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Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld comments on potential Los Angeles teachers' strike

4.13.26

Rosenfeld says the potential strike would really come down to pay as the teachers are earning much less than otherwise similar workers in the high-cost state.

Call for abstracts extended to 4/13- Present your research to a global audience!

4.1.26

ICUR is open to undergraduate researchers from all disciplines

Sociology Students chosen for the 34th cohort of Mellon Mays fellowship

3.30.26

Five WashU sophomores are selected for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, three of which are sociology students. This program works to advance humanistic inquiry that broadens the understanding of society.

Student Ambassador Interview with Mariel Amador

3.27.26

Sociology Associate Professor Caitlin Collins comments on 'maternal invisibility'

3.12.26

Prof. Collins comments on the patriarchal values women face when children are in the picture. Collins comments on the idea of 'maternal invisibility' and what that means to women who are postpartum.

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 Weidenbaum Center Small Grant Awardees!

3.2.26

Awards are given for research that focuses on social science and/or public policy. These awards support collaborative research efforts, projects with a high likelihood of prominent publication, and research that leads to external grant applications.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on Boeing strike

11.20.25

Time was Boeing’s strongest weapon in months-long labor dispute with St. Louis machinists

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on the ongoing Boeing strike

11.6.25

Rosenfeld says that the elected officials who have signed letters asking Boeing to end the strike have been on the workers' side throughout, but this political pressure has not yet had an impact on the status of the strike and is not a dynamic he has seen in the past.

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld interviewed on Boeing's strike response in St. Louis

10.14.25

Rosenfeld says a successful strike in St. Louis could embolden other workers whose contracts are coming up

Kenneth T. Andrews installed as the Tileston Professor of Arts & Sciences

10.10.25

During his installation ceremony on Sept. 24, 2025, Kenneth “Andy” Andrews, the Tileston Professor of Arts & Sciences, delivered an address titled “How Movements Matter.”

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld says a small uptick in air traffic controller sick-outs and no-shows really, really matters

10.9.25

Expect sick-outs to escalate as the shutdown continues and financial strain mounts.

Weidenbaum Center Speaker Liz Chiarello pens article on what happens when pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide

10.6.25

What rights do pharmacists have to make moral decisions for their patients?