LibGuides: Sociology: Websites

14 Helpful Blogs For Online Sociology Degree Students "From pop culture to social justice, sociology blogs cover a wide range of issues that can help you stay informed about key issues and trends in this evolving field."
Creative Sociology Sociology. Pedagogy. Pop Culture. Musings. Absurdity. Immersed in Suburbia.
Cyborgology : humanity meets technology An interesting blog discussing about the benefits and perils of having so much technology in our lives from a sociological viewpoint. Focuses on Web 2.0, the internet and Social Media.
Everyday Sociology Blog Welcome to Everydaysociologyblog.com, a site that features interesting, informative, and most of all entertaining commentary from sociologists around the United States. Come to this site regularly to get a sociological take on what is happening in the news (and on what should be in the news). Although this site was created primarily for people taking or teaching classes in sociology, we are all really students of sociology, aren’t we? Whether we know it or not, we all generate ideas about social groups, about why things happen and about what should be done to address some of the challenges our society faces (like terrorism, health care and education). Issues like war and peace, gay rights, and what is on the news are things that many people try and make sense of. We are trying to figure this stuff out too, and the many tools that sociology offers will help us to do so. These tools are not magic wands or secret codes—in fact, we want to share them with you to so we can all have a deeper and richer understanding of the world around us. So here’s what you can expect from this site: We promise to stay on top of current events and be as relevant as people over 25 with Ph.D.s possibly can be. We will avoid using jargon and terms that you actually need a Ph.D. to understand (although personally I think even people with Ph.D.s sometimes just pretend to understand). And most of all, we will keep things interesting—all of the posts on this site will pass the “so what?” test that some academic research frankly does not. Sociology is a very diverse field, and our contributors have a wide variety of interests. You will see discussions of inequality, immigration, mental health, race, religion, gender, and other topics from a wide variety of perspectives. To bring in fresh ideas, we will also periodically have guest contributors.
FASS Research Showcasing the Research of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS
Gender & Society Gender & Society is a peer-reviewed journal focused on the study of gender. It is the official journal of Sociologists for Women in Society, and was founded in 1987 as an outlet for feminist social science. Currently, it is a top-ranked journal in both sociology and women’s studies. Gender & Society publishes fewer than five percent of submitted papers. Articles appearing in Gender & Society analyze gender and gendered processes in interactions, organizations, societies, and global and transnational spaces. The journal primarily publishes empirical articles, which are both theoretically engaged and methodologically rigorous, including both qualitative and quantitative methods. The journal also occasionally publishes theoretical articles that meaningfully advance sociological theories about gender. Gender & Society also publishes reviews of books from a diverse array of social science disciplines.
Global Sociology blog Conversations between sociology students at the University of California, Berkeley and scholars from around the world. Recorded since 2011 and then made available to a global audience through the International Sociological Association.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Blog Blog posts from SSRN, the leading research repository with networks that span across multiple disciplines.
The Sociological Eye The sociological eye means looking at things for what they are, as best we can given the blinders of interest and ideology, of cliché and ritualized belief. It is not an individual enterprise. Chaining our efforts together as a long-term network of theorists and researchers improves one’s own sociological vision, provided we make the effort. The sociological eye holds up a periscope above the tides of political and intellectual partisanship, spying out the patterns of social life in every direction.
Sociological Images "Sociological Images is used as a source by a wide range of news organizations and are routinely cross-posted at high profile news and opinion sites."
Sociology Lens Sociology Lens is an active and popular community website which brings together news, opinion, reviews and sociology research resources. The site aims to offer a lively and informative venue for faculty, graduate students, professionals and the wider public to discuss current issues in sociology. Originally launched as a companion to the online review journal, Sociology Compass, we are also linked to the associated industry leading Twitter profile Sociology Lens which is followed by over 25,000 researchers, policy-makers, practitioners, students, and professional organizations globally. Sociology Lens publishes articles in any and all of the following areas: Sociology and current events, including the role of sociology in public discourse and mainstream media, placing a contemporary issue in sociological context. Discipline-specific news such changes in teaching curricula, textbook controversies, new sources of funding, job search issues, upcoming conferences, post-conference reports. Digital sociology such as reviews of new online collections, declassified documents, databases, or even an interview with the project’s founder. Arts and book reviews – less formal than a review, a perspective on a new book, article, or film, and what it offers for your field. Interviews and profiles of sociologists across the entire discipline, including researchers, authors, journal editors, society officials, activists, educators and other professionals. Any other topics that offer perspectives and shine a light on different aspects of sociology today.
Sociologysa | Ways of Thinking. I have been teaching adjunct for Loyola University Chicago since 2017. I also taught sociology at Stevenson High School from 1999-2022. At Stevenson, I taught a one-semester dual credit intro to sociology class for Loyola University and Stevenson High School. I have also worked with the American Sociological Association as a member of their High School Advisory Board (more info about the ASA below). My work on the ASA Advisory Board included co-authoring both the National Standards for Sociology and the Common Core and Civic Life Standards for sociology. My partner on the Advisory Board, Hayley Lotspeich, and I presented about teaching high school sociology for over ten years. We have regularly presented at American Sociological Association, National Council for Social Studies and North Central Sociological Association and Midwestern Sociological Society meetings. Some of the meetings have been in collaboration with AKD, the sociology honors society. Hayley and I also co-founded The Chicago Area Sociology Teachers, a professional development group for high school sociology. In 2004, I earned my master’s degree in Chicago Studies with a focus on sociology, also from Loyola University Chicago. I did my undergrad at Loyola University as well. Prior to Stevenson, I taught at St. Patrick High School in Chicago and Maine East High School. This blog is basically what I do in class each day. You can go backwards down the blog and it will be like looking through my lesson plan book from back to front. There are also links on the right side menu bar that will take you to my posts by unit and by topic. NOTE: When I transitioned from high school to college, a number of images became broken links so, older posts may not display images.
Sociosite Sociosite is designed from a global point of view — it gives access to the world wide scene of social sciences. The intention is to provide a comprehensive listing of all sociology resources on the internet.
SocioWeb An independently compiled page with a categorized collection of sociology related sites such as "Giants of Sociology", sociology associations and university depts., surveys and statistics. Has a search function.
This Sociological Life A blog by sociologist Deborah Lupton, a longstanding and active member of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
University of California Press Blog | Sociology

