Hello everyone! Our new graduate editorial board is settled in and doing big things at TSP this week. We launched a new topic tab devoted to covering health and medicine, TROT is back on the beat, and our newest members are already hard at work to bring you the latest in great social science.
The Editors’ Desk:
“Health Page Can’t Wait!” Chris Uggen introduces our newest topic page curated by Sarah Catherine Billups and Caty Taborda.
Office Hours Interview:
Peter Hall on Sociological Memoir with Matt Gunther. Peter M. Hall looks at the way personal memories help us understand place and history.
There’s Research on That!:
“The Social Life of Autism and ASD” by Sarah Catherine Billups. Social networks don’t just spread germs, they also help us make sense of sickness.
“Refugees and Social Instability” by Evan Stewart and Miray Philips. In the wake of Syria, we look to the social science on why refugees move and how they settle in.
Clippings:
“Civil Rights for the Poor” by Neeraj Rajasekar. New work by Doug Massey and Robert Putnam featured in The Atlantic.
From Our Partners:
Contexts:
“Online Friends Affect Relationship Status” by Joanna Pepin. Social networks shape the way you look at your spouse.
“Kids and Community Violence” by Megan Wilhelm. How do kids cope with trouble in the neighborhood?
“Marrying Social Activism and Spiritual Seeking” by Eve Fox. Interview with Elizabeth Lesser on the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.
Council on Contemporary Families:
What Happens When Couples Marry after the First Baby? by Kelly Musick and Katherine Michelmore. Unlike earlier research, not divorce!
And a Few From the Community Pages:
- Families as They Really Are fills us in on the state of affordable child care.
- Education and Society looks at new research by Jonathan Pryor on the experiences of transgender college students.
- Cyborgology weighs in on recent debates over online advertising, saying “Full Communism is the Ultimate Ad Blocker“