Dr. Sally Raskoff

If you can, pick up a pen or pencil instead of that keyboard..

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Super Bowl Sociology!

THE SUPER BOWL: A sociological view - Sociology Toolbox The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

Guerrero: What first-generation college students actually need An activist surveyed the students and found a mental health crisis fueled by financial fears and loneliness.

You Can Succeed At College Once You Figure Out All The Little Things No One Tells You About The "hidden curriculum" of higher education, explained.

For the intersex community, 'Every Body' exists on a spectrum Alicia Roth Weigel is one of three activists profiled in Julie Cohen's new documentary. She says intersex is an umbrella term for people whose "anatomy doesn't fit super neatly into a binary box."

Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it. The implications are potentially enormous, says history professor Kimberly Hamlin: "The myth that man is the hunter and woman is the gatherer ... naturalizes the inferiority of women."

Sociologist alert! Arlie Hochschild in dialogue with Jane Fonda, May 5th 11 am PST

The APA has a great style manual to help us do better with using bias-free language - check it out! The sections on gender, race, etc, are mini-courses on those topics. :-)

Bias-free language Writers using APA Style must strive to use language that is free of bias and avoid perpetuating prejudicial beliefs or demeaning attitudes in their writing. Topics covered: age, disability, gender, participation in research, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersect...

Best Data Visualization Projects of 2022 Every year, I pick my favorite data visualization projects, which tend to cover a wide range of purposes but are typically for presentation. Here are my favorites for 2022.

"At July's Wimbledon tournament, a group of protestors wore red undershorts underneath white skirts, holding signs emblazoned with messages including "About Bloody Time.""

Wimbledon will allow women to wear colored undershorts, in nod to period concerns The tournament will make an exception to its strict all-white clothing rules, after female players described altering their menstrual cycles to not stress about leaking onto their tennis whites.

M&M's Mascots Change to Represent a 'Progressive World' The candy maker takes the focus off its characters' gender.

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When People Assume You’re Not In Charge Because You’re a Woman “Role incredulity” is a systemic issue — and organizations need to deal with it.

Trailblazing feminist author, critic and activist bell hooks has died at 69 The prolific author, poet, cultural critic, feminist and professor, who wrote more than three dozen wide-ranging books, died Wednesday at her home in Berea, Ky.

Preparing for next week's National Day of Mourning.

13 Books That Will Make You Rethink California’s Indigenous History Learn about California's history through Indigenous perspectives.

How the Longest Running Shows Rated Over Episodes Most television shows don’t get past the first season, but there are some that manage to stick around. These are the 175 longest running shows on IMDb that have ratings.