Contexts Blog
by Contexts Magazine
Contexts co-editor Amin Ghaziani is a vivacious scholar of urban sexualities, a dedicated educator, a prolific author, and a world-traveler eager for adventure. We’re so …
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by Joey N. Jennings and Carter Yunyu Teng
The recent SCOTUS decision on affirmative action does not just perpetuate inequality in college access—it also intentionally pits racial minorities against each other.
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by Peter Francis Harvey
What do schools teach children about their position and direction in the world?
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by Sigrid Luhr
Amid heightened scrutiny, how do tech workers make sense of diversity within their own companies and arrive at the conclusion that they're "better than most"?
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by Jukka Savolainen
The Florida professor’s inevitable termination was the cause, not the consequence, of his speech.
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by Marci Cottingham and Ariana Rose
What types of digital humor emerge during an outbreak? And how does humor help negotiate themes of risk, contagion, and connections with others, particularly within Black Twitter?
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by Elena van Stee
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how college students from different class backgrounds seek help from their parents.
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by Thomas Biegert
What Kobe Bryant’s All-Star nomination can teach us about cumulative inequality and the persistence of status hierarchies.
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by Contexts Magazine
A sociologist focused on food systems, Sarah Elton aptly says that she gravitated toward Contexts because it “makes complex ideas… nicely digestible for …
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by Contexts Magazine
Elena van Stee, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, is the newly-appointed Blog editor for Contexts, the public-facing magazine of the American …
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