Sociology in the News
November 2019
Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter
The Fall/Winter 2019 newsletter is out! Click here to read it! Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 2020 conference!
May 2019
Spring 2019 Newsletter
The Spring 2019 Newsletter is now available. Check it out here!
November 2018
2018 Fall/Winter Newsletter
Check out the 2018 Fall/Winter Newsletter, The North Central Sociologist! Source: NCSA
May 2018
Colin Kaepernick, Black Resistance and Institutionalized Racism in the NFL
Colin Kaepernick, Black Resistance & Institutionalized Racism in the NFL By: Shaonta’ Allen In August 2016 Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem of a National Football League (NFL) game [...]
April 2018
Spring 2018 North Central Sociologist
The Spring/Summer edition of the North Central Sociologist is not available! Click here to see an overview of the presidential address, and the Useem Plenary, as well as our From [...]
The Cost of Poverty
“Rather than slashing anti-poverty programs, the fiscally prudent question to ask is: How much does this high rate of poverty cost our nation in dollars and cents?” https://mobile.nytimes.com/…/opi…/children-poverty-cost.html Source: NCSA
Victor Rios
Professor Victor Rios delivers 2018 NCSA Useem Plenary address, urges a reconsideration of the way institutions (and academics in particular) deal with and discuss at risk youth. Source: NCSA
On losing the propaganda war…
On losing the propaganda war... “The forces that espouse racial extremism, anti-democratic messages, and lies about so-called crisis actors are adept at exploiting the internet, while educators and journalists still [...]
March 2018
To Laptop or Not to Laptop
I know the issue of laptops in university classrooms is highly contentious, but this is worth the read... https://www.chronicle.com/…/Don-t-Insult-Your-Class…/241972/ Source: NCSA
History in the Making…
“With a crown of stars in her hair and a toga-like dress, she's as patriotic as ever. She's also, for the first time on an officially minted coin, portrayed as [...]
February 2018
HBCUs
A poignant examination of education and the role of HBCUs. https://www.facebook.com/pbs/videos/10155990954745256/ Source: NCSA
January 2018
Backsliding
“Perhaps the progress the civil rights movement had fought for had missed parts of the country.” https://mobile.nytimes.com/…/…/us/black-churches-trump.html… Source: NCSA
December 2017
How much do grades matter?
Academic risk taking and creativity vs. The quest for the A https://www.theatlantic.com/…/5…/perfect-grades-dont-matter/ Source: NCSA
November 2017
The Opioid Crisis
A reconsideration of the unilateral “opioids are bad” narrative that leaves chronic pain sufferers feeling like addicts. https://themighty.com/…/this-is-us-kevin-opioid-painkiller…/ Source: NCSA
October 2017
Discrimination
Hmmm...”While a majority of whites in the poll say discrimination against them exists, a much smaller percentage say that they have actually experienced it.” http://www.npr.org/…/majority-of-white-americans-think-they… Source: NCSA
updated August 6, 2024