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Colonial recursion: state categories of race and the emergence of the “Non-Western Allochthone”

5.8.24 | American Journal of Cultural Sociology

Yannick Coenders, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis was featured in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology. The article looks at recursion from a sociological lens.

Taking a Closer Look at Working Moms

5.7.24 | The Record

Caity Collins, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis was featured in The Record. In this feature, we get a closer look at some of the challenges working moms face.

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Patrick Ishizuka comments on intensive parenting

3.5.24

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Patrick Ishizuka comments on intensive parenting

A-B reaches tentative labor deal with Teamsters, narrowly avoiding brewery strike

2.29.24

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld was quoted in STL Today about the impact of recent strikes, and the threat of strikes, in the United States.

Why union membership declined despite banner year for labor activity

2.20.24

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld talked with Delaware Public Media about union efforts and membership going forward.

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Wingfield on antiracism in the workplace

2.6.24

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Harvey Wingfield details experiences from over two hundred Black subjects across professions as she spans the history of racial inequity in professional settings.

Stopping workplace bullying can save lives — especially for marginalized people

2.2.24

Adia Harvey-Wingfield spoke with St. Louis on the Air about a trend of Black women with leadership roles in academia dying unexpectedly and provided recommendations for how to deal with hostile workspaces.

The Glass Cliff Effect and Why Black Women Leaders Are Often "Last In, First Out"

1.30.24

Adia Harvey Wingfield, author of "Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It," discusses her research into the experiences of Black women in leadership positions.

Margit Tavits's Upcoming Book: "Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality"

1.23.24

Professor Margit Tavits and Jae-Hee Jung have a book forthcoming titled “Counter-Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Gender and LGBTQ Equality.”

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld on how unions are breaking through

12.18.23

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld quoted in KCUR Radio article

A Chat with the Chair: Prof. David Cunningham Talks Undergraduate Research in Sociology

12.5.23

The workplace revolution

10.31.23

From “quiet quitting” to telecommuting, Arts & Sciences researchers have been at the forefront of groundbreaking research on our new normal.