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Stability and Change in Americans’ Perception of Freedom

Any American will tell you, this nation’s highest ideal is freedom. Survey data teases out how race, income, and political affiliation inflect individuals’ sense of liberty.

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Report of the ASA Task Force on Membership Lays Out a Blueprint for Change

What do you think would help make ASA a more vibrant, effective association? This question was at the heart of the survey of current and...

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American Sociological Association Statement on Wake Forest Attacks

We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at Wake Forest University who are under attack for their research and for their commitment to...

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.

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ASA Signs on to Letter Regarding Middle East Studies

The American Sociological Association signed on to a letter to the U.S. Department of Education from the Middle East Studies Association (...

I'm OK With What I Don't Know: Uncertainty Doesn't Trouble Nonreligious Americans

A new American Sociological Review study reports that non-religious Americans just as often experience uncertainty as positive and...

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Call for Papers: Special Issue of JHSB

Journal of Health and Social Behavior invites manuscripts on “Medical Sociology: Findings, Challenges, and Future Directions.”

Reconsidering Student Evaluations of Teaching

In this statement, the ASA provides a brief summary of the current research and notes that SETs systematically disadvantage faculty from...

Winchester and Green on "Talking Your Self into It: How and When Accounts Shape Motivation for Action"

New podcast about research from the October issue of Sociological Theory.

Sociology's Greatest Hits of 2018

From a study on the impact of racial resentment on political ideology to analysis of issues including minority college admissions, the...

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Summer 2019 Contexts Online Free until August 30

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Stability and Change in Americans’ Perception of Freedom

Logics of Freedom: Debating Religious Freedom Laws and Gay and Lesbian Rights

In The News

Report of the ASA Task Force on Membership Lays Out a Blueprint for Change

American Sociological Association Statement on Wake Forest Attacks

Call for Applications: Editor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

ASA Signs on to Letter Regarding Middle East Studies

I'm OK With What I Don't Know: Uncertainty Doesn't Trouble Nonreligious Americans

Call for Papers: Special Issue of JHSB

Reconsidering Student Evaluations of Teaching

Winchester and Green on "Talking Your Self into It: How and When Accounts Shape Motivation for Action"

Sociology's Greatest Hits of 2018

Summer 2019 Contexts Online Free until August 30

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