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Hello and happy Friday! This week we’ve got social science research on first-generation students and the crisis in higher education, new research on how anti-immigrant groups exaggerate immigration projections, and sociological perspectives on the civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia.

There’s Research on That!:

“Push for Completion May Harm First-Generation Students,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. In response to University of Wisconsin-Superior’s recent decision to cut academic programs, we rounded up research to discuss how these decisions may affect first-generation students.

Discoveries:

“Exaggerating Immigration on the Internet,” by Lucas Lynch. New research in Social Problems investigates how anti-immigrant groups manipulate immigration projections in the United States.

Clippings:

“How Do We Talk about Sexual Violence?” by Allison Nobles. Vox talks to Heather Hlavka about the language we use to describe and define sexual violence.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“Pod Panic & Social Problems,” by Evan Stewart.

Contexts:

“Virginia is for Lovers,” by Gretchen Livingston, Peter Wallenstein, Angela Gonzales, and Christopher Bonastia.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Millennials, Gender, and a More Open Society,” by Barbara J. Risman.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Cyborgology reflects on technology in India, paywalls in academia, and Amazon’s second headquarters.
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies discusses the problem with comparing Hitler to a bully.

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Welcome sociology friends! This week we’re wrapping up our “Best of 2017” posts and ramping up for 2018! We’ve got new pieces on Trump’s tweets and racial injustice, screen capping news stories, and neighborhood segregation.

Discoveries:

*~* Best of 2017 *~*

“When Your In-Law is an Outlaw,” by Ryan Larson. New research in Criminology finds that previously convicted brothers-in-law increase the likelihood of crime for new husbands — regardless of their own criminal histories.

Clippings:

*~* Best of 2017 *~*

“How College Became Synonymous with Sex,” by Brooke Chambers. Lisa Wade writes for Time Magazine and explains how colleges went from being rigid institutions to hubs for parties and casual sex.

“How Trump’s Tweets Distract from Racial Injustice,” by Lucas Lynch. ABC News talked with Ben Carrington and Doug Hartmann about Trump’s tweets about athletes may reveal racial bias.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“Screen Capping the News Shows Different Stories for Different Folks,” by Kyle Green.

Contexts:

“Education Changes Neighborhood Segregation,” by Kelsey Drotning.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Cyborgology reflects on the users of communication devices in a technology-dependent world.
• Dispatches from a Dean reprints Scott Myers-Lipton’s MLK Day speech.

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Happy Friday Everyone! This week we’ve got some new pieces on parole revocations and Alabama’s special election, as well as revisits from 2017 on the immigration-crime paradox and gender gaps in tenure promotion.

There’s Research on That!:

*~* Best of 2017 *~*

“The Immigration-Crime Paradox,” by Ryan Larson. Research shows that even though immigrants and the areas they inhabit are associated with lower levels of crime, both documented and undocumented individuals are more likely to be incarcerated and receive longer prison sentences.

Discoveries:

*~* Best of 2017 *~*

“Biased Evaluations Contribute to Gender Gaps in Tenure Promotion,” by Amber Joy Powell. A new study in Social Forces explores why female academics have a harder time achieving tenure promotion than their male peers.

Clippings:

“Violations of Parole Supervision Increase Prison Time,” by Caity Curry. Shawn Bushwayand David Harding talk to The Conversation about how violations of parole conditions appear to be a key driver of high prison populations, rather than new offenses.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“In Alabama’s Special Election, What about the Men?” by Mairead Eastin Moloney.

Contexts:

“On Culture, Politics, and Poverty,” by Lawrence M. Eppard, Noam Chomsky, Mark R. Rank, and David Brady.

“Pushes and Pulls for Professional Women,” by Mary DeStefano.

“Self-fulfilling status?” by Shilpa Venkatraman.

“Friends in Low Places,” by Shaun Genter.

