During the summer, we are publishing our newsletter every other week. We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming in the fall. New and Noteworthy Board member S Ericson wrote up new research from Miloš Broćić and Andrew Miles that shows that college attendance influences moral values. Attending college is associated with compassion but not […]

Worth a Read (Sociologically Speaking) For Mother’s Day we rounded up some of our best pieces over the years on the challenges of motherhood plus a few additional good reads on motherhood we haven’t covered. New and Noteworthy Board member Isabel Arriagada created this short and engaging video highlighting new research from John Leverso and […]

Mother’s day is a good opportunity to surprise your mom with breakfast in bed, flowers, or a gift. It’s also a good opportunity to reflect on the challenges of motherhood, particularly in the United States, and consider how both individual and social change can help all mothers continue to thrive. We’ve rounded up some TSP […]

Worth a Read (Sociologically Speaking) Board member Jacob Otis rounded up social science research on police complaints that shows that police reform is not about just removing a “few bad apples” from duty and will require systemic change New and Noteworthy Arielle Kuperberg and Pamela Stone wrote wrote about their new article on depictions of […]

New and Noteworthy Board member Jacob Otis wrote up research from Kate Watson and her colleagues on the challenges school social workers faced during covid-19 pandemic to meet student’s basic needs, emphasizing that the importance of schools extends beyond academics. Citings and Sightings Axios covered the latest data drop from the Shift Project, led by […]