Cambridge University Press Summary Tens of thousands of mostly younger Black people went to rural Louisiana in 2007 to support the Jena 6, Black students who were overcharged after a school fight. We examine the …
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The Enduring Equity Impacts of the Tulsa Race Massacre by Karl Vachuska (2026)
Sociological Focus Abstract The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in the history of the United States. A prosperous community before the massacre, over 1200 businesses and homes in …
Jimin Gim named Emerging Scholar by the 4W Initiative
Jimin Gim was selected as a 2026 Emerging Scholar by Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World (4W) at UW–Madison. The 4W mission is to leverage the strengths of UW-Madison to be a convener …
Municipal water fluoridation, adolescent IQ, and cognition across the life course: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study by John Robert Warren, Gina Rumore, Kamil Sicinski, Pamela Herd, and Michal Engelman (2026)
PNAS Abstract We investigate associations between community water fluoridation (CWF), adolescent IQ, and cognition across the life course using representative data from the US state of Wisconsin. Exposure is inferred from historical records on community …
Allison Daminger named Early Career Scholar by the Council on Contemporary Families
Allison Daminger was named a Frank F. Furstenberg Early Career Scholar by the Council on Contemporary Families. Through participation in the CCF Early Career Scholars Program, early career scholars attend a virtual summer-long program consisting …
The Making of Meritocratic Status Orders by Fabien Accominotti and Michael Sauder (2026)
The Annual Review of Sociology Abstract: This article surveys a growing body of work examining the concrete consequences of implementing meritocracy in social life. To date, this work remains compartmentalized into the separate subfields of …
Taimur Ahmad receives MOTH fellowship
Taimur Ahmad received a spot in the inaugural MOTH (more than human life) fellowship at NYU. It’s an interdisciplinary cohort focused on scholarship and advocacy around nature and the more-than-human world. Taimur’s research interests include …
The Colonial Roots of Catholic Plants by Rebecca Laurent and Emily Burke (2026)
Edge Effects Introduction Whether you walk into a Catholic church out of the balmy U.S. Southwest or a blustering Midwest winter, the “liturgical environment” you’ll step into is remarkably similar. Irrespective of the local landscape, …
Research by Jessica Calarco about sociology of the family featured in the news
Jessica Calarco’s research focuses on education, families, and health decision-making. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the structures of power and privilege that maintain socioeconomic, racial, and gender inequalities in these settings, as well as …
Housing and consumption: existing tensions and future directions in understanding housing search and selection by Max Besbris (2026)
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Consumption