In a world of polarizing viewpoints, Ilana Redstone Akresh, associate professor in sociology, wanted to provide a space for discussion. Akresh created SOC 396: Free Speech, Viewpoint Diversity, and ...

The American Sociologist, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Sep., 2009), pp. 228-232 (5 pages) The paper examines the sociology of culture in Australia and New Zealand, with particular emphasis on the antipodean ...

On April 7, 2017, Ben Moodie, Lecturer in Sociology, Bates College, presented “What’s All the Fuss abut the Sociology of Culture?” for the last of the events for the Sociology Research Luncheon ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — A new sociology course at Emory University’s Oxford College may have students adding it to their 2024 top 40 list. Announced in September, Emory assistant professor of sociology ...

W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project, cited numerous studies about the state of the family and the benefits a stable marriage provides. W. Bradley ...

Why are poor people poor? For years, many scholars blamed it on a culture of poverty — the idea that behavior and attitudes played a key role. Then, the concept was blasted as blaming the victim, and ...

Ann Swidler, professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, will present “Fighting For the American Family: Families in the Crosshairs of the Culture Wars” at a lecture sponsored by ...

Sociology, Vol. 50, No. 5, Special Issue: Bringing it ‘Home’? Sociological Practice and the Practice of Sociology (OCTOBER 2016), pp. 934-948 (15 pages) This article argues that the emerging field of ...

Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey, Doctorate (Certified by E.C.E. – Educational Credential Evaluators, United States), Institute of Social Sciences, Doctor in Sociology (PhD) (2008-2013).

Sociology graduate students at the University of Colorado confessed in recent student-generated climate surveys overwhelming dissatisfaction with the department’s culture. Some university employees ...