Professional Organizations

American Anthropological Association (AAA) The "Section List & Links to Websites" lists up-to-date sites with links to anthropology resources on the Internet seen by the AAA as good starting points for exploring anthropological materials available on the Internet.
American Sociological Association (ASA) The American Sociological Association, founded in 1905, is the national professional membership association for sociologists and others who are interested in sociology. ASA members include students, faculty working in a full range of institutions, and people working in government agencies and nonprofit and private sector organizations. ASA’s mission is to serve sociologists in their work, advance sociology as a science and profession, and promote the contributions and use of sociology to society. ASA works toward accomplishing this mission through a wide range of programmatic activity, from publishing journals to hosting an Annual Meeting, from advocating for public policy on issues that impact our discipline to creating networking opportunities for sociologists, from disseminating sociological scholarship to a public audience to offering extensive professional development resources to our members—and more.
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) "We are social scientists dedicated to the utilization of sociological methods, concepts, and theories to effect beneficial social change. Our mission is to advance sociological application and practice both within and beyond academia."
British Sociological Association A professional and charitable organisation representing sociologists in Britain. Provides a network of communication to all who are concerned with the promotion and use of sociology and sociological research.
International Sociological Association (ISA) The International Sociological Association (ISA), founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO, is a non-profit association for scientific purposes. It is a member of the International Science Council; it is associated as an NGO with the United Nations (UN) Department of Global Communications and has NGO consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). ISA representatives to the International Science Council (ICS) and to the United Nations are appointed by the Executive Committee. Acting Globally website reflects the work of the ISA representatives.
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) NCFR members are dedicated to understanding and strengthening families. Our members come from more than 35 countries and all 50 U.S. states, and include scholars, professionals, and students in Family Science, Family Life Education, human development, marriage and family therapy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, social work, theology, child development, health, and more. Members work in research, college teaching and pedagogy, program development, Family Life Education, counseling, and human services.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) The Social Science Research Council, a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1923 by seven professional associations in the social and behavioral sciences, mobilizes policy-relevant social and behavioral science for the public good. In December 1921 the American Political Science Association appointed a committee chaired by Charles E. Merriam of the University of Chicago to consider the state of policy-relevant social and behavioral science. The committee’s first report identified a number of challenges to producing credible and reliable social and behavioral science that could guide public policy: “Lack of comprehensive collections of data” “Tendency toward race, class, nationalistic bias in the interpretation of data available” “Lack of sufficiently precise standards of measurement” “The difficulty of isolating…phenomena sufficiently to determine precisely the causal relations between them” The absence of what in natural science is called the controlled experiment” To tackle these challenges, the committee recommended the formation of a “Social Science Research Council” consisting of representatives from multiple disciplinary associations. The Council would advance “the development of scientific methods in the social sciences” by mobilizing social and behavioral scientists to search for solutions to important societal problems. “…the best way to promote the growth of the social sciences is to participate in
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) The SSSP is an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems. If you are involved in scholarship or action in pursuit of a just society nationally or internationally, you belong in the SSSP. You will meet others engaged in research to find the causes and consequences of social problems, as well as others seeking to apply existing scholarship to the formulation of social policies. Student members and newcomers are especially welcome.
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Sociologists for Women in Society is a nonprofit professional feminist organization dedicated to: Encouraging the development of sociological feminist theory and scholarship Transforming the academy through feminist leadership, career development, and institutional diversity Promoting social justice through local, national, and international activism Supporting the publication and dissemination of cutting edge feminist social science We invite you to explore our website and learn more about us. We have an extensive collection of research and resources exploring a wide variety of topics on women including our Fact Sheets. You can get involved and become a member of SWS. Check out the benefits of membership such as a subscription to our journal Gender & Society, attendance at our meetings and much more.
Southern Sociological Society (SSS) Established in 1935, the Southern Sociological Society is a society of professionals that promotes the development of sociology as a profession and scientific discipline by the maintenance of high academic professional and ethical standards, and by encouraging effective teaching of sociology, valid and reliable methods and research in the study of human society, diffusion of sociological knowledge and its application to societal problems, cooperation with related disciplines and groups, recruitment and training of sociologists, and development of sociology programs in educational and other agencies. In pursuit of its mission, the Southern Sociological Society (SSS) is committed to building a diverse association and creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for its members. This includes welcoming individuals along many different dimensions of diversity including but not limited to: race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion, physical and mental ability, age, institution and career status. We actively work to do this through inclusive, anti-discriminatory, and equitable practices and programing, encouraging full participation in SSS and fostering a mutual respect for others in all that we do and in the business of the society.

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