New RSF Book Reviews in March Issue of Contemporary Sociology
March 27, 2014 A number of Russell Sage Foundation publications were featured in the March issue of Contemporary Sociology. Below are synopses of the books reviewed.Family Consequences of Children’s...
View ArticleHow Genetics Can Enrich the Way We Study Social Inequality
May 22, 2014 This feature is part of a new RSF blog series, Work in Progress, which highlights some of the ongoing research of our current class of Visiting Scholars. Visiting Scholar Dalton Conley is...
View ArticleNew Working Paper Explores Low-Income Families’ Use of Social Safety Net...
June 3, 2014 In a new working paper for the Great Recession Initiative, Robert A. Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University explores the extent to which families that participate in the Supplemental...
View ArticleThe Long Shadow in the News
July 1, 2014 In The Long Shadow, a new book published by the Russell Sage Foundation, sociologists Karl Alexander, Doris Entwisle, and Linda Olsen present new and sobering findings on the life...
View ArticleThe American Non-Dilemma Winner of the 2013 C. Wright Mills Award
August 22, 2014 The Society for the Study of Social Problems named Nancy DiTomaso’s book The American Non-Dilemma the winner of the prestigious C. Wright Mills Award at its annual meeting on August...
View ArticleSpotlight on Racial Bias in Policing
August 25, 2014 Over the last two decades, public scrutiny of racial bias in policing has increased significantly. Several high-profile cases in recent years have detailed the use of excessive force...
View ArticleHow Will Universal Pre-K Affect Social and Economic Inequality?
September 10, 2014 Monday, September 8 marked the start of an expanded pre-K program implemented by Mayor Bill de Blasio in New York City. The program, which provides free full-day classes to...
View ArticleAndrew Cherlin on Income Inequality and the Marriage Gap
December 12, 2014 A new RSF book by Johns Hopkins sociologist Andrew Cherlin, Labor’s Love Lost, provides an in-depth historical assessment of the rise and fall of working-class families in America....
View ArticleThe Role of Chinatown Bus Lines and Employment Agencies for New Immigrants
January 7, 2015 This feature is part of an ongoing RSF blog series, Work in Progress, which highlights some of the ongoing research of our current class of Visiting Scholars. As an affordable mode of...
View ArticleDina Okamoto on the Construction of Panethnicity
January 20, 2015 The category “Asian American” currently encompasses more than forty-five Asian-origin groups, from countries ranging from Bangladesh to Vietnam to South Korea. How did one label come...
View ArticleDeveloping a Racial Mobility Perspective for the Social Sciences
March 3, 2015 This feature is part of an ongoing RSF blog series, Work in Progress, which highlights some of the ongoing research of our current class of Visiting Scholars.We tend to think of race as...
View ArticleThe Clash of Professional Autonomy and Regulatory Compliance
April 2, 2015 This feature is part of an ongoing RSF blog series, Work in Progress, which highlights some of the research of our current class of Visiting Scholars. Drawing from ten years of...
View ArticleThe Lens of Race
April 15, 2015 This feature is part of an ongoing RSF blog series, Work in Progress, which highlights some of the research of our current class of Visiting Scholars. Ann Morning (New York University)...
View ArticleRSF Author Karl Alexander Discusses Racial and Socioeconomic Inequality in...
May 1, 2015 The death of 25-year-old Baltimore resident Freddie Gray in police custody has drawn renewed scrutiny to the ongoing problem of the excessive use of force by police in African American...
View ArticleRSF Author Jennifer Lee Named Chair-Elect of ASA Section on International...
June 17, 2015 RSF author and former Visiting Scholar Jennifer Lee (UC Irvine) has been selected as chair-elect of the American Sociological Association Section on International Migration. One of 52...
View ArticleVisiting Scholars Discuss the Changing Nature of Racial Identity in the U.S.
June 26, 2015 Several RSF Visiting Scholars recently appeared in the news to discuss the evolution of racial identity in the U.S. In a June op-ed for the New York Times, Visiting Scholar Richard Alba...
View ArticleRSF Author Jennifer Lee Interviewed by U.S. Embassy in New Zealand
July 14, 2015 RSF author and former Visiting Scholar Jennifer Lee (University of California, Irvine) recently visited New Zealand to deliver a keynote address at the Population Association of New...
View ArticleThe Asian American Achievement Paradox in the News
August 18, 2015 The Asian American Achievement Paradox, a new RSF book by sociologists Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou, recently has been cited in the news. In the wake of a renewed conversation in the...
View ArticleRecent Immigration to Canada and the United States: A Mixed Tale of Relative...
August 19, 2015 The August issue of the International Migration Review contains a new report by former Visiting Scholars Neeraj Kaushal and Yao Lu (Columbia University). During their time in...
View ArticleMichèle Lamont Elected President of the American Sociological Association
September 4, 2015 Former RSF Visiting Scholar and grantee Michèle Lamont (Harvard University) has been elected the 108th president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Her one-year term...
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