Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota. Her interests lie on the perpetuation of gender inequality across intersecting dimensions of culture, media, race, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and family. Mallory Harrington (she/her) is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Sociology and a JD student […]

New & Noteworthy Forrest Lovette‘s new Discovery, Volunteering or Vacationing? covers research by Netta Kahana on the shifting public opinions about combining travel with volunteering activities–practices, known widely as volunteer tourism or sometimes “voluntourism”. The research found that the participants shared positive self-evaluations of their characters and used them to dispel any perceived judgments from society […]

New & Noteworthy Our new Discovery by Mallory Harrington, Disease Stigma Through the Media covers research by Rachel Best and Alina Arseniev-Koehler. In this piece, the different levels of stigmatization of diseases are investigated via the media coverage and stereotyping that accompanies them. They find that the level of overall disease stigma has decreased over […]

New & Noteworthy Nicole Schmitgen has a new Discovery on work by Margarita Torre on women and union support. According to her research, 11% of Black women are a part of unions, more than other racial groups of women. Future union participation by women is expected to rise. Our Clippings Media Report includes The Cut interview […]

Margarita Torre, “Women in the New Labor Activism: Gender Trends in Attitudes Toward Unions,” Work and Occupations, 2023 A woman wearing a hard hat and safety glasses working on an engine. Image from Chevanon Photography under Pexels license. Unionizing and strikes continue to maintain headlines, but labor unions and strikes have been intertwined with American […]