Contexts Magazine
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A quarterly magazine that believes public sociology can be both approachable and applicable! Edited by Amin Ghaziani, Seth Abrutyn, and Letta Page, with incoming editors David Grazian and Elena G. van Stee.
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#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
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Nantucket construction uncovered human remains right where the map said they’d be.
Read "Digging into Indigenous History" by Stephanie A. Bohon and Shaylee Hodges in @contexts.org!
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Read "Digging into Indigenous History" by Stephanie A. Bohon and Shaylee Hodges in @contexts.org!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Nantucket construction uncovered human remains right where the map said they’d be.
Read "Digging into Indigenous History" by Stephanie A. Bohon and Shaylee Hodges in @contexts.org!
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Read "Digging into Indigenous History" by Stephanie A. Bohon and Shaylee Hodges in @contexts.org!
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🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article.
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Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
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There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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New in Books! @kaareeenah.bsky.social on Worn Out and Data Driven. 📚
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November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New in Books! @kaareeenah.bsky.social on Worn Out and Data Driven. 📚
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Curious about how understanding plants can help us better understand society? Read Sarah Elton's piece in ASA’s Contexts @contexts.org. This and more are free to read until Nov 16! https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25 @sarahelton.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @criticalqual.bsky.social @uoftdlsph.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Curious about how understanding plants can help us better understand society? Read Sarah Elton's piece in ASA’s Contexts @contexts.org. This and more are free to read until Nov 16! https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25 @sarahelton.bsky.social @utoronto.ca @criticalqual.bsky.social @uoftdlsph.bsky.social
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My commentary in @contexts.org on recent challenges in the Canada-US relationship:
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀
Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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My commentary in @contexts.org on recent challenges in the Canada-US relationship:
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀
Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My commentary in @contexts.org on recent challenges in the Canada-US relationship:
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Commentary on the fraught Canada-US relationship from @acadiasociology.bsky.social @liamswiss.bsky.social in @contexts.org
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀
Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Commentary on the fraught Canada-US relationship from @acadiasociology.bsky.social @liamswiss.bsky.social in @contexts.org
A letter from the editorial team: contexts.org/articles/a-n...
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A letter from the editorial team: contexts.org/articles/a-n...
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀
Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Who's sleeping with the Trumpian Elephant? 👀
Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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Read liamswiss.bsky.social (AcadiaSociology.bsky.social) in the latest issue of @contexts.org!
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"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿
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October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿
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October 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿
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New photo essay! 📸
Contexts in pictures: Ryan Centner on an imperial network.
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Contexts in pictures: Ryan Centner on an imperial network.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
New photo essay! 📸
Contexts in pictures: Ryan Centner on an imperial network.
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Contexts in pictures: Ryan Centner on an imperial network.
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Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
October 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Out now—the new issue of ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org! Read about how activists are offering new ways to think about activism, freedom, and community-building in the article by chaniqua d. simpson @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social. Free to read until Nov. 16. https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward.
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What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.
Asylum Decision-Making Under Trump: Shared Aspirations for Moral Realignment as a Mechanism of Moral Boundary Work in Times of Crisis | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.
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📣New Work Wednesday📣
This study examines how specific study program features affect enrollment intentions. Findings suggest that adjusting program content, flexibility, and support services enhances those intentions.
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This study examines how specific study program features affect enrollment intentions. Findings suggest that adjusting program content, flexibility, and support services enhances those intentions.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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This study examines how specific study program features affect enrollment intentions. Findings suggest that adjusting program content, flexibility, and support services enhances those intentions.
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This study examines how specific study program features affect enrollment intentions. Findings suggest that adjusting program content, flexibility, and support services enhances those intentions.
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