For women, constantly performing relational management can lead to burnout and a sense of being undervalued. For men, the expectation that their emotional needs will be met without communication ...

Changes in workplace policies during the pandemic mattered because they allowed couples who desired more egalitarian partnerships to create them. Our study found that major shifts in the organization ...

Mallory Harrington (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Sociology and a JD student at the Law School at the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include online ...

Major political events, such as elections, can affect public health towards many areas. Entire segments of a country’s population can be affected, and these political changes have a big effect on our ...

“Bamboo Scaffolding in Causeway Bay neighborhood” by gribbly is licensed under CC BY 2.0. The construction industry is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous industries around the world. In ...

When young Americans leave home to build their own lives, many are also leaving behind their family’s religious traditions—but not necessarily their spirituality. Our decade-long study reveals that as ...

In his 2004 presidential address to the American Sociological Association, Michael Burawoy called on professional sociologists to recognize that, “as teachers, we are all potentially public ...

In the Fall of 2024, I attempted to give students a “research day.” assuming they would appreciate the extra time to work independently. My goal was to provide enough time for them to dive deeper into ...

A prison watchtower silhouetted against the sky, with barbed wire fencing in the foreground.“prison guard tower” by Rennett Stowe is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Extensive research has examined how ...