Video PUP Speaks: Emily Hund on the rise of the influencer industry September 11, 2023 The rising popularity of the social media influencer has significantly reshaped culture, the flow of information, and the way we relate to ourselves and each other. Read More
Essay Uber鈥檚 view of urban life August 21, 2023 For years, Diana, who has lived her whole life in the D.C. area, took jobs at fast-food restaurants even though she hated the work. When she started to drive for Uber in 2016, she told us she was enthusiastic about its potential to free her from a reliance on fast-food jobs. Diana was conflicted about Uber, however. Read More
Essay Will social scientists鈥� disputes over words ever end? August 16, 2023 Social scientists observe the social world. They measure and represent it. They advance and test truth claims about it. For these purposes, they classify things, they sort them into classes, they draw distinctions among them. Read More
Interview Office Hours with Clayton Childress, Ang猫le Christin, and Iddo Tavory August 14, 2023 This month鈥檚 Office Hours comes with an exciting announcement: We are welcoming three new editors鈥擟layton Childress, Ang猫le Christin, and Iddo Tavory鈥攖o the 91桃色 Studies in Cultural Sociology! Read More
Essay The everyday surveillance of undocumented immigrants July 26, 2023 Undocumented immigrants live within a tangled web of institutional surveillance that both threatens and maintains their societal presence as they deal with life鈥檚 ups and downs. Read More
Interview Office hours with Sarah Damaske July 18, 2023 This month鈥檚 Office Hours is a conversation with Sarah Damaske, author of聽The Tolls of Uncertainty. Damaske is a professor of sociology and labor and employment relations at Pennsylvania State University. She shares some good reasons to be hopeful about the future of sociology and also reminds us of the potential for profound and surprising moments during interviews. Read More
Essay Behind the attacks on the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and George Soros June 20, 2023 Soon after his indictment by the Manhattan District Attorney was announced, Donald Trump issued a statement in which he proclaimed the following: 鈥淢anhattan DA Alvin Bragg, who was handpicked and funded by George Soros, is a disgrace.鈥� Read More
Interview Office hours with Kimberly Kay Hoang March 14, 2023 This month, I am delighted to bring you Office Hours with Kimberly Kay Hoang, author of Spiderweb Capitalism. She has some excellent book recommendations, she offers valuable career advice for graduate students and junior faculty alike, and she shares a story that illuminates how a single conversation can completely change the trajectory of one鈥檚 research. Read More
Podcast The Influencer Industry March 07, 2023 Before there were Instagram likes, Twitter hashtags, or TikTok trends, there were bloggers who seemed to have the passion and authenticity that traditional media lacked. Read More
Interview In Dialogue: What is misunderstood about Blackness? February 27, 2023 For decades, 鈥楤lackness鈥� has been a crucial political and cultural category that grounds a public discourse on cherishing a robust historical tradition and systemically uprooting white supremacy. Read More
Podcast Data Driven February 15, 2023 Long-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independence of their work, sharing a strong occupational identity rooted in a tradition of autonomy. Read More
Essay What does it mean to resist surveillance? January 28, 2023 If you talk to a long-haul trucker about why they chose their occupation, there鈥檚 a high likelihood they鈥檒l mention autonomy and freedom鈥攖hat they didn鈥檛 want someone looking over their shoulder all the time. Read More
Essay On the misuse of legacy: The Struggle for the People鈥檚 King January 14, 2023 On a humid day in late August 2010, the right-wing Tea Party activist and Fox News television host Glenn Beck held a rally to 鈥淩estore Honor鈥� at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Read More
Podcast Listen in: Queer Career January 13, 2023 Workplaces have traditionally been viewed as 鈥渟traight spaces鈥� in which queer people passed. As a result, historians have directed limited attention to the experiences of queer people on the job.聽 Read More
Interview Elena Llaudet and Kosuke Imai on Data Analysis for Social Science November 28, 2022 Data Analysis for Social Science teaches step-by-step how to analyze data with the free and popular statistical program R and covers the fundamentals of survey research, predictive models, and causal inference. Read More
