights and regulations.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Is TANF Working for Struggling Millennial Parents?” by Shawn Fremstad.
Contexts:
“Maybe Government Could Actually Work,” by Joey Brown.
“Torture and Scientism,” by Steven Ward.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Girl w/Pen! has some thoughts on “locker room talk”
- Cyborgology traces the history of bathrooms and trans rights
- Sociological Images interrogates Trump’s science of group conflict
- Families As They Really Are finds that millennials may have found a new secret to sexual happiness.
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