Contexts

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Behind the Startup: A Conversation with Benjamin Shestakofsky

We are thrilled to welcome Benjamin Shestakofsky to the Contexts Blog to celebrate the publication of his new book, Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Alicia Smith-Tran

In her Winter 2024 Contexts feature, “Pushing Back on ‘Black Don’t Crack,’” Dr. Alicia Smith-Tran explores the ways age, gender, and race intersect to … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Sofya Aptekar

Dr. Sofya Aptekar is the author of the Winter 2024 feature article “Green Card Soldiers.” In this video, she chats with Contexts graduate student editor … Read More

Q&A with Drs. Ashley Rondini and Jerry Saunders II

How did dark skin become such a deadly dermatological blind spot? Drs. Ashley Rondini and Jerry Saunders II are two of the co-authors of … Read More

Q&A with Drs. Gary Alan Fine and Fiona Greenland

Who has the right to claim color? In their new Contexts article, co-authors Gary Alan Fine and Fiona Greenland use three chromatic cases—International Klein … Read More

Q&A with Drs. Laurel Westbrook and stef m. shuster

Dr. Laurel Westbrook and Dr. stef m. shuster discuss their Fall 2023 article “Transgender Joy: Flipping the Script on Marginality,” telling Contexts grad … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Emily Huddart Kennedy and Carly Hamdon

Are there right and wrong ways to care about the environment? For Dr. Emily Huddart Kennedy and Carly Hamdon, “Contexts was just this ideal … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Katja M. Guenther

Dr. Katja M. Guenther, author of “Understanding the Durable Myth of the ‘Irresponsible Pet Owner,'” in the Summer 2023 issue of Contexts, explains that … Read More

Q&A with Elena G. van Stee

In her Summer 2023 feature article for Contexts, Elena G. van Stee studied the ways students from different class backgrounds experienced and understood … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Sarah Elton

A sociologist focused on food systems, Sarah Elton aptly says that she gravitated toward Contexts because it “makes complex ideas… nicely digestible for … Read More