Come see a panel discussion co-sponsored by Contexts Magazine on “Three Missouri Mikes” moderated by Contexts board member and Guardian columnist Steven Thrasher. Buzzfeed editor Saeed Jones, Buzzfeed writer Joel Anderson, WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal, and Yale graduate student Keahnan Washington will discuss how the American media covered Michael Sam (the first openly gay NFL…

Although there has been a striking reversal in the gender gap in higher education, women pursue STEM degrees at much lower rates than their male peers. An October Sociology of Education article, “The High School Sociology Environment and the Gender Gap in Science and Engineering,” examines the role of the high school on the ability…

In late April 2014 the National Science Board (NSB), which is the governing board of the National Science Foundation, submitted a highly unusual statement to Congress in response to pending FIRST Act legislation. The NSB argued that the FIRST Act’s “specification of budget allocations to each NSF Directorate would significantly impede NSF’s flexibility to deploy…

Earlier this month, ASA elected leaders sent two opposing letters to Dr. Phyllis Wise, UIUC chancellor, regarding the decision to not hire Dr. Steven G. Salaita as a faculty member at the University of Illinois. These letters and the circumstances of their submission have generated discussion among ASA members in social media and in the…

NPR’s report on Purdue University sociologist Michael T. Light’s October American Sociological Review study, “Citizenship and Punishment: The Salience of National Membership in U.S. Criminal Courts,” aired this morning around 5:30 a.m. ET. The study, whose co-authors include the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Michael Massoglia and Ohio State University’s Ryan D. King, found that non-Americans in…