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America's Biggest Secret or Life in a Culture of Pay Secrecy?

How does an adult determine the salaries of common careers? Pay secrecy is the norm in both US institutions of employment and US society at large

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Faculty Salaries in Sociology and Other Disciplines, 2016 Update

Update to ASA's 2015 research report on faculty salaries in sociology and other social science disciplines.

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Simulation games can help overcome student resistance to thinking structurally about social class inequality, meritocracy, and mobility.

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112th ASA Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting will be held August 12–15 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The online system for submission of papers, discussion topics and posters will open on Tuesday, November 1.

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Who Inspired You? #BestSociologist

Share your story on Twitter or Instagram using #BestSociologist and be entered to win ASA's popular World's Best Sociologist mug.
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ASA Continues to Respond to the Changing Climate for Sociologists in America

ASA has a long and ongoing history of activity supporting diversity, inclusion, free inquiry, and academic freedom.
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Blue-Collar Training in High School Leaves Women Behind

Education leaders and the general public have been debating the best way for high schoolers to prepare for jobs in the 21st century.
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ASA President Writes Letter in Defense of Jan Tomasz Gross

ASA President Michèle Lamont recently wrote President Andrzej Duda, Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland criticizing a...
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Now Accepting FAD Applications: December 15 Deadline

The American Sociological Association is now accepting submissions for the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) grant....

Taking Time-Off Work to Raise Children is Damaging to the Careers of Highly Skilled, High Earning Women

Mothers who leave work to raise children often sacrifice more than the pay for their time off; when they come back their wages reflect lost...
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Taking Up Digital Space: Power and Potentialities of Fatness on Social Media

In digital spaces, the increased visibility of fat female and fat queer bodies is introducing an appreciation which might represent a...
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ASA Joins Scientific Organizations in Letter to Trump

The heads of 29 top U.S. scientific and higher-education organizations – including Nancy Kidd, ASA Executive Officer – wrote to President-...
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Reaffirming Our Core Values Post-Election

In light of the rash of racist and xenophobic activities on campuses across the nation, the past, current, and future ASA Presidents and...
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ASA Letter on Baseball Mascots

On November 15, 2016, ASA President Michèle Lamont, sent a letter to MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred on the use of Native American...
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Sociologists Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Jose Calderon
Doing Sociology: Jose Calderon
Jessica Calarco
Doing Sociology: Jessica Calarco
Christopher Dum
Doing Sociology: Christopher Dum
Dustin Kidd
Doing Sociology: Dustin Kidd