Summer 2023: Table of Contents

from the editors

in brief:

• “The Way We Were?” by Rose Xueqing Zhang.
• “Editing Online Communities,” by Sophie X. Liu.
• “Cultivating Urban Environmentalism,” by Parker Muzzerall.
• “Anxiety and Alcohol,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang.
• “Coping through Humor,” by Sophie X. Liu.
• “Mapping the Megachurch,” by Parker Muzzerall.
• “Behind the Scenes of Financial Crises,” by Parker Muzzerall.
• “School Shooting as Organizational Accidents,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang.

q&a:

• “An Act of Bravery.” Amin Ghaziani interviews CBC journalisst and producer Lien Yeung about maintaining local relevance and achieving global impact.

features:

• “No Place Like Home?” by Elena G. Van Stee. From privileged dependence to precarious autonomy, students from different class backgrounds understood and experienced parental support differently amid COVID-19 campus closures.
• “Do People Who Drive Trucks Care about the Environment?” by Emily Huddart Kennedy and Carly Hamdon. By adhering to a hierarchy of environmentalism, we lose the chance to understand others’ relationships with the environment and build solidarity in fighting climate change.
• “Montgomery’s Monumental Truths,” by David Cunningham and Christina Simko. One city, three eras: Touring the monuments of Montgomery reveals ongoing struggles over collective memories of the past and visions for the future.
• “Understanding the Durable Myth of the ‘Irresponsible Pet Owner,’” by Katja M. Guenther. Ethnographic research in an animal welfare organization challenges common, and harmful, framings of what causes guardians to surrender companion animals.

in pictures:

• “Leadville Is for Locals?” by Eileen Avery. Looking inside rural gentrification.
• “Imaginative, Extroverted Havana,” by Ryan Centner. Exploring an ever-dynamic, often-struggling city.

culture:

• “Postgame Analysis: Qatar 2020 and the Social Significance of Global Sport.” Douglas Hartmann, Alex Manning, and Kyle Green on the social significance of global sport.

trends:

• “Childfree in a Family-Friendly Neighborhood.” Zachary P. Neal and Jennifer Watling Neal on preferences and perceptions.
• “LGBTQ+ People’s Views of the Police: Friend or Foe?” Stefan Vogler and Valerie Jenness on community views toward cops.

books:

• “The Timeless Struggle To Find a Voice among Others.” Christopher N.J. Roberts on The Aeneid, The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law, and The War in Court.

policy brief:

• “Redressing Racial and Ethnic Wrongs in the Criminal Legal System.” Bryan L. Sykes and Meghan Ballard on racial justice acts.

one thing i know:

• “College Enrollments Are Still Falling.” Steven Brint on the costs of a know-less society.