Sage Sociology

This episode brings poetry to the crucial task of reinventing solidarity. New Labor Forum Editor Paula Finn hosts a conversation with award winning poet Javier Zamora, who at nine years old left his home in El Salvador and made his way, as an unaccompanied minor, through Guatemala and Mexico and across the Sonoran Desert to reunite with his parents in California. In this interview, Zamora reflects on this experience and on the role of poetry in movements for social justice, and reads poems from his book Unaccompanied.

Author Alex Bierman discusses his article, "Social Estrangement and Psychological Distress before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic," published in the December 2020 issue of Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Author Kevin Estep discusses his article, "Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity," published in the December 2020 issue of American Sociological Review.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sociologists for Women in Society, past and current Gender & Society Editors – Judith Lorber, Margaret Andersen, Beth Schneider, Christine Bose, Christine Williams, Dana Britton, Joya Misra, Jo Reger, and Barbara Risman – discuss their contributions, achievements, and challenges in their times as Editor of G&S in this webinar recording.

Author Michael Sauder discusses his article, "A Sociology of Luck," published in the September 2020 issue of Sociological Theory. 

Authors Alanna Gillis and Laura M. Krull discuss their article, "COVID-19 Remote Learning Transition in Spring 2020: Class Structures, Student Perceptions, and Inequality in College Courses," published in the October 2020 issue of Teaching Sociology.

Author Adriana C. Núñez discusses her article, "Collatoral Subjects: The Normalization of Surveillance for Mexican Americans on the Border," published in the October 2020 issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Join author Sigrid Luhr for a discussion of the research behind "Signaling Parenthood: Managing the Motherhood Penalty and Fatherhood Premium in the U.S. Service Sector."

Author Ryan Thombs discusses his article, "What Is Driving the Drug Overdose Epidemic in the United States?," published in the September 2020 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Author Dr. Derrick R. Brooms discusses his article, ""It's the Person, but Then the Environment, Too": Black and Latino Males' Narratives about Their College Successes," published in the April 2020 issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.