1+ week, 2+ day ago (411+ words) There is beauty in an ending, the serene light at dusk. This issue is the last of our editorship, the last print edition of Contexts, and in that sense, a crescendo of conversations spanning 25 years. Along for the ride are some stylish writers. Owen Whooley draws attention to a "warrior mentality" and "masculine police culture" to explain why officers think that mental health work is not "real" police work. Even if we send officers to mental health school, the curriculum is corrupted by stereotypes and jokes that "dilute the lessons of crisis intervention training." Religion also goes back to school. In public education, "one side speaks of God, morality, liberty, and the restoration of American values, the other of democracy, pluralism, church-state separation, and value erosion." Where will this tug-of-war between "Christian nation" and "pluralist America" take us? For Caroline…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (222+ words) Fourth, the tipi image is accompanied by the words "erasures and defiance." Unfortunately, there is nothing in the image that conveys concerns about erasure or that elicits ideas about defiance. Instead, the word erasure is linked to an absence of contemporary Native Americans. The Harmful Nature of Omission and Misrepresentations Laurel R. Davis-Delano (White American) is a Professor of Sociology at Springfield College. Stephanie A. Fryberg (Tulalip Tribes) is a Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. Both scholars research representations of Native Americans in the United States and the harmful impacts of omission and stereotyping in these representations. Leilani Sabzalian, Sarah B. Shear, and Jimmy Snyder. 2021. "Standardizing Indigenous Erasure: A TribalCrit and QuantCrit Analysis of K12 U.S. Civics and Government Standards," Theory & Research in Social Education 49(3). The authors of this study examine U.S. state standards for K-12 civics and government curricula, finding that some states erase and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (189+ words) coming soon! from the editors in brief: "A Misguided Movement Strategy?" Elena G. van Stee "Persistence of the Paranormal." Colter J. Uscola "A Giving Gap." Parker Muzzerall "Precarious Work, Fragmented Stories." Elena G. van Stee "Sleepless under Falling Stars." Colter J. Uscola "Urban Power at Street Level." Parker Muzzerall q&a: "Something Beautiful: An Interview with [] "A Misguided Movement Strategy?" Elena G. van Stee "Persistence of the Paranormal." Colter J. Uscola "A Giving Gap." Parker Muzzerall "Precarious Work, Fragmented Stories." Elena G. van Stee "Sleepless under Falling Stars." Colter J. Uscola "Urban Power at Street Level." Parker Muzzerall "Something Beautiful: An Interview with Fabio Rojas and Rashawn Ray." Amin Ghaziani "Ambassadors for Sociology: An Interview with Seth Abrutyn and Amin Ghaziani." Letta Page "Academic Publishing in Contexts." Amin Ghaziani, Seth Abrutyn, Ilene Kalish, Carsten Pedersen, Leslie K. Wang, Eric L. Schwartz, and Clayton Childress "When Police Go to Mental Health School....

3+ week, 2+ day ago (147+ words) I'm the driver in this metaphorical scenario, and Yamane's commentary is the oncoming car. The journey he described'of being exposed to and invited into gun culture later in life, surrounded by casual yet responsible participants'is almost directly opposite my own journey. And yet, I've come to see that both are valid, and both warrant consideration. Andrew McNeely is in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. He studies race, religion, and food insecurity. 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 (University of California-Santa Barbara) and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page. A publication of the American Sociological Association. Hosted by The Society Pages....

3+ week, 5+ day ago (112+ words) Let's start by saying that we owe you an apology. Again, we want to extend our thanks for Dr. Davis-Delano's kind and thought-provoking email and for her ongoing willingness to be a part of our learning, helping'Contexts'do better, issue by issue. Seth Abrutyn Amin Ghaziani Letta Page 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 (University of California-Santa Barbara) and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page. A publication of the American Sociological Association. Hosted by The Society Pages....