{"id":4084,"date":"2016-09-02T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2016-09-01T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:27:31","slug":"tsps-weekly-roundup-sept-2-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2016\/09\/02\/tsps-weekly-roundup-sept-2-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"TSP&#8217;s Weekly Roundup: Sept. 2, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4090\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2016\/09\/ffa745a0-df79-4614-b512-87821fb63ee4-600x511.jpg\" alt=\"ffa745a0-df79-4614-b512-87821fb63ee4\" width=\"450\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2016\/09\/ffa745a0-df79-4614-b512-87821fb63ee4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/files\/2016\/09\/ffa745a0-df79-4614-b512-87821fb63ee4-330x281.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Friday everyone! We here at TSP are gearing up for the start of a new semester and are excited about welcoming some new grad board members, starting some new projects, and continuing to report on the best in sociological research. To kick off the school year, in addition to linking to our most recent posts, this week we highlight some of the blogs at TSP that are great resources for teachers and students alike.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/\">Teaching with TSP<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p>If you are teaching classes this fall, or prepping a class for the near future, check out the wide variety of syllabi, activities, and videos at our <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/\">Teaching TSP<\/a> blog. We have great posts on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/2015\/02\/16\/intro-to-sociological-methods-using-reading-lists\/\">use Discoveries to teach methods<\/a>, how to <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/2015\/05\/11\/trot\/\">use TROTs to show students how to summarize research<\/a>, and how to <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/teaching\/2014\/11\/10\/mediating-media-responses-to-tragedy-considering-how-social-science-could-influence-policy\/\">use social science to get students to reflect on evidence used in the media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/\">Discoveries<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p>Looking for short and interesting summaries of recent research articles by sociologists? Look no further than our Discoveries blog! We cover two to four articles a month and pull from\u00a0dozens of\u00a0journals. Some of our recent summaries include <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2016\/02\/04\/bilingual-benefits-vary-by-gender\/\">how bilingual benefits vary by gender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/category\/race\/\">how social media influences anti-fracking movements<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/discoveries\/2016\/04\/24\/smart-whites-less-racist-in-principle-not-necessarily-policy\/\">how intelligence does not necessarily curb racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/\">Clippings<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/08\/29\/race-and-perceived-attractiveness\/\">Race and Perceived Attractiveness<\/a>,&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/neeraj\/\">Neeraj Rajasekar<\/a>. New research shows how black people are seen as more attractive if they tell others they are mixed-race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/08\/31\/divorce-season\/\">Divorce Season<\/a>,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/people\/allison\/\">Allison Nobles<\/a>. Turns out, there is not only a marriage season, but divorces also follow seasonal trends.<\/p>\n<h3>From Our Partners:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/\">Council on Contemporary Families<\/a>:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/ccf\/2016\/08\/30\/welfare-reform-attitudes-and-single-mothers-employment\/\">Welfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers\u2019 Employment after 20 Years<\/a>,&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/socy.umd.edu\/facultyprofile\/Cohen\/Philip%20N.\">Phil Cohen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>And a Few from the Community Pages:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/feminist\/\">Feminist Reflections<\/a> reflects on <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/feminist\/2016\/09\/01\/much-ado-about-sex-roles\/\">sex role theory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/\">Sociological Images<\/a> talks <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2016\/08\/31\/support-for-taxing-the-rich-is-growing-among-republicans\/\">taxing the rich<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2016\/08\/26\/insisting-on-boys-and-girls-bikes\/\">symbolism of\u00a0boy and girl bikes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/families\/\">Families As They Really Are<\/a> asks that we <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/families\/2016\/08\/29\/learn-from-millennials-ditch-bathroom-bills\/\">learn from millennials and ditch bathroom bills<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/toolbox\/\">Sociology Toolbox<\/a> helps <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/toolbox\/critical_thinking\/\">foster critical thinking<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2016\/08\/26\/tsps-weekly-roundup-aug-26-2016\/\">Last Week\u2019s Roundup<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/roundup\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/roundup\">Sign Up for Inbox Delivery of the Roundup<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/webad.aspx?id=4294992571\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/books.wwnorton.com\/books\/webad.aspx?id=4294987593\">Our Latest Book<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday everyone! We here at TSP are gearing up for the start of a new semester and are excited about welcoming some new grad board members, starting some new projects, and continuing to report on the best in sociological research. To kick off the school year, in addition to linking to our most recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4084"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4093,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions\/4093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}