• An Interview with Dr. Noel Packard: Survey of a Cluster of Pre-Internet Networks

    In this exclusive interview Dr. Noel Packard – guest editor of an issue of American Behavioral Scientist entitled “Survey of a Cluster of Cold War Networks”  which has been renamed “Survey of a Sample of Cold War Networks”. She discusses her research on Cold War-era military networks, their role in shaping today’s global communication systems,…

  • Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide

     Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…

  • My Journey to Understand and Fight Against Unfair Treatment of People with Disabilities

    My journey to earning a B.S. in Sociology and gaining an education in social justice has been nothing short of enlightening, in both positive and negative ways. As I enter my final semester before graduation, I find myself looking back on my postsecondary education as a mixed blessing. When I first enrolled in the sociology…

  • Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology

    1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…

  • An Interview with Jaime Grunfeld, LMHC, Author or Aliya, The Girl From Ukraine.

    Short Bio: Jaime Grunfeld, LMHC, was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where his parents, who lived in Hungary, fled after its invasion by the Nazis. As a teenager, he came to study at Yeshiva in Westchester County, NY, where he graduated in Talmudic Law. Returning to Brazil, he married and joined the family’s…

  • Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead

    Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…

  • Author Spotlight: An Interview with Diane Meyer Lowman, the Writer of The Undiscovered Country: Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes

    Diane is an award-winning essayist, memoirist, and poet. She served as Westport, CT’s inaugural Poet Laureate from 2019 to 2022. Her essays have appeared in numerous publications, including O, The Oprah Magazine; Brain, Child; and Brevity Blog. She also writes a regular column titled ‘Everything’s an Essay.’ Her first memoir, ‘Nothing But Blue,’ was published…

  • Sociological Perspectives on Food and Eating

    Food For Thought: Sociological Perspectives on Food and Eating For a long time, food was viewed as no more than a biological requirement. But over time, scholars have discovered that eating is a central aspect of socialization. This article discusses the contributions of five major sociologists and anthropologists to the study of food as a…

  • Sociology of Sport: Meaning, Theories and Overview

    Sociology of sport, otherwise known as sports sociology, is a discipline of sociology that studies sports as a social phenomenon. Sports sociologists critically examine the functions, impacts and roles that sports have on different societies. The sociology of sport encompasses research in various other fields such as political science, history and anthropology (Maguire 2013). This…

  • THE POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

    The whole of the globe is too hot for human habitation, even if survived; humans would soon die of heat. Diseases will increase and mutate. Food shortages will be chronic due to the difficulty in the adaptation of agriculture to the changing climate. The world map will lose certain countries as they submerge into the…

  • Social Structure: Meaning, Components ( Examples)

    Social interaction, i.e., the ways in which people interact with each other is structured or organized through a particular framework, which is known as social structure. (“Culture,” n.d.). Social structure is one of the foundational concepts in sociology and is defined as “the social patterns through which a society is organized” (Barkan, 2013). These patterns can…

  • Are Women Bad Drivers?

    The stereotype that women are worse drivers than men is age-old and still continues in today’s time. But what is the definition of a good driver? Is it someone who drives safely, efficiently or fast? This article discusses the stereotype of women driving badly by looking at statistics from around the world. What The Research…

  • Mental Health And Disorders – Awareness: An Overview

    An Overview of mental health and illnesses Concept of Mental Health: A mental trait is characterised as abnormal if it causes distress to the individual, persistent over long periods, deviates from the ideals of normal as stated by society and causes significant impairment in functioning. Mental illnesses have been treated with various aspects through history…

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