Sociological Inquiry
@socioinquiry.bsky.social
The official journal of @alphakappadelta.bsky.social, SI is committed to the exploration of the human condition in all of its social and cultural complexity!
Browse the latest issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x/current
Browse the latest issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x/current
🌟 We're kicking off our year-end countdown of articles you may have missed this year!
Starting with 🔟: “The Interplay of Climate and Disaster in Men's Stories of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand” from authors Ashleigh Rushton, Suzanne Phibbs, Christine Kenney & Cheryl Anderson
Starting with 🔟: “The Interplay of Climate and Disaster in Men's Stories of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand” from authors Ashleigh Rushton, Suzanne Phibbs, Christine Kenney & Cheryl Anderson
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🌟 We're kicking off our year-end countdown of articles you may have missed this year!
Starting with 🔟: “The Interplay of Climate and Disaster in Men's Stories of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand” from authors Ashleigh Rushton, Suzanne Phibbs, Christine Kenney & Cheryl Anderson
Starting with 🔟: “The Interplay of Climate and Disaster in Men's Stories of the 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand” from authors Ashleigh Rushton, Suzanne Phibbs, Christine Kenney & Cheryl Anderson
Turn scholarship into teaching!
Bring Sociological Inquiry into your classroom by using our ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ as ready-to-share tools for discussing methods, labor, inequality, and culture with your students.
#TeachingSociology #SociologicalInquiry
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Bring Sociological Inquiry into your classroom by using our ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ as ready-to-share tools for discussing methods, labor, inequality, and culture with your students.
#TeachingSociology #SociologicalInquiry
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November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Turn scholarship into teaching!
Bring Sociological Inquiry into your classroom by using our ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ as ready-to-share tools for discussing methods, labor, inequality, and culture with your students.
#TeachingSociology #SociologicalInquiry
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Bring Sociological Inquiry into your classroom by using our ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ as ready-to-share tools for discussing methods, labor, inequality, and culture with your students.
#TeachingSociology #SociologicalInquiry
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The authors use qualitative interviews to understand workers’ and consumers’ experiences. Their sample of elite nightlife workers reveals how culture, labor, and inequality intersect in service settings.
A great methods example!
#QualitativeMethods #Sociology
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A great methods example!
#QualitativeMethods #Sociology
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November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The authors use qualitative interviews to understand workers’ and consumers’ experiences. Their sample of elite nightlife workers reveals how culture, labor, and inequality intersect in service settings.
A great methods example!
#QualitativeMethods #Sociology
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A great methods example!
#QualitativeMethods #Sociology
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Aesthetic labor is central to elite nightlife. Workers describe how appearance expectations require active self-presentation—embodied, curated, and tied to labor outcomes. A strong concept for courses on work, gender, and culture.
#SociologyOfWork #TeachingSociology
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#SociologyOfWork #TeachingSociology
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November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Aesthetic labor is central to elite nightlife. Workers describe how appearance expectations require active self-presentation—embodied, curated, and tied to labor outcomes. A strong concept for courses on work, gender, and culture.
#SociologyOfWork #TeachingSociology
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#SociologyOfWork #TeachingSociology
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Our latest ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ are from Yamadi & Riel’s (2025) study:
“Nightclubs, Interactive Service Labor, and Objectification Practices: Workers’ Experiences in Elite Nightlife.”
#Sociology
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“Nightclubs, Interactive Service Labor, and Objectification Practices: Workers’ Experiences in Elite Nightlife.”
#Sociology
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November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Our latest ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ are from Yamadi & Riel’s (2025) study:
“Nightclubs, Interactive Service Labor, and Objectification Practices: Workers’ Experiences in Elite Nightlife.”
#Sociology
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“Nightclubs, Interactive Service Labor, and Objectification Practices: Workers’ Experiences in Elite Nightlife.”
#Sociology
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Today’s #OneSentenceSociology is:
“When responding to the question, ‘If you were to become a Native American person for just a few days, how do you think your life would be different?,’ our interviewees typically chose to discuss Native Americans in terms of racial stereotypes.”
