Home » Posts tagged 'sociology'

Tag Archives: sociology

Doomsday Preppers in New York City

QC Pod
QC Pod
Doomsday Preppers in New York City
/

On today’s episode of the QC Pod, we meet Prof. Anna Bounds (Sociology) to discuss doomsday preparation in New York City. Prof. Bounds is the author of Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York’s ‘Prepper’ Subculture (Routledge).

The Women of Generation X

QC Pod
QC Pod
The Women of Generation X
/

In today’s episode of the QC Pod, we meet with Professor Robin Rogers from the Department of Sociology to discuss her research on the women of Generation X. The young women of the 1990s and 2000s were told that they could do everything that men could do, but were their expectations of a better life fulfilled? Are there lessons for younger generations?

The German Sociological Divide (Thomas Scheffer)

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
The German Sociological Divide (Thomas Scheffer)
/

This week, The Annex discusses a cleavage in German sociology that resulted in the formation of the Academy of Sociology, an organization that splintered from the German Sociological Association in a spat that involved questions of scientific rigor in sociology. Here’s the back story:

Background

This summer, Philip Cohen from the University of Maryland tweeted:

Stephen Vaisey of Duke University commented:

This tweet generated multiple, very interesting reactions, including this one from Fabian Ochsenfeld.

This struck me as a tremendously interesting topic. It also turned out to be painfully difficult to find discussants. I struggled to find people to tell the story of the division between these two organizations. I’m grateful to Thomas Scheffer from Goethe University, who was gracious enough to tell us about this divide.

Please note: We were not able to secure someone to speak on behalf of the Academy of Sociology for this segment. I invite listeners to voice their views below, and I am happy to discuss follow-up discussions if warranted

Photo Credits

By Ribax (Diskussion) 10:53, 6. Mär. 2014 (CET) – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Slow Peer Review

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
Slow Peer Review
/

Elise Paradis from the University of Toronto pointed out that slow journal turnaround times hurt early-career researchers.  

The question provoked a range of interesting discussions that we discuss here.

Michelle Silver is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society. She recently published Retirement and Discontents: Why We Won’t Stop Working, Even If We Can (Columbia University).

The Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting Program

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
The Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting Program
/

The Southern Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting program has drawings of the President in diapers. Is this good for the discipline?

Sexual Misconduct Allegations at Madison

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
Sexual Misconduct Allegations at Madison







/

Luft

Joe, Leslie, Gabriel and Aliza Luft (UCLA) discuss sexual misconduct problems at the University of Wisconsin, Madison sociology department.

Aliza is an expert on genocide and extreme politics. She wrote “Toward a Dynamic Theory of Action at the Micro-Level of Genocide: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in 1994 Rwanda” in Sociological Theory.

Poverty Research in Southern Universities

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
Poverty Research in Southern Universities
/

Why isn’t there more?

UW Superior Closes Its Soc Department

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
UW Superior Closes Its Soc Department







/

The University of Wisconsin, Superior closes its sociology department. We ask whether this is a canary in a coalmine, or an idiosyncratic event.

Why Did You Become a Sociologist?

Annex Sociology Podcast
Annex Sociology Podcast
Why Did You Become a Sociologist?
/

We discuss how we became interested in sociology.