Swords, the Media, & Social Movements: An Interview with Heba Sigurdardottir
Heba Sigurdardottir is a doctoral student at the University of Tampere at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research is oriented toward global and transnational sociology with a focus on social movements' discursive strategies across different media platforms. For her doctoral dissertation, she has selected the #MeToo movement and related activism as a case study, partly due to its global reach and local impact. In her research, she has analyzed newspaper coverage of the #MeToo ...
11 Oct 2023
Gina Longo: Citizenship, Family, Gender, and Digital Spaces
Dr. Gina Marie Longo is a feminist digital sociologist who studies how everyday people construct their understandings of citizenship, family, and nation in digital spaces. She received her doctorate from the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and is currently an assistant professor in the Sociology Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Longo is a co-founder of the Digital Sociology Lab, which provides skill-based training to students and faculty thr...
17 Jul 2023
Tanya Cook: The One Where We Talk About Fandoms, Disability, and Activism
Who is your favorite superhero and why? We answer this question before exploring the impact of fandoms on social activism, gender, and how society can be reimagined to better support people with invisible disabilities. Dr. Cook discusses how her new book acts as a how-to guide to doing chaotic good within any fandom. Tanya Cook is a sociology professor at the Community College of Aurora near Denver, Colorado. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, Cook...
6 Apr 2023
Minha Khan: Exploring the Influence of Households on Low-income Female Pakistani College Students
Households matter. They influence the educational attainment and occupational aspiration development of students. Scholars have found an overwhelmingly positive relationship between household involvement and student educational and aspirational outcomes. However, most investigations of this relationship have occurred within a Western context. Minha Khan explores the influence of households on low-income female Pakistani college students’ educational and occupational journeys. Her research adv...
8 Feb 2022
Salam Aboulhassan: Gendered and Racialized Muslim Experiences at Work
Erin Baker and Whitney Hunt meet with Salam Aboulhassan to discuss her research on the experiences of Muslims at work. Resources American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeNAACPCare.orgSociologists for Women in SocietySociologists for Women in Society - FacebookSociologists for Women in Society - Twitter Salam Aboulhassan is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Wayne State University. Her past research explored intimate partner violence and the social construction of reput...
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