“When responding to the question, ‘If you were to become a Native American person for just a few days, how do you think your life would be different?,’ our interviewees typically chose to discuss Native Americans in terms of racial stereotypes.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today’s #OneSentenceSociology is:
“When responding to the question, ‘If you were to become a Native American person for just a few days, how do you think your life would be different?,’ our interviewees typically chose to discuss Native Americans in terms of racial stereotypes.”
“When responding to the question, ‘If you were to become a Native American person for just a few days, how do you think your life would be different?,’ our interviewees typically chose to discuss Native Americans in terms of racial stereotypes.”
🔐 Access the article through the link 👉https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.70030 or via your institution’s library.
Stay tuned for more ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ from Sociological Inquiry!
#Sociology #HigherEd #TeachingTakeaways #Scholarship #ResearchMethods #HealthLiteracy
Stay tuned for more ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ from Sociological Inquiry!
#Sociology #HigherEd #TeachingTakeaways #Scholarship #ResearchMethods #HealthLiteracy
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🔐 Access the article through the link 👉https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.70030 or via your institution’s library.
Stay tuned for more ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ from Sociological Inquiry!
#Sociology #HigherEd #TeachingTakeaways #Scholarship #ResearchMethods #HealthLiteracy
Stay tuned for more ✨Teaching Takeaways✨ from Sociological Inquiry!
#Sociology #HigherEd #TeachingTakeaways #Scholarship #ResearchMethods #HealthLiteracy
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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#ResearchMethods
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#ResearchMethods
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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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#ResearchMethods
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#ResearchMethods
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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#MedicalSociology
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#MedicalSociology
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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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#MedicalSociology
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#MedicalSociology
🤓 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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#HealthLiteracy
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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#HealthLiteracy
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🤓 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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#HealthLiteracy
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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#HealthLiteracy
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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November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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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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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#OneSentenceSociology
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#OneSentenceSociology
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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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#OneSentenceSociology
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#OneSentenceSociology
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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Today's #OneSentenceSociology comes from Greil and colleagues article "Confidence in Pregnancy Among U.S. Women" ⤵
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October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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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Today's #OneSentenceSociology comes from Greil and colleagues article "Confidence in Pregnancy Among U.S. Women" ⤵
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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...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
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...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎉 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...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
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...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
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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The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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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! 📈
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
@alphakappadelta.bsky.social
#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
@alphakappadelta.bsky.social
#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎉 Congrats to all the authors of these TOP 5 trending articles in SOC Inquiry! 📈
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
@alphakappadelta.bsky.social
#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
@alphakappadelta.bsky.social
#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
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. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
September 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
📣 NEW this month in #EarlyView!
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 NEW this month in #EarlyView!
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
Check out some of the most recent articles related to #voting, #politics, and #elections from SOC Inquiry at the link! 🗳️
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
#Sociology #SocialSciences
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#Sociology #SocialSciences
August 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Check out some of the most recent articles related to #voting, #politics, and #elections from SOC Inquiry at the link! 🗳️
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
#Sociology #SocialSciences
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
#Sociology #SocialSciences
📢 The new issue of Sociological Inquiry is now available!
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📢 The new issue of Sociological Inquiry is now available!
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
📄"'Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!' Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum" authored by Michał Wanke and colleagues.
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
July 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📄"'Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!' Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum" authored by Michał Wanke and colleagues.
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
👀 Take a peek inside the issue with Sociological Inquiry!
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
July 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
👀 Take a peek inside the issue with Sociological Inquiry!
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
Family dinners, workplace conversations, & neighborhood groups can become battlegrounds in a polarized climate.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Family dinners, workplace conversations, & neighborhood groups can become battlegrounds in a polarized climate.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
📘 "This study builds on and critiques theories of doing, redoing, and undoing gender by demonstrating how nonbinary transitioning disrupts dominant models of gender accountability, recognition, and self-determination."
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
July 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📘 "This study builds on and critiques theories of doing, redoing, and undoing gender by demonstrating how nonbinary transitioning disrupts dominant models of gender accountability, recognition, and self-determination."
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
🔎 What are the sociological roots of political distrust?
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
July 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🔎 What are the sociological roots of political distrust?
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.