How do Black & Brown students navigate their identities at predominantly white universities? This study examines racial microaggressions, identity management, and resistance to pressures to assimilate within academic spaces. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.70024 #Sociology #HigherEd

How do students develop a “feel for the game” in school and how is that academic habitus shaped by family capital? This Teaching Takeaway highlights de Moll et al.’s use of latent class analysis to identify distinct types of academic habitus among secondary school students.🧵

☀️ Editor's Summer Pick! How do race, gender, and immigration shape careers in cybersecurity? This article explores how immigrant workers of color navigate workplace expectations, inequality, and belonging in a rapidly growing industry. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology #Research

"For me, scholarship and activism are intimately connected and cross fertilizing." Join Dr. Aldon D. Morris for the 2026 AKD Distinguished Lecture at the @asanews.bsky.social Annual Meetings. 📅 Aug. 8 | 🕑 2 PM Learn more: alphakappadelta.org/aldon-d-morr... #ASA2026 #Sociology #AlphaKappaDelta

When is #QualitativeResearch "enough"? This new article from Michael Carolan introduces the concept of epistemic closure to rethink debates around saturation, rigor, and sufficiency in qualitative research. Read #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology @wileysocsci.bsky.social

📚 New Teaching Takeaways! How does social class shape the ways parents advocate for children with disabilities? This week's featured article: Class Consciousness as Cultural Capital among High-SES Parents of Children with Disabilities by Gal-Jacob & Shoshana (2024) 🧵 #sociology

#FoodInsecurity is about more than simply access to food. It shapes health, safety, and well-being across the life course. This study examines the relationship between food insecurity over the life course and #IPV among women living with HIV in Ghana. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/soin...

Who's seen as the "ideal worker" in cybersecurity? This Early View article examines how racialized and gendered expectations shape the experiences of foreign-born workers of color in Canada's cybersecurity sector. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology #Cybersecurity @wileysocsci.bsky.social

How do job demands shape drug use for cognitive enhancement? This Teaching Takeaway highlights research by Sattler et al. (2026), examining how job stress and workplace resources relate to the use of legal, prescription, and illegal drugs for cognitive enhancement in Germany.

Film festivals don't just screen movies—they shape culture. 🎬 This book review examines Shaping Film Festivals in a Changing World, exploring how institutions, decolonization, & inequality influence the global festival landscape. 📚 Read the review: doi.org/10.1111/soin...

Being the first in your family to attend college comes with unique challenges & strengths. In this article, researchers explore how first-gen students experience university support, scholarships, & barriers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology #HigherEd #FirstGen

How does faith influence sustainable consumption? This new Early View qualitative study explores how Islamic religiosity shapes environmental responsibility among Muslims in China, framing sustainability as both a moral and religious obligation. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology

Teaching Takeaway 📚 How do people experience social exclusion, not just structurally, but in their everyday lives? This week's Teaching Takeaway explores queer social exclusion in South Korea using phenomenological qualitative methods. 🧵⬇️

What shapes excessive internet use across the life course? This new Sociological Inquiry study applies containment theory to better understand the social and individual factors at play. 🔗 Read at the link: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #InternetAddiction #Sociology #SocialResearch

How do people come to understand racism as a systemic issue rather than an individual one? This new Early View article examines how #sociology shape students' understanding of systemic racism & the role emotion plays. Read via the link: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #SocialSciences

What can thrifting reveal about identity? This week's Sociological Inquiry Teaching Takeaway explores how college student thrifting can be understood through identity work theory, showing consumption as a process of self-discovery, self-formation, and self-expression. 🧵⬇️

Women's empowerment alone doesn't automatically improve child health outcomes. This #OpenAccess study from Tanzania explores how different dimensions of women's autonomy relate to under-five mortality & why broader policy support matters. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology

New research in Sociological Inquiry finds maternal sandwich caregiving may have different mental health implications for adult children depending on their age, with older adult children experiencing greater impacts. 👉 Read the open access article: doi.org/10.1111/soin... @wileysocsci.bsky.social

Would a Christian nation have universal healthcare? A recent study in Sociological Inquiry explores the relationship between Christian nationalism and attitudes toward universal healthcare in the United States. 🧵

This #OpenAccess article from our May Issue interrogates gender transitioning by centering nonbinary experiences and challenging the binary-driven narratives that dominate both medical and sociological frameworks of transition. Read at the link: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #sociology

📰 How do opinion columns shape our understanding of social problems? Potter (2026) shows that accountability isn't just discussed in the media, but actively framed. #TeachingTakeaway #Sociology

NEW #OpenAccess article! Read "Empowerment or Dependence? Questioning the Long-Term Effectiveness of Rural Financial Services in Bangladesh" from Saleh Ahmed (@michiganstateu.bsky.social) & Elizabeth Marie Eklund (Purdue University) via the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Ethnography #Sociology

Is support for immigration restrictions really about economics—or something deeper? In the May issue of SI, Hempel & Strapko explore how perceptions of group threat influence attitudes toward immigration in the U.S. Read the article 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Sociology

How do universities decide who “belongs” in academia? This Teaching Takeaway from SI examines how ideas of merit, fit, & diversity shape tenure-track hiring decisions in U.S. universities. Based on interviews with 50 #sociology and #business professors across 7 institutions. 👇

Have you browsed the latest issue of SI? 👀 This article from the issue reconceptualizes crises, expanding our sociological understanding of what crises are and how they unfold. Read it open access 👉 ahttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soin.70016 #sociology @wileysocsci.bsky.social

NEW early view article! 👇 Ye et al. (2026) draw on Social Identity Theory to expand our understanding of organizational identity in the context of sustainable and ethical organizational practices. Read at the link: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #CarbonEmissions #SocialResearch

How do perceptions of group threat shape attitudes toward immigration in the United States? This week’s Teaching Takeaway from Sociological Inquiry highlights Hempel & Strapko’s (2025) research on immigration restrictionism and “sense of group position.” 🧵

Welcome to our Graduate Student Spotlight series! This post spotlights Alex Theophilus, PhD student at @usuaggies.bsky.social, whose research in Sociological Inquiry examines rural community wellbeing, food systems, and agricultural change. 🧵 #Sociology

In this featured article, Paredes & Navarrete (2025) examine the relationship between fear of assault or robbery and emigration intentions in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. 📖 Read the #OpenAccess article at the link: doi.org/10.1111/soin... #Sociology @wileysocsci.bsky.social

Crisis isn’t only about disruption—it can also create new possibilities. 👉 Swipe through to explore how this research can be brought into your classroom! #Sociology #Crisis