S Ericson

Undergraduate Board Member
University of Minnesota

StoryMap | What “They” Don’t Want You to Know About Conspiracy Theories

by Adapted by Jordyn Wald and based on the original work of S Ericson on March 20, 2025 at TSP Specials
Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota. Her interests lie on the perpetuation of gender inequality across intersecting dimensions of culture, media, race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and family.

TSP Tuesdays | March 18th, 2025

by jake on March 18, 2025 at The Editors' Desk
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I Hate the Elite…Sometimes

by S Ericson on Jan. 21, 2025 at Discoveries
Yuchen Luo, “We Got Our Guy!: Populist Attitudes after Populists Gain Power,” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 2024 Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks before a rally in Pennsylvania. “Donald Trump Rally 10/21/16” by Michael Candelori is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Many people feel that politicians in power don’t represent them. For instance, […]

Best of 2024: The Making of a #1 Song

by S Ericson on Dec. 23, 2024 at Discoveries
Vincent M. Carter, “From chart-topper to gold record: The effects of Billboard chart popularity on RIAA gold or platinum certification of #1 R&B/Hip-Hop singles in the Pre-SoundScan and SoundScan eras, 1977–2008,” Poetics, 2024 A vinyl record store. Image by Darya Sannikova under Pexels license. How can you tell if a song is popular? Two important measures of musical success […]

Instagram Activism and Black-Asian Solidarity

by S Ericson on Nov. 21, 2024 at Discoveries
Rachel Kuo and Sarah J. Jackson, “The political uses of memory: Instagram and Black-Asian solidarities,” Media, Culture & Society, 2023 A crowd of protestors hold various signs, including “Black Lives Matter” and “Yellow Peril Supports Black Power.” “Racism is th Deadliest Virus” by Backbone Campaign is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Social media is an […]
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S is a board member at The Society Pages. He holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Minnesota. He works as a freelance journalist and is currently applying to law school. He writes about politics, public policy, and the environment, among other topics.