Spring 2015
Volume: 14 | Number: 2
Oyler School Against the Odds
Drive west from downtown Cincinnati, over the railroad tracks that snake beneath the 8th Street Viaduct, and you’ll find a little slice of Appalachia, nestled … Read More
Egalitarian Preferences, Gendered Realities
Most people say they’d prefer a balanced relationship. Photo by HomeSpot HQ via Flickr CC. Sociologists have been studying the gender revolution’s stalled progress … Read More
Fifty Years of “New” Immigration
My father arrived in New York City in 1970 from Pakistan with only a few things: a suitcase, … Read More
Sense of Control
Image by philhearing via Flickr CC. Social psychologists stress the importance of a sense of personal control as well as its sister traits, self-efficacy … Read More
Flash-Mob Movements
An artist’s remix of an “Unbroken” movie poster shows how far the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” message from Ferguson spread. Image by PosterBoy via … Read More
How Students Experience Desegregation Efforts
Photo by dhendrix73 via Flickr Many have decried the continued segregation of U.S. public schools along race and class lines, calling for action to … Read More
Academic Doping?
Adderral photo by hipsxxhearts via Flickr CC Adolescents (or their parents) are 30% more likely to fill prescriptions for psychotropic drugs (usually stimulants … Read More
Learning to Parent Transgender Children
Photo by darkday via Flickr. Over the past few years, stories of transgender children celebrated by their parents have flooded the Internet. But … Read More
Got Skills?
Photo by KittyKaht via Flickr. If you’re an academic, moving to the non-academic, post-academic, or alt-academic job market requires a revolution in your … Read More
Words Burn Lips
Rami and Hassan took the author to visit the abandoned cemetery of an Arab village destroyed in 1948 before … Read More
