@stephwils
Applied Medical Sociologist wandering with purpose. Building off-grid in the Mojave Desert of AZ and using sociology to make the world a better place. Let's work together! 👉🏼 sociologyconsulting.appliedworldwide.com
For over 3 YEARS I ran Applied Worldwide from our self-converted van, working from bed more days than not.
This year, things look SO different after transforming this old shack in the desert into our off-grid office!
Read about the process here! 👇
lifestyle.appliedworldwide.com/transforming...
We are excited to announce the date of our 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium!
📆The date is scheduled for Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 11:30am-2:30pm EST.
✨ Learn more at the link: alphakappadelta.org/undergraduat... and via this thread 🧵1/4
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy, we dove into the SI archives to see what sociologists have written on civil rights during recent decades.
Explore these throwbacks—some further back than others—via the links in this thread! 🧵 1/5
ICYMI, we just launched our brand new member newsletter, the AKD Community Chronicle! 🥳
We hope to use this medium as a new way for AKD members to stay connected and in community!
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It’s International Women’s Day and there’s no better day (other than every day 😉) to read about gender and work!
Celebrate with us today by reading about gender differences in time allocation to paid and unpaid work in urban Guatemala at the link!
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Our second BRAND NEW issue of 2024 is officially live online! 🎉
Access the articles covering the Global South, childcare, and work design at the link!
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🌟Check out our featured article of the week!
"Progress towards gender equality in paid parental leave: an analysis of legislation in 193 countries from 1995–2022"
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NEW RESEARCH discussing perceptions of workers who take paid parental leave!
"Does taking parental leave make you a more likeable worker? Evidence from a survey experiment"
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I wrote this blog this morning.
If you are a sociologist that believes in radical inclusion in our discipline, I have a feeling it will resonate with you.
Even better if you learn something new about applied sociology!
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ASA Presidents Misra, Carter & Wingfield: removing sociology as a general education core course "runs afoul of Florida’s own stated goal to prepare 'students to become civically engaged and knowledgeable adults who make positive contributions to their communities.'" www.tampabay.com/opinion/2024...
As sociology instructors and profs, we are simply providing students with a wide range of perspectives through which to understand our social world. The fact that they are most drawn to theories on power relations is telling of the times of inequity we are living through.
I teach the full spectrum of theories and theorists, and while I’m only halfway through my grading right now, nearly all of them expressed having the most interest in Marx, feminist theories, and critical race theories.
As I grade my students first assignment for my Social Theory course this semester, I’m reminded that no one is forcing students to be drawn to critical theory. Our discipline provides students with the perspectives they are already searching for.
So, why would we expect social theory today to be anything but a reflection of the social changes we are living through?
Sociological theory has evolved to be as critical as it currently is because critical theory is highly relevant to the challenges we are living through today as a society. 2/2
Hi there, Bluesky! I see the discourse on Theory & Society and have few quick thoughts to share as a social theory instructor...
Isn't social theory a reflection of the social changes happening at the time? *Thinking about the Industrial Revolution as a catalyst for Marxism* 1/2