“Parents’ Faith brings Friendship,” by  Rose Malinowski Weingartner.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure,” by Barbara J. Risman.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies reviews On the Subject of Tattoos, a PhD thesis by a Nazi camp doctor.
• Sociology Toolbox highlights teaching tools for a new semester.

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Welcome to our first roundup of 2018! We’re glad to have you. In addition to more “Best of 2017” posts, we’ve got new pieces for you on how children learn rules for romance in preschool, race in adoptive families, and reflections on the NFL protests throughout 2017.

The Editor’s Desk:

On the Eds’ Desk this week, Doug Hartmann reflects on the NFL National Anthem Protests in 2017 and how they might be remembered in the future.

Office Hours:

*~* Best of 2017 *~*

“Best of 2017: Mimi Schippers on Polyamory and Polyqueer Sexualities,” with Allison Nobles. In this episode we talked with Mimi Schippers about the ways our cultural disposition toward compulsory monogamy reproduces inequalities and limits the ways we can view relationships.

Discoveries:

“Children Learn Rules for Romance in Preschool,” by Allison Nobles. New Research in Sociology of Education finds that children in preschool classrooms learn that heterosexual relationships are normal and that boys and girls have different roles to play in them.

Clippings:

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“Best of 2017: Gendering Gender-Neutral Occupations,” by Caity Curry. The Globe and Mail covered research from Laura Doering and Sarah Thébaud examining how gender-ambiguous occupations become gendered over time.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“Small Books, Big Questions: Diversity in Children’s Literature,” by Evan Stewart.

Social Studies MN:

“Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility,” by Allison J. Steinke.

Contexts:

“It’s Better to be Angry Together,” by Philip Cohen.

“Hurricane Party,” by Rachel Tolbert Kimbro.

“Where Intersectionality is a Strategy,” by Eric Stone.

“Facing Race in Adoptive Families,” by Chandra Reyna.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies reviews Nadia Murad’s, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State.
• Cyborgology asks does social media make people less social?

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Looking to bring in the new year with some sociological perspective? We’ve got you covered. This week we’ve got some great new pieces and some of our best from over the year.

Office Hours:

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“Lisa Wade on American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus,” with Amber Joy Powell and Allison Nobles. Voted best podcast of 2017 by the TSP board, in this episode we talked with Wade about the complexities involved in navigating the ‘hookup culture’ found on college campuses.

Discoveries:

“Shining a Light on Lower Crime in Brazil,” by Caity Curry. New research in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology finds that electricity policies in areas that previously had little to no access to electricity can be an essential tool for crime control.

*~* Best of 2017 *~*
“Minority Men doing ‘Women’s Work’,” by Allison Nobles. Research in The Sociological Quarterly finds that all groups of racial minority men are more likely than white men to work in female-dominated jobs.

Clippings:

“Promoting Women Reduces Sexual Harassment,” by Natalie Alteri. Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev tell the Harvard Business Review that more women in leadership roles is vital to remedying sexual harassment culture in the workplace.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“Listen Up! Great Social Science Podcasts,” by Evan Stewart.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies reviews Jeffrey Olick’s The Sins of the Fathers: Germany, Memory, Method.
• Cyborgology explains glitch feminism and constructive anxiety.

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Looking for some reading material for your winter break? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve got some great new pieces this week, as well as a new issue from Contexts and a brand new TSP volume, Give Methods a Chance. We’ll also be rolling out our *Best of 2017* over the next few weeks, so you can catch up on all the great posts from the year. Enjoy!

There’s Research on That!:

“Navigating Multiracial Identities,” by Allison Nobles and Amber Joy Powell. The latest royal wedding announcement got us thinking about the complexities of being multiracial in an increasingly diverse global world.

*~* Best of 2017 *~*
“Revisiting Rape Culture as Survivors Say ‘Me Too’,” by Amber Joy Powell. In the midst of over 500,000 women and men saying #MeToo, we highlighted research on the causes and consequences of rape culture in the United States.

