• 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…

  • Fatherhood: Definition, Meaning, Types & Examples

    Fatherhood is defined as the state of having one or more children. Having a son and spending time with the son, taking him to games and getting to know him, is an example of fatherhood. Fatherhood is derived from the word father. And the father is derived from Middle English feeder. There are various synonyms…

  • Welfare Goods: Definition, Meaning and Examples

    Welfare goods are the things/ utilities that people have the access to based on their needs or social position that they are in. These goods are given to them through the welfare rights that they are open to. In a welfare state, the basic needs of people are taken care by the government and other…

  • Welfare Rights: Meaning and Explanation with Examples

    What are welfare rights? To know that one must know what social welfare or welfare society means. A welfare state is a society in which all the basic needs for the well-being of the people are taken care of by the government. The government takes care of individuals and their families by providing public health…

  • Industrial Sociology: Overview

    Industrial Sociology is a relatively young branch of sociology. While Durkheim and Max Weber made some analysis of industrial institutions, industrial sociology as a separate branch got its push due to the famous experiments at Hawthorne Works in Chicago, of the Western Electric Company, conducted by George Elton Mayo and his associates between 1924 and…

  • Concept and theory of Gemeinschaft & Gesellschaft

    Concept of Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft In the earlier eighteenth and nineteenth century the social system was ruled and had been in unbalanced arrangements, the culture and values are prioritized by allied class society, which suppressed the need and respect of the lower and middle class. As a whole both the societies were bearing the impacts…

  • Misogyny: Definition, Meaning & Examples

    Misogyny according to the Oxford dictionary is defined as ‘dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women’. From the very evident sexual discrimination, objectification of women, harassment, violence against the female, rape to the subtle, seemingly non harmful comments like “As woman one need to know cooking”, “I don’t feel safe around female drivers”,…

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