UNC-CH at the PAAs: Sociology department members share their PAA presentations Matt Bradshaw, Cheryl Roberts, Margarita Mooney, and Glen Elder, UNC-Chapel Hill. "Financial Hardship, Religious Resources, and Psychological Well-Being in Late Life" Jamie Lewis, UNC-Chapel Hill. "Patterns in American Fathers' … Read more
Neal Caren, "Bringing Adversity Back In: Economic Breakdown and the Pace of Collective Action" Michael Gaddis, "High-Arts Participation or Habits and Skills? A Longitudinal Analysis of Cultural Capital among Low-Income Youth" Amy Lucas, "Economic Hardship and Relationship Quality among Cohabiting … Read more
Child Poverty at a Racial Cross Roads: Assessing Child Poverty for Children in Mono- and Multiracial Families Jenifer L. Bratter (PhD 2001, University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Her research explores the … Read more
A discussion with Shehzad Nadeem, author of Dead Ringers: How Outsourcing is Changing the Way Indians Understand Themselves In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be “dead ringers” for the more expensive American workers they have replaced-complete with Westernized … Read more
Liana Richardson, Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC-CH Department of Sociology (En)gendering Racial Disparities in Health Trajectories: An Intersectional and Life Course Analysis Abstract: Sociological research on racial/ethnic and gender inequality in health rarely employs an intersectionality perspective. To demonstrate its utility and importance, … Read more
Social Forces Visiting Scholar Sarah Soule, Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Social Movement Organizational Collaboration: Networks of Learning and the Diffusion of Protest Tactics, 1960-1995 Abstract: This paper examines the diffusion of protest … Read more
