The number of COVID-19 diagnoses grows day by day, but the unequal rate of infection among Black and Latinx people and white people remains constant. Looking back at the AIDS epidemic, René Esparza, assistant professor of women, gender and sexuality studies, finds a striking similarity in the U.S.’s historical treatment of viruses that disproportionally affect minority communities.
The participatory art project HT94 provides a space for reflection on the ongoing crisis at the border.
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.”
Professor Jake Rosenfeld on how millennials are changing the social norm against discussing wages and salaries in the work place.
The Society for the Study of Social Problems presents the C. Wright Mills Award annually to the author of a new book that critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance. Wingfield's award-winning book addresses "racial outsourcing" in the health care industry.
Check out our postdoc John Kuk and his colleagues Zoltan Hajnal and Nazita lajevardi on their analysis on voters disenfranchisement
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
Sociologist Caity Collins Speaks On the Guilt Mothers Feel During a Global Pandemic
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.
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.