Discoveries:

“Showing Off Your Sacred Side,” by Evan Stewart. New research in Sociological Science finds that Muslim women who have children aren’t necessarily more religious, but they are more likely to signal their religiosity to others in public.

Clippings:

“Why Athletic Scandals Seem Standard in Higher Education,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. In a guest post for Salon, Rick Eckstein argues that problems with the NCAA are a symptom of larger problems with corporatizing higher education in the U.S.

From Our Partners:

Contexts:

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“Race, Class, and the Framing of Drug Epidemics,” by Rebecca Tiger.

“Segregation in Social Networks on Facebook,” by Bas Hofstra, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen, and Nicole Ellison.

“Closeted Womanhood,” by Ellie Malmrose.

“Crime is Even Lower in Diverse Immigrant Neighborhoods,” by Hannah Kleman.

Social Studies MN:

“Who Puts Politics on TV?” by Allison J. Steinke.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies talks making genocide “family-friendly” in El Salvador.
• Cyborgology explains how Facebook designs emotions and why we we aren’t accepting visitors from other planets right now.

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Welcome to another week at TSP! We’ve got some great work on LGBT parents, how parole officers define work for formerly incarcerated Black women, and how the Census categorizes multiracial individuals in the United States.

There’s Research on That!:

“LGBT Parents Widen Definitions but Face Challenges,” by Caity Curry and Allison Nobles. We compiled social science research on how LGBT parents expand definitions of families, as well as legal challenges they face, and children’s outcomes.

Discoveries:

“How Parole Officers Define Work for Black Women,” by Amber Joy Powell. New research in Gender & Society demonstrates how parole and probation officers limit what counts as “work” for formerly incarcerated Black women.

Clippings:

“Cleaning Racial Identity in the U.S. Census,” by Lucas Lynch. The Atlantic talked with Robyn Autry about the difficulty of categorizing racial identity for multiracial individuals in the United States.

“Latinx Immigrants Perceive Discrimination Differently,” by Nahrissa Rush. NPR spoke to Emilio Parrado about why Latinx immigrants perceive less discrimination than those born in the United States.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“SocImages Classic—The Ugly Christmas Sweater: From Ironic Nostalgia to Festive Simulation,” by Kerri Scheer.

Contexts:

“Helicopter Parents in the Hospital,” by Danielle Koonce.

“Swedish Parents get the Interview,” by Lucia Lykke.

“Fewer Kids, More Equality,” by Carrie Clarady.

“Health, Now and Later,” by Justin Maietta.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies interviews human rights expert Juan Méndez on Colombia’s peace process.
• Cyborgology reflects on the intersection of identity and the data self.

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Welcome back everyone. This week we’ve got new pieces on tax reform and inequality, whiteness on American television, and sexual harassment in sports media. See below for that and more from this week at TSP.

There’s Research on That!:

“Why Tax Reform Matters for Inequality,” by Jean Marie DeOrnellas. The tax bill is still under discussion by Congress, so we rounded up research on how tax policy affects the structure of social inequality in America.

Discoveries:

“Dance, Authenticity, and Multiculturalism,” by Neeraj Rajasekar. New research in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity reveals the complexities of dancing as an expression of ethnic identity.

Clippings:

“How Whiteness Shapes the Stories We See on TV,” by Jacqui Frost. The Washington Post talks to Darnell Hunt about the ways people of color are represented in the shows we watch.

“Social Movement Pathways to Power,” by Lucas Lynch. In a recent New York Times piece, Kenneth T. Andrews argues that social movements can bring about change through exercising different types of power.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

What Drives Conspiracy Theories?,” by Evan Stewart.

“How Hate Hangs On,” by Evan Stewart.

Contexts:

“Hope in the Sweatshops of Buenos Aires,” by Matías Dewey, Katherine Walker, and Sarah Pabst.

“Get Tough on the Huddled Masses,” by Polina Zvavitch.

