"TSP made me a great writer, which academia is not actually built to train you to do" board member Sean Ericson caught up with esteemed TSP alum, UMassBostonSociology assistant professor, and SocImages lead curator Evan Stewart read our alumni spotlight bit.ly/EvanStewart

Shifting social locations?

Never forget that the tactic of calling teachers/librarians “groomers” is a cowardly, dishonest, homophobic, and bigoted attempt to silence those who believe LGBTQ+ identities should be valued and represented. vox.com/culture/230255…

Assistant Professor of #Sociology Robin Bartram published a piece in The Conversation U.S. on the #racist & #sexist history of #homedisrepair—also covered in her book Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality. Full article: bit.ly/3GaGs7i

Thrilled to share that my paper “Double Jeopardy: Teacher Biases, Racialized Organizations, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline” is out in American Sociological Review. Black and Latino boys face a double jeopardy because… (1/2)

Marina Politis (she/her) @nik_lampe 💯 For any who doubt their inner BMI-bullshit-detector, we’ve got a great run-down from Amanda M Czerniawski (no paywall!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

“When people have outsize emotional reactions to benign inquiries about their self-evident beliefs, it is often an indicator that status is doing invisible work,” writes Tressie McMillan Cottom. nyti.ms/3HhOrAi

If you’re an educator looking for teaching tools during Black History Month, we made an entire Black American history series that you might find helpful for your students.

Last year, the U.S. had 690 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive — a 153% jump from 2014. From 2014 to 2022, there was a 60% increase in the number of children younger than 11 who died from mass shootings. gunviolencearchive.org/?utm_source=ne…

Study of top 100 highest-grossing US films of 2022 finds male-speaking characters outnumbered female 63% to 37%. Women were the protagonist in just 1/3 of movies. Rebecca Sun 孫洪美 hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

Report: Women faculty members are not only more likely than men to hold appointments in lower-paying academic ranks & types of institutions, but are also paid less than men within the same academic ranks on average. tiaa.org/public/institu…

COVID-19 lockdowns can reduce extremist violence, a new American Political Science Review article by Dawn Brancati, Johanna K Birnir and Qutaiba Idlbi قتيبة ادلبي find. Read here: thesocietypages.org/socimages/2023…

Black residents living in a county with a Black doctor have better health.

The Glass Cliff: A phenomenon in which women are promoted during times of institutional crisis and given jobs with a high risk of failure.

The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners nytimes.com/2023/05/14/bus…

"The law also forbids public colleges from offering general education courses ... [that teach] that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States..." This is a death blow. Here's what happens next...