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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.

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

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

In the wake of marriage equality for same-sex couples, many states have introduced and passed laws...

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The "Global Religious Diversity" course focuses on interactions between people and groups from different religions in the a multicultural and interconnected global society. It emphasizes how sociological theories inform an understanding of interreligious contact and conflict.

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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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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...
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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

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. It's the public face of sociology.

Contagious Addiction: Opioid Prescriptions Increase Likelihood of Family Members’ Use

While opioid addiction and abuse continues to figure as the most serious public health emergency in the U.S., academic research is...
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Volunteers Wanted – Sociology Action Network

The Sociology Action Network (SAN) is a new initiative that matches ASA members who are interested in volunteering their sociological...

Sociology and Social Justice

On August 10-13, thousands of sociologists from around the nation and the world will meet in New York at the association’s 114th Annual...

Census Case Judges Cite ASA In Disallowing Citizenship Question

In 2018, the ASA joined other organizations in filing an amicus brief against the late inclusion of a question about citizenship to the...
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