Contexts

sociology for the public

Grad team

Q&A with Dr. Amanda Cheong

by Elena van Stee
We are thrilled to welcome Amanda Cheong to the Contexts Blog in celebration of her recent Publication Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section … Read More

Class Dismissed: Q&A with Anthony Abraham Jack

by Elena van Stee
We are thrilled to welcome Anthony Abraham Jack to the Contexts blog to celebrate the publication of his new book, Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Ryan Al-Natour

by Colter J. Uscola
In his Winter 2024 Contexts feature, “An Australian Uproar Over CRT,” Dr. Ryan Al-Natour investigates the similar narratives animating anti-CRT contingents determined to keep Whiteness … Read More

Storytelling (a.k.a. Why YOU Should Publish with Contexts)

by Contexts Magazine
Why write for Contexts? Hear from authors who have published with us! In this video, Contexts feature essay authors DeAnna Y. Smith, Michelle Pannor Silver, … Read More

Behind the Startup: A Conversation with Benjamin Shestakofsky

by Elena van Stee
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

by Contexts Magazine
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

by Contexts Magazine
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

by Contexts Magazine
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

by Contexts Magazine
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

by Contexts Magazine
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

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.