Contexts

sociology for the public

Grad team

Q&A with Dr. Jessi Streib

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In the Spring ’23 issue of Contexts, Jessi Streib writes about the hidden opportunity structure—a luckocracy—that neutralizes class advantage and thus equalizes wages … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Michelle Pannor Silver

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Michelle Pannor Silver, the author of a Spring 2023 feature titled “The Retirement Paradox,” says “I love the idea of sharing research … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Stephanie Canizales

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Dr. Stephanie L. Canizales is the author of the Winter 2023 Contexts article “Caught in the Dragnet: How Punitive Immigration Laws Harm Immigrant … Read More

In Brief: Close to the Issue

by Parker Muzzerall
Why would you support a protest? Ranging from socially disruptive to catalysts for change, our perceptions of protests and social movements are often … Read More

Contexts in the Classroom: Teaching Durkheim’s Suicide at UBC

by Contexts Magazine
Contexts articles are perfect for the classroom: rigorous, relevant, readable, and rad! In this video, Dr. Seth Abrutyn, Contexts co-editor, talks about using his … Read More

A Chat with Dr. Elizabeth Hirsh

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What is Dr. Beth Hirsh’s favorite section of Contexts? The policy briefs, she says, are great because they put policymakers and scholars into conversation … Read More

A Chat with Dr. Laura Nelson

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About Contexts and its trends section, Dr. Laura Nelson (University of British Columbia) enthuses, “This is what we [sociologists] do: We take data and … Read More

From The Critical Race Initiative: In solidarity with our Asian and Asian American colleagues and friends

by Chandra Reyna and Sydney Yarbrough
Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona (Source: Unsplash). On Tuesday, a white man purchased a gun and within hours walked … Read More

Graduate Student Experiences in the Midst of Multiple Pandemics

by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
Photo by Changbok Ko (Source: Unsplash) COVID-19 has exposed America’s fragile fault lines associated with economic and racial inequality. Read More

The Deadbeat Presidency

by Rodrigo Dominguez-Martinez
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address. The address followed the longest government shutdown … 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.