Nov 5, 2024 · The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

Nov 17, 2024 · In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Georg Simmel’s Sociology: Inquiries into the Construction of Social Forms (first published in 1908). Be sure to check out Dan’s co-authored essay on Simmel’s three concepts of form ...

Lisa Wade, PhD, is the founder of Sociological Images. Born and raised in California, she earned a BA in philosophy from UC Santa Barbara, an MA in human sexuality from NYU, and a PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is an Associate Professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, with appointments in Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Newcomb Institute ...

Dec 18, 2024 · A slogan on the side of a truck. A U.S. flag is superimposed over an outline of the United States, above a large red banner emblazoned with the words “Made in America. This image, titled “ Made in America Product Showcase,” is attributed to The White House and is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0. Contemporary American politics is filled with division and conflict. In this polarized ...

Oct 24, 2024 · Green grass with morning dew clinging and glowing in the sunlight. Image by Nandhu Kumar from Pexels is licensed under Pexels license. When a crime is committed, the harm done to victims and communities can rarely be healed by writing a check or locking someone up. Yet the U.S. criminal justice system’s approach relies heavily on fines and incarceration to punish those who have harmed others ...

Jan 16, 2025 · In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Neil McLaughlin, Professor of Sociology at McMaster University and author of Erich Fromm and the Global Public Sociology (2023). In our conversation, Neil discusses the rise, fall, and potential resurgence of the writings of Erich Fromm. Neil reflects on the value of Fromm’s work in this current political moment as well as the lessons sociologists can ...

Oct 4, 2011 · American Generation Age Timeline (Age measured in 2009) | Pew Research What works Pew Research has created a tidy series of interactive graphics to describe the demographic characteristics of American generational cohorts from the the Silent Generation (born 1928 – 1945) through the Boomers (born 1946 – 1964), Generation X (1965 – 1980) [this is a disputed age range – a more recent ...

Aug 30, 2022 · Image: Portrait of Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells. Photographer taken by Mary Garrity in 1893. Photo courtesy of GPA Photo Archive. CC BY-NC 2.0. There has been a long road to the passage of an antilynching law, paved by scores of scholars, activists, and politicians between 1882 until President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till ...

Jan 21, 2025 · New & Noteworthy I Hate the Elite…Sometimes, by S Ericson from Yuchen Luo ’s study, explores how Trump’s presidency altered populist views among his supporters. Luo’s research reveals that many Trump voters, feeling represented by him, became less populist between 2016 and 2020, though their attitudes toward elite groups largely remained unchanged. Will Trump’s second term follow ...

Jun 15, 2023 · Image: A Black father and child brush their teeth together. Image by Keira Burton licensed under Pexels. After more than 40 years of progress towards greater gender equality for women, the gender revolution in paid work, housework and childcare has seemingly stalled. Younger generations of women are working less but doing more unpaid childcare and housework at home. At the same time, however ...