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1. Study Investigates Why Blacks Have Higher Risk of Cognitive Impairment

   Social and economic disadvantages play a significant role in why blacks face a much higher risk than whites of developing cognitive impairment later in life, indicates a national study led by a Michigan State University (MSU) sociologist.
   
   

2. Sociologists Are Making an Impact

3. Study Reveals Incarceration’s Hidden Wounds for African American Men

   There’s a stark and troubling way that incarceration diminishes the ability of a former inmate to empathize with a loved one behind bars, but existing sociological theories fail to capture it, Vanderbilt University sociologists have found.

4. ASA Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling to Uphold Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas

5. Study Finds Couples’ Division of Paid and Unpaid Labor Linked to Risk of Divorce

   A new study suggests that financial factors, including couples’ overall resources and wives’ ability to support themselves in the event of a divorce, are not predictive of whether marriages last. Rather, it is couples’ division of labor — paid and unpaid — that is associated with the risk of divorce.     

6. 9/11 Merged U.S. Immigration and Terrorism Efforts at Latinos’ Expense, Study Finds

   After September 11, issues of immigration and terrorism merged, heightening surveillance and racializing Latino immigrants as a threat to national security, according to sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin).

7. Trust Is Key Motivator for Individuals Who Protest on Behalf of People Different From Them

   It appears that people who actively participate in demonstrations during social movements on behalf of those dissimilar to them do so for two important reasons.

   First, they trust their outgroup peers. Secondly, the political climate in their home countries actually fosters both trust and political engagement, and this is particularly true in countries with well-functioning political institutions.

8. Does Owning a Well Foster Environmental Citizenship? A New Study Provides Evidence

   Kansans who own water wells show more awareness of state water policy issues than those who rely on municipal water supplies, according to a study that could have implications for groundwater management and environmental policies. 

   Brock Ternes, a University of Kansas doctoral student in sociology, found that well owners prioritized issues related to the depletion of the High Plains Aquifer — which is the underground reservoir of freshwater beneath much of the western half of the state. 

9. Police Violence Against Unarmed Black Men Results in Loss of Thousands of Crime-Related 911 Calls

   A new study shows that publicized cases of police violence against unarmed black men have a clear and significant negative impact on citizen crime reporting, specifically 911 calls.   

10. Contexts Collection: On Aging

    A special electronic collection of articles from the Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 issues of Contexts on the topic of aging. Featuring Vincent J. Roscigno, Phyllis Moen, Eric Utne, Deborah Carr, Stacy Torres and the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society. 28 pages, March 2010.