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Who are You: Work, Education, and Identity
Posted 6 days ago at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Student Parents: Rethinking Assumptions about College Students
Posted Mar 13, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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What is a Good Member of Society?
Posted Mar 6, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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An Applied Sociological Perspective on Design
Posted Feb 27, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Rules for the robot revolution: Ted Lieu on regulating artificial intelligence
Our daily lives increasingly rely on AI technology, from the facial recognition software that unlocks our smartphones to the smart algorithms that curate our search engine results pages. This “fourth industrial revolution,” as computer scientist and U.S. congressman Ted Lieu describes it, presents a challenge: how can people benefit from AI innovation and be protected from the harmful consequences of AI, from unwanted surveillance to systemic bias? In this op-ed also published in the New York Times, Lieu makes a case for why the U.S. needs a new federal agency to regulate AI. Ted Lieu, "I’m a Congressman Who Codes.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2023 at They Say / I Blog
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Public Transportation: Space and Social Control
Posted Feb 20, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Let Them Eat Tofu: Getting Real about the Struggles of Low-Wage Mothers
Posted Feb 13, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Having It All? Motherhood in an Increasingly “Planned" World
Posted Feb 6, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Ideology and the Prince
Posted Jan 30, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Our Social Caravan
Posted Jan 23, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Why Doctors Don’t Want Patients Like Me, and How it Impacts all of Us
Posted Jan 16, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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“A dire shortage of affordable housing”: Jerusalem Demsas on the structural causes of homelessness
Every day, over half a million Americans are homeless. What has led to this crisis? In this essay, writer Jerusalem Demsas critiques the way homelessness is often framed as an individual’s “personal failure,” with little attempt to recognize or rectify its underlying root causes. She argues that the lack of affordable housing is at the center of the homelessness problem in many U.S. cities and communities. Jerusalem Demsas, "The Obvious Answer to Homelessness," Atlantic, 12 December 2022 Demsas writes, “Homelessness is best understood as a ‘flow’ problem, not a ‘stock’ problem” (paragraph 12). Explain this statement in your own words.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2023 at They Say / I Blog
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Macro Meets Micro: Time Management
Posted Jan 6, 2023 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Restrooms in Cultural Context
Posted Dec 19, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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“Algorithms fault her”: Joy Buolamwini on deep-rooted racial biases in facial recognition software
Who can artificial intelligence see, and whose faces and stories remain invisible? Joy Buolamwini, poet, computer scientist, and co-founder of the Algorithmic Justice League, asks this question in her research about how racial and gender biases influence the software and search algorithms that shape our everyday lives. In this provocative spoken-word video, Buolamwini demonstrates the shortcomings of facial recognition software and argues that the developers of AI technology “often forget[] to deal with race, gender, and class” (1:03). Joy Buolamwini, "AI, Ain't I A Woman?" YouTube.com, 18 June 2018 On their website, the Algorithmic Justice League states their mission: “We... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2022 at They Say / I Blog
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Nonfiction for Beginners: How to Read Sociology Monographs
Posted Dec 12, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Here We Snow Again (But Not On Our Own)
Posted Dec 5, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Tears as Social Phenomenon
Posted Nov 28, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Branding Racism
Posted Nov 21, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Classroom Stories: Teaching Astronomy to Primarily Non-science Students in Group-setting Activities, by Sandi Brenner (Bryant University)
I teach an Introductory Astronomy course at Bryant University – a small university with a total undergraduate enrollment of a little over 3,000 students. Although Bryant University has a College of Arts & Sciences (which included only one ‘Department of Science’,) and now a School of Health and Behavioral Sciences,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2022 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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Monetizing the Natural World
Posted Nov 14, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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Help wanted: Richard V. Reeves on recruiting more men to be teachers, nurses, and care workers
In 2022, the UN’s International Labour Organization reported that women, on average, still earn 20% less than men. The global gender wage gap has been widely discussed and researched, but there is another gender gap that has received less attention: fewer and fewer men are taking jobs in fields that are traditionally seen as “women’s work,” including teaching, nursing, and social work. Richard V. Reeves investigates the complex reasons why, in today’s economy and society, “Women are doing ‘men’s jobs.’ Men are not doing ‘women’s jobs.’” Richard V. Reeves, "Why America Needs More Men Working in Health Care and Education,"... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2022 at They Say / I Blog
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Culture, Structure, and Public Transportation
Posted Nov 7, 2022 at Everyday Sociology Blog
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JWST Carina Nebula
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-reveals-cosmic-cliffs-glittering-landscape-of-star-birth The Carina Nebula is a nearby (about 7,600 ly away) star-forming region, and this image captures just a segment of it. Above the image (out of frame) are a number of hot, young stars, producing outflows that are blowing around the dust and gas, carving out a cavity. This... Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2022 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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JWST Southern Ring Nebula
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-captures-dying-star-s-final-performance-in-fine-detail The Southern Ring Nebula is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula, seen very nearly along the axis. Planetary nebulae result from the death of low-mass stars, and their shaping mechanisms have long been somewhat mysterious. In this image from JWST, a binary system is visible at the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2022 at Teaching Astronomy by Doing Astronomy
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