Are you prepping your syllabus for Intro to Soci? Check out last year's Intro to Soci series, in which we interviewed textbook authors and invited scholars to reflect on their Intro pedagogy as public sociology. thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/s…

So you have brat ideas about teaching sociology and its impact on students lives and politics?! Tell us all about it! We welcome Reflections and Class Notes! Submit here: thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/s…

I wrote a Class Note for First Publics on teaching the hidden curriculum -- check it out below! thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/2…

📚Read Now📚 Check out Cody R. Melcher article on the ever changing sociological canon through the analysis of syllabi. Read how the Black Lives Matter movement has played a role in its evolution. ASA Sociology Diverse: Issues In Higher Education #teachingsoc

First-gen college students face unique challenges, but research by Tabitha Wilbur shows that despite higher stress levels, they don't experience more depressive symptoms in college. Check out our TSP Discovery by Mahala Miller here: bit.ly/3T65mLA

🚨New publication First Publics ! Check out Kylie S Class Note on how to help students become aware of the implicit norms and expectations of higher education by introducing them to "the hidden curriculum" of college courses and sociology. thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/2…

Looking to summarize to students recent discussions on eviction and gentrification? Hepburn, Louis & Desmond (2024) look at six million court cases filed in 72 cities in the US and find that eviction is a durable component of neighborhood disadvantage. academic.oup.com/sf/article-abs…

Stumbled on this jewel. My initial reaction was Coser played three interesting original articles into a career of being a glorified course reader editor. But this is a love letter to the field, and also, an exemplar for how one might rethink teaching ALL their classes if…

TSP Tuesdays! Check out the latest research and public sociology from us and our partners Contexts Magazine, CCF, and First Publics. bit.ly/47eJV0B

Teaching sociology can have an incredible impact on your students' lives and political engagement. Tell us all about your classroom experience through Reflections or Class Notes! Submissions here: buff.ly/3AQkCpy

Interested in comparative historical sociology & methods? Join us 9/27th The New School for a one-day symposium on Nicholas Hoover Wilson and Damon Mayrl's "After Positivism." event.newschool.edu/afterpositivism #soctwitter

Can’t get enough of #ASA2024? Revisit the meeting’s Plenary Sessions! Full recordings of Plenaries are now posted in the Annual Meeting Video Archive: bit.ly/3szxyMn.

This week's Sociology Clippings include Jeffrey Swanson Duke University on gun laws in The New York Times, Scott Thumma Hartford International University in PBS News on megachurch pastor resignations, Dr Stephanie Alice Baker on the UK's populist movement in City, University of London & more. Read it here: bit.ly/4ei8LPq

✨New Review Alert!✨ Check out Sarah Hoiland's review of Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope by Victoria Reyes, a book that uncovers the structures of institutionalized power and inequality in academia. #bookreview #sociology #academia doi.org/10.1177/009205…

🚨 New Publication First Publics! Check out Kirsten Vinyeta's Class Note on how she implemented a community-engaged research project on water conservation in her Environmental Sociology course! A triple win for students, faculty, and community.

Sociologists: Do you know someone who has made significant contributions to how sociology is taught at the undergrad or grad level? The ASA Sociology Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award is accepting nominations for exceptional educators! asanet.org/about/awards/d…

See Tamika Odum & Greg Kordsmeier discussing the impact teaching sociology in “unprecedented times” can have on students. Various difficulties may arise while teaching during crises. The paper gives teachers ideas to craft pedagogy for an engaged future. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

⚙️🛠️It is meet-the-team Friday! Every Friday we will be posting about the people who make First Publics, their thoughts on teaching as public sociology, and how that is reflected in their pedagogy and research. Get to know us here: thesocietypages.org/firstpublics/a…