Social Problems
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Social Problems is a journal that brings to the fore influential sociological findings that may help better understand and deal with our complex social world.
Cincinnati
Joined May 2014
How do religious beliefs shape gender attitudes? Research from Evan Stewart, Penny Edgell, and @jack_dele shows how public and private theology, tradition, and identity intersect in everyday gender politics
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What happens when access to justice depends on where you're detained? New research reveals the patchwork legal realities immigrants face
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How do young Black men talk about mental health, manhood, and social support? Improving mental health education, peer support, and the power of shared stories are key findings toward change.
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Black youth who move from high-poverty urban neighborhoods to lower-poverty suburbs report feeling safer—but also more isolated. New research shows how they adapt to unfamiliar social norms and spaces, revealing both challenges and agency:
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Socioeconomic gaps in U.S. college graduation rates have barely changed since the 1980s-inequality is built into the system, not just a result of rising tuition. Real solutions must go deeper than cutting college costs
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Elite colleges amplify inequality: Lower-income students navigate based on precollege experiences. 'Privileged poor' integrate cosmopolitanism; 'doubly disadvantaged' face isolation. Class-based paths shape campus life and mobility:
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New study reveals a hierarchy in credibility for sexual harassment victims. Black women are deemed less credible , and credibility is influenced by confrontation & reporting actions, not power disparities or prior relationships. #MeToo #SexualHarassment
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Study challenges stereotypes of Black children with incarcerated parents. Adult BCOIPs define success through relationships, community, education & mental health, and show resilience despite challenges. Policies & supports should center BCOIPs' voices.
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New study explores how Black youth adapt to suburban life. Youth appreciate increased safety but find suburbs "boring" with less spontaneous socializing. They adapt in a variety of ways. Read more!
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New study reveals the hidden cost of doing good: US social assistance workers earn less than those in other care industries. Research shows public sector jobs pay more, while private sector faces wage penalties. A must-read on the economics of care work!.
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How do young people experience policing and the emotional weight of the carceral state? Dr. Uriel Serrano uses interviews and focus groups with Black and non-Black Latinx young men in LA County to shed light on this issue here:
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How do Asian Americans experience racialized feeling rules or perform racialized emotion management in the workplace? Allison Jin Sullivan explores this empirical question here: .
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Community-Engaged scholarship is so important! Learn more!
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How do Black Millennials imagine a Black liberated future? Dr. Shaonta' E. Allen (@BlkSocWithQTNA) explores this and perceptions of Black freedom in “Addressing the Omission of Liberation Narratives in Sociology," available to read here:
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Home can often times be seen as the locus of everyday activity among so many people. Are there ways that neighborhood characteristics create boundaries of home? Alyssa Goldman (@AlyssaWGoldman) explains how! Learn more in "No Place Like Home"
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Why do trans people in the United States change their names through legal procedures? Kyla Bender-Baird (@kylabb) raises this question and finds that legal name changes are a gateway to dignity for trans people. Learn more in "Gateway to Dignity"!
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In "Not Just They/Them," Jessica Moeder, William J. Scarborough, & Barbara Risman explore the role of pronouns in individuals' lives & how non-binary individuals reconstruct meanings attached to gender & gender identity. Learn more about their study here!.
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How is it that the American public conceives school integration as both an abstract concept and a set of concrete policies? . Using newspaper data from 1990-2020, Dr. David Diehl (@DavidKDiehl) examines this puzzle in "Framing School Integration":
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What is the relationship between social class and online participation in social movements? Dr. Jen Schradie (@schradie) raises this question in "The Digital Activism Gap," which is currently free on the Social Problems website!.
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Have you had a chance to read "Feeling Carcerality: How Carceral Seepage Shapes Racialized Emotions" by Uriel Serrano (@its_Serrano)? Check out one of Social Problems' most-read articles to learn how the carceral state can elicit racialized emotions.
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