10 years after they have earned their Ph.D., females in the field are achieving success, but survey finds key gaps in family and professional life.
Sociology
Sociology
Jul 15, 2022
American Sociological Association plans to meet in LA in a few weeks despite fears about the new variant of COVID-19.
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June 23, 2008
Overall supply of positions suggests new Ph.D.'s have options, but criminology appears more popular with hiring committees than with grad students.
May 12, 2008
When Robert M. Gates, the secretary of defense, announced plans for the Minerva Consortia last month, he surprised many social scientists. Gates proposed the creation of a series of university-based consortiums to support research on questions of importance to the military, but said that the research would be unclassified and would not be subject to political litmus tests.
November 1, 2007
Research on women and minorities in the sciences and social sciences examines the entire population of professors at top 100 departments in 15 fields.
August 15, 2007
Social scientists are more worried now than during McCarthy era, survey finds. Sociologists consider why and what to do about it.
August 15, 2007
A growing movement within the discipline raises questions about promotion, peer review, the nature of research and the future of the field.
August 14, 2007
Sociologists -- especially those who study sexuality -- have for years done research that was considered controversial or troublesome by politicians or deans. Many scholars are proud of following their research ideas where they lead -- whatever others may think. But at a session Monday at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, sociologists considered the possibility that some of their colleagues may feel enough heat right now that they are avoiding certain topics or are being forced to compromise on either the language or substance of their research.
August 13, 2007
Amid legal and political defeats for affirmative action, sociologists present new research to illustrate the continuing impact of racial inequities.
August 13, 2007
Scholar from South Africa, critic of U.S. policies, is blocked from attending scholarly meeting.
July 18, 2007
Research argues that if elite colleges abandoned the SAT, they could have diverse classes without affirmative action.