by jpb782 | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sheila Jasanoff is a foundational figure in the establishment of Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the later half of the twentieth century to present day. According to Jasanoff, STS is the academic discipline that investigates the implications and meanings of...
by lingzhoux | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
Born in Butte, Montana, on August 20, 1904, Rose Hum Lee was the first Chinese American and the first woman to head a sociology department at US college, the Roosevelt University. As an urban sociologist, she was the first to conduct extensive research and...
by wtwhelan1 | Feb 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
An old, grainy video depicts a group of African American schoolchildren holding hands as they skip in a circle. In the middle of this circle is a young African American boy in a loose white shirt and black pants. Suddenly, the children stop skipping and begin clapping...
by ajaymitra | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı (1940-2017) was a psychologist who studied family structures while considering culture as a primary variable. The common belief at the time she did her work was that as non-Western societies urbanize, the family structures will converge towards...
by jayer | Jan 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Elinor Claire Ostrom (née Awan) was an American-based Political Scientist and Economist who was born in 1933 and passed away in 2012 at the age of 78. Today, she’s most well remembered for her contributions to the fields of New Institutional Economics and Political...
