Study challenges stereotypes of Black children with incarcerated parents. Adult BCOIPs define success through relationships, community, education & mental health, and show resilience despite challenges. Policies & supports should center BCOIPs' voices. academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

New study reveals a hierarchy in credibility for sexual harassment victims. Black women are deemed less credible , and credibility is influenced by confrontation & reporting actions, not power disparities or prior relationships. #MeToo #SexualHarassment academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

Elite colleges amplify inequality: Lower-income students navigate based on precollege experiences. 'Privileged poor' integrate cosmopolitanism; 'doubly disadvantaged' face isolation. Class-based paths shape campus life and mobility: academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

Socioeconomic gaps in U.S. college graduation rates have barely changed since the 1980s-inequality is built into the system, not just a result of rising tuition. Real solutions must go deeper than cutting college costs academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

Black youth who move from high-poverty urban neighborhoods to lower-poverty suburbs report feeling safer—but also more isolated. New research shows how they adapt to unfamiliar social norms and spaces, revealing both challenges and agency: doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

How do young Black men talk about mental health, manhood, and social support? Improving mental health education, peer support, and the power of shared stories are key findings toward change doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

What happens when access to justice depends on where you're detained? New research reveals the patchwork legal realities immigrants face doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

How do religious beliefs shape gender attitudes? Research from Evan Stewart, Penny Edgell, and Jack Delehanty shows how public and private theology, tradition, and identity intersect in everyday gender politics doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

Who is seen as the “ideal victim” in workplace harassment narratives? Research from Chloe Grace Hart (UW-Madison Sociology) traces how cultural scripts shifted during the MeToo era, influenced by race, behavior, and power doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

Social Problems featured me on “The Author’s Attic” to summarize this article! It feels cringe for me to watch it 😅, but if you want to learn more, by all means, check it out ☺️ "The Author's Attic" with Faith Deckard youtu.be/6elFmh2LjbM?si… via YouTube Social Problems

Who is affected by increased police presence in schools? This study from Terry Allen, J.D., Ph.D. and Kimberly Gomez (UCLA Ed & IS) shows how “spatial enclosures” shape Black students’ daily experience, control over time, and educational experiences doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

In this study Angela Jones argues cissexism, cisgenderism, and racism structure exclusion. Two modes of exclusion—outright and categorical filtering—keep transmasculine and non‑binary workers marginalized in cisgender workspaces academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

In a special issue on the racism of omission, Dr. Sarah Faude explores how when all families are treated the same in school registration systems, those with less access lose out—bias in choice sustains racial privilege. doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

This study shows how race and class shape who succeeds in craft beer—revealing how industry “authenticity” often masks structural exclusion academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

NEW PUB🚨 PhD candidate Shawntae Mitchum's Shawntae Mitchum new article is out now in Social Problems Social Problems: academic.oup.com/socpro/advance…

New w/ Kelley Fong in Social Problems: Many families move to housing they did not find through an active housing search, what we call "opportunity finds." doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

Congratulations to #UmichSoc graduate student Michelle Cosens for the upcoming publication of her paper, “Visibility Work in College: How Class and Capital Shape Student Profiles on Instagram,” in Social Problems (Social Problems). 🎉 We are so looking forward to this!

Research from Mia Brantley (NC State Humanities and Social Sciences) explores how Black mothers navigate structural racism and surveillance while caring for their children, showing how race and inequality shape mothering practices academic.oup.com/socpro/article…

Research from Alison Wynn and Emily K. Carian shows how even when managers aim for fairness, hidden hierarchies persist. Gender bias intertwines with race and class to shape who’s rewarded at work. doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

Research from Sarah Bowen, Dr. Annie Hardison-Moody (NC State Dept. of Agricultural & Human Sciences), Emilia Cordero Oceguera, and Sinikka Elliott shows how Latina caretakers navigate exclusionary systems to feed their families, highlighting the intersections of food, policy, and power. doi.org/10.1093/socpro…