Contexts Blog
by Jozef C. Robles
Part 1: “No Matter What Happens, Please Don’t Leave Me Here” In 1990, my parents brought our family across the Mexican/American border. I was two …
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Contexts section editors are the amazing folks who make sure that we have a steady pipeline of fascinating work to share as culture reviews, photo …
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Have you recently published an important new article or book? Let’s amplify those findings even further! At Contexts, we accept a range of original …
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Now that you’ve met the co-editors of Contexts, Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani, it’s time to get to know the section editors—those amazing folks …
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Contexts co-editor Seth Abrutyn is a generalist, a theorist, and an ethnographer whose work delves deep into pressing social problems, including youth suicide contagion and …
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by Musa al-Gharbi
How faculty hiring and promotional practices convert unearned advantages into indicators of “merit."
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by Melissa C. Brown
Black sociology analyzes society from the standpoint of Black people to highlight how historical social structures affect them today. Its scholars-activists bridge academia and the public from a non-eurocentric perspective by addressing the interconnectedness of racial and economic inequalities impacting Black Americans.
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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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