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Sociological Insights: A Curated Collection of Videos

ASA's Sociological Insights, a curated collection of short videos, features sociologists sharing their expertise on some of the most pressing topics today.

Who Controls Criminal Law? Racial Threat and the Adoption of State Sentencing Law, 1975-2012

Who Controls Criminal Law? Racial Threat and the Adoption of State Sentencing Law, 1975-2012

Threat theory argues that states toughen criminal laws to repress the competitive power of large minority groups.

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116th ASA Annual Meeting

Due to COVID-19, the 2021 ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago has been cancelled. We are pleased to offer a virtual 2021 ASA Annual Meeting instead. 

 

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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Social Psychology Quarterly

Social Psychology Quartery invites manuscripts for a special issue on "Race, Racism, and Discrimination."
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ASR Podcast on Racism and Threat Perception in Criminal Law

In a new podcast, Scott Duxbury discusses his research, "Who Controls Criminal Law? Racial Threat and the Adoption of State Sentencing Law...

ASR Study Explores How Racism and Threat Perception Play Out in Criminal Law

During a period of mass incarceration from the 1970s through the early 2000s, one of the most striking changes in the justice system was...
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ASA Urges Kansas Regents to Reconsider Temporary Suspension of Tenure Protections

The American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its stance on academic...

Suburban Struggles Muted During COVID-19

Understanding the struggles of communities of color in the containment zone of New Rochelle, New York, can help us better understand the...
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JHSB Podcast on Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during COVID

In a new podcast, Alex Bierman discusses his research, "Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19...
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A Call to Higher Education Administrators to Support Caregivers During COVID-19

One impact of the pandemic that has been documented by researchers is the detrimental impact on the careers of women scholars, owing in...

Sociologists Available to Discuss Vaccines and COVID-19

As coronavirus cases rage throughout the United States, news of the effectiveness of vaccine candidates provides hope. But questions remain...
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American Sociological Review Podcast on Vaccine Refusals

In a new podcast, Kevin Estep discusses his research, "Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic...
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Step Up to the Mic

ASA’s Virtual Pro-Seminar, a new professional development series for students and early career faculty, launches in January 2021. Help us...
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