Sage Sociology

Shiri Noy, sociologist and Denison University faculty member who wrote Project Management for Researchers, explains why project management fits academic work. She discusses origins of the book, common research hurdles like uncertainty and overwhelm, and why ethics belongs in planning. She highlights practical fixes, feedback from workshops, and the importance of revisiting goals and relationships.

Author Garrett Baker discusses the article, "The Great Leveler? Juvenile Arrest, College Attainment, and the Future of American Inequality," published in the January 2026 issue of Sociology of Education.

Author Neha Lund discusses the article, "Making the Case for Afghan Adjustment: The Racial Politics of Post-War Status Adjustment" published in the January 2026 issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Authors Alicia M. Walker and Arielle Kuperberg discuss the article, "From Wonder Woman to Fifty Shades," published in the Fall 2025 issue of Contexts.

Author Amanda McMillan Lequieu discusses the article, "Speaking of Infrastructures: Industrial Transportation Infrastructure Decline as Symbol of Changing Place Meanings in the American Rust Belt," published in the December 2025 issue of City & Community.

Author Kyle Siler discusses the article, "Information Frequency, Value, and Difficulty as Sources of Social Inequality: Competitive Imbalances on Jeopardy!" published in the December 2025 issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.

Yuchen Yang, a sociologist at the University of Birmingham and author focusing on feminist sociology, dives into her article 'Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender.' She critiques traditional notions of performing gender, advocating for an audience-centered perspective. Yuchen highlights the role of ethnomethodology and semiotics in understanding gender, explaining how gender becomes naturalized through signs and uptake. She also shares her struggles with publishing in feminist and queer studies and outlines her upcoming book on feminist parents.

Author Matthew A. Andersson discusses the article, "Internalized Sexism and Well-Being in the United States," published in the December 2025 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Author Laura Acosta discusses the article, "Fabricating Communists: The Imagined Third That Reinvented the National Fault Line in Mid-Twentieth-Century Colombia's Civil War," published in the December 2025 issue of American Sociological Review.

Author Zakiya Luna discusses the article, "Diving in: Connecting Reproductive Justice, Sexualities, and Knowledge Production," published in the November 2025 issue of Sex & Sexualities.