Contexts

sociology for the public

Q&A

Interviews and roundtables with sociological experts on important issues of public concern.

David Brooks Looks for a Few Good Sociologists

by Jerry A. Jacobs and David Brooks | Winter 2008
While more conservative in his politics than many sociologists, Brooks often writes about topics of interest to the field and its practitioners while alternating between … 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 David Grazian with managing editor Elena G. van Stee, both at the University of Pennsylvania.