Applied Sociology (Karen Albright)
It has been a very tough decade for the sociology job market, and faculty jobs are getting tougher to land. At the same time, doctoral students often feel discouraged from pursuing a career outside of the academy. One viable response may be to reconsider old attitudes about a career in applied sociology. In this episode, […]
Cults (2 of 2) (Craig Rawlings)
Part two of our two-part series on the sociology of cults.
Cults (Part 1 of 2) (Rick Moore)
Understanding cults, Part 1 of 2
Loneliness (Margolis & Torres)
A look at loneliness from a social science and sociological perspective.
Rating British Departments (JP Pardo-Guerra)
How the British system of rating departments influences scholarship.
Populism in 19th Century America (Adam Slez)
Adam Slez (Virginia) discusses political populism in the 19th century American West.
George Herbert Mead (Daniel Huebner)
The back story on George Herbert Mean, with Daniel Huebner.
New Digital Inequalities (Matt Rafalow)
How do inequalities in access to digital technologies persist after everyone gets an iPad and access to a hotspot?
Labor Organization in Academia (Aptekar, Fu, and Mason)
Labor organization and labor issues in academia
Inequality in the Restaurant Industry (Eli Wilson)
We discuss Eli Wilson’s research on inequality in the restaurant industry.