{"id":3242,"date":"2015-02-27T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=3242"},"modified":"2015-03-01T18:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T23:33:39","slug":"ru022715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2015\/02\/27\/ru022715\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP’s Weekly Roundup: Feb. 27, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RU022715\"<\/a>February may be a short month, but we’re never short on sociology to share.<\/p>\n

Roundtables:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Is the (Tea) Party Over?<\/a>” by Erik Kojola and Jack Delehanty. Scholars\u00a0Meghan A. Burke<\/a>,\u00a0Ruth Braunstein<\/a>,\u00a0Andrew Perrin<\/a>, and\u00a0Robert Horwitz<\/a>\u00a0weigh in on the past, present, and future of a young political movement.<\/p>\n

The Editors’ Desk:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Oscar Winners Put Social Issues Center Stage<\/a>.” A look at some accessible research on four big social issues raised in Academy Award speeches last weekend.<\/p>\n

“Contexts: New Issue, New Site<\/a>,” by Doug Hartmann. New editors\u00a0Philip Cohen<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Syed Ali<\/a>\u00a0have put out their first issue and launched the revamped contexts.org<\/a>, hosted by thesocietypages.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s Research on That!<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Extra! Extra! Read All about It, All the Time!<\/a>” by Sarah Catherine Billups. A look at media saturation with research from\u00a0Sara Goldrick-Rab<\/a>,\u00a0Lauren Schudde<\/a>,\u00a0Jennie E. Brand<\/a>, Fabian T. Pfeffer<\/a>,\u00a0Matthew Curry<\/a>,\u00a0Yu Xie<\/a>,\u00a0Mina Dadgar<\/a>,\u00a0Madeline J. Trimble<\/a>,\u00a0Christopher Jepsen<\/a>, Kenneth Troske<\/a>, and\u00a0Paul Coomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Who—and How—Community College Helps<\/a>,” by Anne Kaduk and Amy August. A sociological primer on Obama’s plan to make two years of community college free, with work from\u00a0Kenneth T. Andrews<\/a>,\u00a0Neal Caren<\/a>,\u00a0Rachel Best<\/a>,\u00a0Arnout van de Rijt<\/a>, Eran Shor<\/a>, Charles Ward,\u00a0Steven Skiena<\/a>,\u00a0Karin Wahl-Jorgensen<\/a>, and\u00a0Stephen Ostertag<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Citings & Sightings:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Cheap Gas Has Pricey Consequences<\/a>,” by Neeraj Rajasekar.\u00a0Guangqing Chi<\/a>\u00a0on the way pump prices change driving habits.<\/p>\n

“God and Good Citizens,<\/a>” by Sarah Catherine Billups.\u00a0Penny Edgell<\/a>\u00a0on the perceived tie between religion and morality.<\/p>\n

“Orphaned by Incarceration<\/a>,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. When Sesame Street adds a character with a parent behind bars,\u00a0Christopher Wildeman<\/a>, Sara Wakefield<\/a>, Kristin Turney<\/a>, and John Hagan<\/a>\u00a0talk to The Nation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“Happily Never After? The Challenges of ‘Marrying Up’<\/a>,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. Scholar\u00a0Jessi Streib<\/a>\u00a0discusses how cross-class marriages aren’t as common as they seem in the movies, but they certainly can, and do, work out in the real world.<\/p>\n

Give Methods a Chance Podcast:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Naomi Sugie on Using Smartphones for Research<\/a>,” with\u00a0Sarah Esther Lageson.\u00a0Naomi Sugie<\/a>\u00a0tells GMAC, “Smartphones have their limitations, but they…\u00a0can expand the realm of empirical investigation for researchers to consider questions and ideas we just weren\u2019t able to think about before…”<\/p>\n

Contexts Magazine:<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Winter 2015 issue<\/a> is brimming with goodies! Some are available on contexts.org<\/a>, but the full issue is out from behind its paywall for another three weeks at contexts.sagepub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Council on Contemporary Families:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“Equal Pay? Not Yet for Mothers<\/a>,” by\u00a0Shelley J. Correll<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scholars Strategy Network:<\/a><\/h3>\n

“The Promising Launch of Community-Oriented Charter Schools in New Orleans<\/a>,” by\u00a0Brian R. Beabout<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Joseph L. Boselovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A Few from the Community Pages<\/a>:<\/h3>\n