Contexts

sociology for the public

Guest posts

Is there anything positive coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic?

by Jacob Thomas
Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash.   Social critics typically have the role of highlighting negative or … Read More

Pandemic Intensified Motherhood

by Laura Limonic
Photo by Alexander Dummer on Unsplash. I feel responsible for my son’s well-being –  his happiness, his … Read More

Cross University Collaboration for STEM Education and Social Justice

by Monica J. Carter, Luis A. Colón, Anna De Cheke Qualls, Kamla Deonauth, and Panos S. Shiakolas
Image by Harish Sharma (Source: Pixabay) Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “My humanity is bound up in … Read More

Coronavirus and Community: A Spring 2020 Course Fashioned Off Contexts’ Call for Papers on the Global Impacts of the Pandemic

by Rebecca A. London
Photo by Caniceus (Source: Pixabay). As the world moved to remote teaching and learning this past spring, … Read More

The damage done

by Marco Z. Garrido
Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash. The storming of the US Capitol building came as a shock … Read More

Kim Ng’s rise does not solve baseball’s gender and race problems

by Margaret M. Chin
A panoramic view of Miami Marlins Park. (Photo by David Aughinbaugh II. Source: Flickr, CC) Kim Ng’s … Read More

Empathy is Hard. What We Need is (Sociological) Imagination

by Clare L. Stacey
Photo by David Drexler (Source: Flickr) I live in the liberal bubble of Kent, Ohio, home to … Read More

Arranged Marriage in the Spotlight of “Indian Matchmaking”

by Keera Allendorf
Image by rajeshkoiri007 (Source: Pixabay) In Netflix’s docuseries, “Indian Matchmaking,” singles search … Read More

Are google searches different in states with more Trump supporters? A look at searches about gender, race, and sexuality

by Elizabeth Balzac, Paula England, and and Andrew Levine
Image by chayka1270 (Source: Pixabay) You can tell something about a person—or a state—by their Google searches. This is … Read More

Vaccines, Masks, and Routine Disruptions during COVID-19

by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas
COVID-19 has forever changed the world and our lives. As of the beginning of July, the total COVID-19 cases around the world is approaching … 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.