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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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115th ASA Annual Meeting

The 2020 ASA Annual Meeting will be held August 8-11 in San Francisco, CA.

 

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ASA is Hiring: RPA Director

Applications are invited for the ASA Director of Research, Professional Development, and Academic Affairs (RPA).
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Fall 2019 Contexts Online Free Until December 15

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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Call for Papers: Special Issue of JWSR

Journal of World-Systems Research invites manuscripts on "Capitalist World Economy in Crisis: Policing, Pacification and Legitimacy."
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ASA Comments on a Proposed Rule by the National Labor Relations Board on Student Employment

The National Labor Relations Board proposes a regulation establishing that students who perform any services for compensation, including,...

ASA Store Clearance and Overstock Sale

Save up to 75% on overstocked or soon-to-be-discontinued items in the ASA store.
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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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