Health

This Teaching Sociology article by Michael C. Lotspeich-Yadao and colleagues demonstrates the benefits of experiential learning for students interested in health careers.

Are you teaching a course on health care? This video from ASA’s video series features Paul Starr of Princeton University as he discusses how the healthcare industry has changed over time and why it’s important.

In this article, the authors discuss the lasting impact state interactions can have on marginalized mothers, medical mistrust, and Fundamental Cause Theory. They also provide an exercise that can be useful for discussing these topics with students.  

In this Context’s piece, Auldridge-Reveles and Murphy (2024) argue that we need a sociology of flourishing or well-being instead of focusing only on social problems.