Contexts

Q&A

Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities || Q&A: Victor Ray with authors Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen

by Laura Hamilton, Kelly Nielsen, and Victor Ray

Teaching Sociology of Gender During COVID-19: Lessons from Contexts Magazine

by Gabrielle G. Gonzales and Catherine J. Taylor

Feature

What Do Memes Tell Us about Self and Time during the Pandemic?

by Michael G. Flaherty and Cosima Rughiniș

In Pictures

The Arab Spring Protests

by Mounira M. Charrad, Amina Zarrugh, and Hyun Jeong Ha

Trends

“Hong Kong, Add Oil!”: The Lennon Walls in the 2019 Hong Kong Movement

by Yao-Tai Li and John Chung-En Liu

Feature

The Meanings of Refugee Status

by Katherine Jensen

blog

Grad team

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

by Chandra Reyna and Sydney Yarbrough

Culture

Complexities of Menstruation in Kathmandu, Nepal

by Srijana Karki

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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.

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