Sociological Inquiry

Gender Differences in Employed Parents' Self‐Rated Health During COVID‐19 School Closures in an Affluent US Community We examine whether the timing and duration of COVID-19 school closures during fall 2020 and winter 2020/21 are associated with employed parents' self-rated health compared to non-parents and parents ...

New #EarlyView article on gender differences in employed parents' self-rated health during COVID-19 school closures in an affluent US community.

Authored by Molly A. Martin, Virginia K. Leiter, Kayla M. Kemp, & Rachel A. Smith.

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It also demonstrates the use of experimental survey methods, offering instructors a clear example of how experimental designs can be used to study digital health literacy.

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This article applies Janet Shim’s concept of cultural health capital, making it a great fit for courses on health disparities, inequality, and medical sociology.

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🤓 Introducing our new ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ series from Sociological Inquiry (& @alphakappadelta.bsky.social) !

This week we highlight the 2025 article “Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy” from Paino, Claggett, & Kitchens.

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The Dual‐Edged State Paradox: Fighting for Justice When the State is Unreliable Sociological theories of collective resistance offer insights into how communities mobilize against oppression but often overlook the complexities when the state, an entity relied upon for justice, a...

"The paradox lies in the fact that activists cannot simply oppose or reject the state outright because, while parts of the state are actively undermining justice, other parts are essential for achieving it."

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Today's one-sentence sociology comes from Baris Cayli Messina's article "The Dual-Edged State Paradox: Fighting for Justice When the State is Unreliable" ⤵

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Welcome back to #OneSentenceSociology, where we’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of SI by showcasing the power of sociology in a single sentence from each article in the issue.

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Would a Christian Nation Have Universal Healthcare? Evidence from the General Social Survey Christian nationalists in the United States call for the government to reflect Christian ideals, but it is unclear how theological interpretations would manifest in governmental policy in areas like ....

🥳 New #EarlyView article is available!

"Would a Christian Nation Have Universal Healthcare? Evidence from the General Social Survey" authored by Atsuko Kawakami and colleagues.

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Hierarchical Social Distance: Social Attitudes Toward Ethnic and Immigrant Groups in a Midwestern City Using the Bogardus social distance scale, the study examined residents' social attitudes toward 10 ethnic and immigrant groups. The analysis focused on Burmese immigrants, a rapidly growing ethnic gr...

"In sociological studies of prejudice, unconscious racism has drawn much scholarly attention as it reveals an implicit bias toward people of color that could potentially produce systemic inequalities."

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Today's one-sentence sociology comes from Gu and Crawfords article "Hierarchical Social Distance: Social Attitudes Toward Ethnic and Immigrant Groups in a Midwestern City" ⤵

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Welcome back to #OneSentenceSociology, where we’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry by showcasing the power of #sociology in a single sentence from each article in the issue.

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Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating* Although singlehood is a desired lifestyle for an increasing number of heterosexual women and men, many are involuntarily single, struggling to find a partner. Meanwhile, popular debates about dating...

New #EarlyView article is live and #OpenAccess! 🎉

Read "Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating" at the link!

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✨ "According to Bell, the ideology of pronatalism leads women to identify womanhood with motherhood. In such a situation, infertility represents a threat to identity."

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Together, let’s show how one sentence can capture the power of sociological thinking!

Today's #OneSentenceSociology comes from Greil and colleagues article "Confidence in Pregnancy Among U.S. Women" ⤵

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We'll be showcasing each article from the issue with one sentence and one sentence only and we want you 🫵 to join!

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👋 Sociology students and faculty! What’s your #OneSentenceSociology? 🧠✨

We’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry with a campaign that showcases the power of sociology in a single sentence.

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🎉 Announcing our final issue of 2025!

The latest issue of Volume 95 of Sociological Inquiry is now available via Wiley!

👉 Check out the Table of Contents in the graphics below and browse the issue at the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...

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Book cover for Long COVID and Society: International Perspectives, edited by Deborah Lupton, featuring a person with crossed arms painted in colorful patterns and COVID-19 written across their mask and forehead. At the bottom right, the Palgrave Macmillan logo (publisher's name) is included.

#JustPublished – ‘Long Covid and Society: International Perspectives’, edited by Deborah Lupton. Read, download or purchase the hardcopy or e-book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chapters 1 and 14 are free to read in #OpenAccess. #Sociology #LongCovid #PublicHealth @hss.springernature.com

The third Congress of the International Network for Sociology of Sensibilities (REDISS) co-organized with ISA WG08 ‘Society and Emotions’, ISA TG12 ‘Social Love and Solidarity’, ISA RC54 ‘The Body in the Social Science’, ISA TG07 ‘Senses and Society’.

Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy Individuals increasingly turn to the Internet for health-related information; simultaneously, medical skepticism endures in healthcare. Poor health literacy remains a problem in the US, and in an onl...

New #EarlyView article from authors Maria Paino, Jennifer L. Claggett, & Brent Kitchens! 🎉

👀 Read "Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy" at the link!

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📣 Please SHARE WIDELY with graduate students in your departments and direct them to the following Google Form to participate in the campaign: forms.gle/6rQLWDoxWcGM...

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We are SO excited to launch our ✨Student Voices Campaign✨ with the purpose of uplifting graduate students in sociology and giving them a space to share their intellectual ideas publicly!

The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.

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🎉 Congrats to all the authors of these TOP 5 trending articles in SOC Inquiry! 📈

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AKD’s Social Justice Award recognizes sociologists using sociology to promote social justice.

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Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea Despite existing literature on social exclusion as a multidimensional phenomenon, critical inquiries arise as to whether a single deprivation is sufficient to be phrased as exclusion or if multiple r...

📣 New #EarlyView article from UCLA researchers!

Access "Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea" from Yeon Jae Hwang & Todd M. Franke at the link 👇

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Sociological Inquiry: Vol 91, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

In moments of heightened debate, research offers clarity.

Our 2021 #SpeicalIssue on 🔫 policy brings together sociological perspectives to deepen understanding of one of today’s most urgent social issues.

Explore the scholarship 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...

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Have you browsed our #SpecialIssue on "gardening" policies? 🍃

Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀

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