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On legacies of violence, genocide, and implicated subjects: Arts and museums as influence and response

12.7.20

Deniz Gundogan Ibrisim is a PhD candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature, Fulbright Scholar and a former Graduate Student Fellow in the Center for the Humanities. Her dissertation is titled “Trauma, Survival and Survivance in Contemporary Anglophone and Turkish Literature: Materiality Beyond Mind.”

Making sense of the racial divergence of AIDS and COVID-19

11.30.20

René Esparza is an assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies.

Sociology Program Soars Five Years After Its Revival

10.5.20

While the Department of Sociology’s growth over the past five years has been immense, Wingfield believes that the department is just getting started. “Our hope is to continue growing, remain a department where faculty continue to do excellent research and teaching, and to stay a place where undergraduate and graduate students can thrive.”

There’s Still a Taboo On Discussing Salaries. But Millennials Are Breaking It

9.10.20

Professor Jake Rosenfeld on how millennials are changing the social norm against discussing wages and salaries in the work place.

A Disproportionate Burden: Strict Voter Identification Laws and Minority Turnout

8.16.20

Check out our postdoc John Kuk and his colleagues Zoltan Hajnal and Nazita lajevardi on their analysis on voters disenfranchisement

Structural Racism and Health in Black Communities

8.16.20

This SciLine's media briefing focused on health effects and disparities resulting from: racism within the U.S. health care system, the racial segregation of neighborhoods, and racism-related chronic stress

Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another

8.16.20

Sociologist Caity Collins Speaks On the Guilt Mothers Feel During a Global Pandemic

Immigrant Selectivity Effects on Health, Labor Market, and Educational Outcomes

8.16.20

This review provides a theoretical overview of immigrant selectivity and its effects, and critically examines research on the effects of immigrant selectivity.

We Built a Diverse Academic Department in 5 Years. Here’s How.

8.16.20

We Built a Diverse Academic Department in 5 Years. Here’s How.

Statement on Anti-Black Violence and a Global Pandemic

6.15.20

Weidenbaum Center Incoming Director Steve Fazzari featured guest on PBS Donnybrook Show

5.21.20

Weidenbaum Center Incoming Director Steve Fazzari is featured guest on PBS Donnybrook Show. In the second half-hour, the regular panel of St. Louis journalists are joined by Steve Fazzari. Fazzari segment starts at 28 minutes, 27 seconds on the video.

Strikes at Instacart and Amazon Over Coronavirus Health Concerns

4.16.20

Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld speaks on labor actions by groups fearing virus exposure on the job.