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All alone in our screens: Jenna Wortham on the paradox of wellness apps
As people deal with the persistent stressors of pandemic life, they are increasingly turning to mindfulness apps like Calm and Headspace to soothe their anxieties. Corporate wellness programs have jumped on the bandwagon, sponsoring these apps as a way to promote well-being for their employees, whose lives have suddenly moved almost completely online. In this essay, Jenna Wortham details the complexities of corporate wellness programs and the mindfulness apps sponsored by them. As you read (or listen!) to Wortham’s essay, note the connections she makes among corporate wellness programs, surveillance capitalism, the gig economy, and rising pay disparities in the... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at They Say / I Blog
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Managing Risk and Sociological Theory
Posted 6 days ago at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Classroom Stories: Teaching Parallax—A Map
By Stacy Palen You may have noticed that, by now, we have acquired quite an enormous catalog of materials for teaching astronomy. There are so many different pieces, in fact, that even I sometimes find them overwhelming or forget that I did something! I find it useful, then, to pick... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2021 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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Are Dogs People? Dog Valuation, Sacralization, and the Dog Consumer Market
Posted Feb 15, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Amanda Gorman’s Sociological Imagination
Posted Feb 8, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Current Events: Mars and Perseverance
By Stacy Palen Heads up, everyone! NASA is making another extraordinary rover landing on Mars. Mars is an easy target for students to view this month and is easily visible between sunset and midnight. It’s the only bright planet visible just now and is typically easy for students to identify... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2021 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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Lunar landings: Alexandra Witze on protecting the Moon by regulating scientific exploration
Scientists and space explorers face a conundrum: What if upcoming scientific missions to the Moon end up contaminating the very ice researchers are so eager to study? In this January 5, 2021 Nature article, Alexandra Witze explains how experts are determining ways to balance their scientific goals with their responsibility to act as stewards of the Moon for future generations. Alexandra Witze, "Will Increasing Traffic to the Moon Contaminate Its Precious Ice?" Nature, 5 January 2021 Why is lunar ice so valuable for scientists? What can researchers learn about the Moon and the Earth by studying samples of lunar ice?... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2021 at They Say / I Blog
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An Inauguration and a Funeral: Rituals and Rites of Passage
Posted Feb 4, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Writing a Literature Review: Connecting Past Studies with Your Research
Posted Feb 1, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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The Symbols of the Capitol Siege
Posted Jan 27, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Masters of their own fate: Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie on why social media companies should self-regulate
For all the good that social media platforms provide – connection, innovation, a panoply of perspectives – there is also a darker side, evident in online harassment, deep fake video and audio manipulations, and the widespread circulation of disinformation and conspiracy theories. What responsibility should social media companies take for the content hosted on their sites? In their January 2021 Harvard Business Review essay, Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie argue that it is time for social media companies to self-regulate their platforms to secure “their long-term survival and success.” Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2021 at They Say / I Blog
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Learning from the Literature: How to Find Categories and Themes
Posted Jan 25, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Is Your Professor a Republican?
Posted Jan 18, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Binging Bob’s Burgers: Social Class, Shrimp Cocktail, and First-Generation College Students
Posted Jan 11, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Disrupting the gender binary: Barbara J. King on gender fluidity and queer rights
In this August 2020 essay, Barbara J. King, a biological anthropologist and professor emerita at the College of William and Mary, shares the story of her child Sarah, who is nonbinary and agender. King pulls from her perspective as both a biological anthropologist and a mother to explore the cultural and linguistic resistance to nonbinary gender identity and presentation. Barbara J. King, "My Nonbinary Child," Sapiens, 21 August 2020 One of the “standard views” that King responds to, both in her work as an educator and as a mother, is the binary idea of gender. Explain this “binary view of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2021 at They Say / I Blog
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Come Together: Applying Durkheim's Ideas to the Capitol Siege
Posted Jan 8, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Socially Made and Essential
Posted Jan 8, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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What is Peer Review?
Posted Jan 4, 2021 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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“On Your Time”: First Generation College Student's Reflections
Posted Dec 28, 2020 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Class critics: Lisa R. Pruitt on the film Hillbilly Elegy and popular representations of the white working class
Ever notice when a film’s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is way off from the critics’ reviews? What’s driving that? Lisa R. Pruitt, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis, digs into the negative critical reviews of the 2020 Netflix film Hillbilly Elegy in this December 3, 2020 essay. Pruitt argues that in the case of Hillbilly Elegy, the answer may lie in the country’s “steadily growing class divide.” Lisa R. Pruitt, "The Chattering Classes Got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Book Wrong – and They’re Getting the Movie Wrong, Too," The Conversation, 3 December 2020 Pruitt’s argument... Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2020 at They Say / I Blog
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What are Gaps in the Literature?
Posted Dec 21, 2020 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Risk, Crime, and The Military: How Risk-Taking May Impact Outcomes for Soldiers with Criminal Records
Posted Dec 14, 2020 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Representing the “full measure of humanity”: Belén Garijo on the importance of increasing diversity in clinical trials
Fueled by new biomedical technologies and unprecedented collaboration, pharmaceutical companies are rapidly developing and testing vaccines for SARS CoV-2 coronavirus. However, this swift pace of vaccine development might lead to “a potentially risky lack of diversity in clinical trials,” according to Belén Garijo, a healthcare executive and former doctor. Her October 9, 2020 essay in TIME explains how this lack of diversity is not a new problem: certain population groups have been historically underrepresented in clinical trials, which limits how well doctors and researchers can study the efficacy of the treatments and medicines being tested. Belén Garijo, "We Must Use... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2020 at They Say / I Blog
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Classroom Stories: Endings...and Planning for Beginnings!
By Stacy Palen I love the moment when my attention turns from the current semester to the next one. I love the feeling that I’ve turned the page and that the new course will start fresh, with no mistakes in it. And I love looking back at the semester, as... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2020 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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COVID Babies: Boom or Bust?
Posted Dec 7, 2020 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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