“Of Porn and Prayer,” by Brittany Dernberger.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Women’s Sexual Lives May Not Be About What We Think: Pragmatism in Women’s Infidelity,” by Alicia Walker.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Engaging Sports talks sexual harassment in sports media.
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies interviews human rights expert Juan Méndez.

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The end of the year is getting closer, and we’ve been in a reflective mood at TSP this week. We’ve got some thoughts on the history of American individualism by editor Doug Hartmann over at The Editors’ Desk, a roundup of research on rapid attitudinal changes toward LGBTQ rights, and some historical examples of why it’s important to worry about normalizing white nationalism.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Self-Reliance and the ‘Least of These’,” by Doug Hartmann. Reflecting on what he’s thankful for this season and what he’s hopeful for in the years to come, Doug talks Little House on the Prairie, American individualism, and being grateful for our communities.

There’s Research on That!:

“Organizational Harassment and a Culture of Secrecy,” by Isabel Arriagada. Social science research explores the social dynamics of sexual harassment in the workplace and the conditions that prevent reporting.

“Progress and Uncertainty for LGBTQ Communities,” by Allison Nobles and Caity Curry. Research on past shifts in attitudes towards same-sex relationships provide insight on what the future may hold for the LGBTQ community.

Discoveries:

“Cracking Jokes and Dealing Drugs,” by Caity Curry. New research in Criminology finds that drug dealers often use wit as a way to mitigate the riskiness of their occupation.

Clippings:

“How the Average Joe Helped Crime Control,” by Isabel Arriagada.  Patrick Sharkey and doctoral students Gerard Torrats-Espinoza and Delaram Takyar talk to the New York Times about how community groups are connected to lower crime rates.

“What Makes Dad Do the Dishes?” by Natalie Alteri. Slate published an article by Jill Yavorsky who explains six major factors that contribute to a more equal sharing of household responsibilities.

“How Dual-Earners Make it Work,” by Allison Nobles. The BBC talked to Phyllis Moen about balancing work and life in a dual-earner relationship.

From Our Partners:

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“Why We Worry About Normalizing White Nationalism,” by Evan Stewart.

“When Social Class Chooses Your College Major,” by Jacqui Frost.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“DACA Decision, ‘A very painful thing’,” by Tasia Clemons.

And a Few from the Community Pages:

• Feminist Reflections amplifies girls’ voices at Girls Rock Camp.
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies explains why revising the official narrative is part of reparations.

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If you you’re avoiding Black Friday shopping, recovering from a big meal, or just need some sociology in your life, we have the gobbledy-goods! This week we have new research on beliefs about meritocracy in the United States and China, social science on the meanings of “white supremacy,” and reflections on the role of private schools for inequality in higher education.

There’s Research on That!:

“What is ‘White Supremacy’?” by Neeraj Rajasekar. Social science helps us parse out different meanings of the phrase,”white supremacy.”

Discoveries:

“Who Believes in Bootstraps?” by Lucas Lynch. New research in The Sociological Quarterly finds that Chinese are more likely than Americans to believe hard work is not the only key to success, despite both countries having long histories of meritocracy.

Clippings:

“Will Private Schools Pay Up?” by Evan Stewart. The New York Times talked with Charlie Eaton about how private schools play a part in inequality in higher education.

From Our Partners:

Sociological Images:

“Season’s Greetings from America’s Men,” by D’Lane R. Compton.

“Silencing Sexual Harassment Complaints in Pakistan and the US,” by Fauzia Husain.

Social Studies MN:

“Chatbots, Mobile Apps, and the Future of Journalism,” by Allison J. Steinke.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Revisit: A Review of National Crime Victim Victimization Findings on Rape and Sexual Assault,” by  Jessica L. Wheeler.

“Revisit: Women not enrolled in Four-Year Universities and Colleges Have Higher Risk of Sexual Assault,” by Jennifer Barber, Yasamin Kusunoki, and and Jamie Budnick.

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