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The Case for Grandmothers

by Neda Maghbouleh
It was a bracingly cold morning in 2019 in a far suburb of Toronto, Canada. I stepped across the threshold of Amina’s bungalow, taking her … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Ryan Al-Natour

by Colter J. Uscola
In his Winter 2024 Contexts feature, “An Australian Uproar Over CRT,” Dr. Ryan Al-Natour investigates the similar narratives animating anti-CRT contingents determined to keep Whiteness … Read More

We Need A Sociology of Flourishing

by Trevor Auldridge-Reveles and Demetrius Miles Murphy
Since our founding as a discipline over 180 years ago, sociologists have become masters at studying social problems. Sociologists can explain the overt and covert … Read More

Who gets to speak for autism?

by Catherine Tan
“Welcome to this warrior gang and we are bad motherfuckers!” exclaimed Jenny McCarthy to an audience of applauding parents. During an early autumn weekend in … Read More

Storytelling (a.k.a. Why YOU Should Publish with Contexts)

by Contexts Magazine
Why write for Contexts? Hear from authors who have published with us! In this video, Contexts feature essay authors DeAnna Y. Smith, Michelle Pannor Silver, … Read More

The Class Politics of Fine Dining

by Victor Ray
Some people still have stress dreams about high school exams. I still have stress dreams about working for David Bouley. Famed chef David Bouley passed … Read More

Behind the Startup: A Conversation with Benjamin Shestakofsky

by Elena van Stee
We are thrilled to welcome Benjamin Shestakofsky to the Contexts Blog to celebrate the publication of his new book, Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes … Read More

Reaching the Public (a.k.a. Why YOU should publish with Contexts)

by Contexts Magazine
Why write for Contexts Magazine? Hear from the authors who have published with us! In this video, Contexts feature essay authors Stephanie Canizales, Chiara Cooper, … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Alicia Smith-Tran

by Contexts Magazine
In her Winter 2024 Contexts feature, “Pushing Back on ‘Black Don’t Crack,’” Dr. Alicia Smith-Tran explores the ways age, gender, and race intersect to … Read More

Q&A with Dr. Sofya Aptekar

by Contexts Magazine
Dr. Sofya Aptekar is the author of the Winter 2024 feature article “Green Card Soldiers.” In this video, she chats with Contexts graduate student editor … Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.