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Disrupting the Racial Wealth Gap

Understanding the profound intersections of race and wealth opens a window to our past, how advantage and disadvantage are passed along through family wealth, and how racial stratification is constructed and maintained.

Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women

Multigenerational Attainments, Race, and Mortality Risk among Silent Generation Women

This study extends health disparities research by examining racial differences in the relationships...

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This activity does an excellent job of illustrating the difficulties of low-wage labor and poverty. Students are tasked with choosing between three jobs. Students then have to make it through the month without going broke.

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114th ASA Annual Meeting

The 2019 ASA Annual Meeting will be held August 10-13 in New York City. The submission site for the 2019 Annual Meeting is now open.

 

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Cover of the 2019 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology

2019 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology

The 2019 edition of the ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology is now available! A best seller for many years, this invaluable...
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Applications Invited for JHSB Editorship

The ASA Committee on Publications invites applications from qualified candidates to serve as the next editor(s) of the Journal of Health...

Call for Applications: Editor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Individual and team applications are invited for the position of editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

“Broken Windows,” Lower Grades

New research from two sociologists demonstrates that this sort of aggressive policing has a negative impact on the scholastic performance...
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Winter 2019 Contexts Online Free until April 7

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. It's the public face of sociology.
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Letter Regarding Proposed Funding Cuts for Higher Education in Alaska

A letter sent to government officials of Alaska by the ASA, along with 31 other professional societies, states "we express deep concern...
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New Edition of the ASA Style Guide

The sixth edition of the ASA Style Guide is the authoritative reference for writing, submitting, editing, and copyediting manuscripts for...
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ASA Sends Letter to the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Regarding the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

The ASA writes to express our concern and to register opposition to the proposed changes in governance of the world-renowned Hungarian...

Call for Editorship Proposals for Journal of World-Systems Research

Application deadline: March 31, 2019 Due to some unfortunate developments, the editorial team selected to succeed the current one is not...
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Census Question Court Ruling Commended by ASA

The American Sociological Association welcomes today’s court ruling in the Southern District of New York holding that the Secretary of...
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