Sociology News

The Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association awarded Associate Teaching Professor, Dr. Jenny Vermilya, their 2024 Distinguished Book Award for her book Identity, Gender, and Tracking: The Reality of Boundaries for Veterinary Students , published in 2022 by Purdue University Press.

The research team at USA TODAY Homefront analyzed affordable housing statistics and data from organizations associated with homeownership.

Professor of Sociology, Jennifer Reich, was interviewed by Agence France-Presse on growing vaccine hesitancy since Covid-19, which, according to Reich will most likely have "far-reaching" public health effects. "Since Covid," she said, "we have seen declining support for childhood vaccines and more support on surveys for parents' rights to reject...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has NOT announced that lethal batches of COVID-19 vaccinations were distributed to states with conservative-leaning populations. Social media posts spreading erroneous information are relying on a flawed analysis published by a website known to spread false information. Sociology Professor Jennifer Reich noted that...

Many American mobile home parks were built in the 1970s and ’80s — meaning their infrastructure is crumbling. “This is a systemic issue,” said Esther Sullivan, Associate Professor of Sociology who has spent years researching mobile home parks across the country. “It’s not one or two communities — it’s an...

Esther Sullivan , Associate Sociology Professor, and author of Manufactured Insecurity: Mobile Home Parks and Americans’ Tenuous Right to Place , has become a go-to expert across the country on matters related to mobile homes as affordable housing options. She was recently interviewed on the state of regulation for mobile...

To identify where unemployment claims are decreasing the most, even amid costly inflation, this article compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on changes in unemployment claims for several key benchmark weeks. Broadening the scope, Assistant Professor of Sociology Adam M. Lippert was asked what people can...

Caribbean Isles represented an affordable retirement dream. Residents thought it would stay that way after they sold the park — and their protection. Previously, homeowners with shares in the park paid a small monthly fee for maintenance and management. When it came to major decisions about the park, they each...

The anti-vaccine movement used to be a place where the left met the right, but increased polarization during the pandemic has made such a combination difficult to sustain, says Sociology Professor Jennifer Reich. “When we start to see such vastly different sources of information about what the risks of infection...

Esther Sullivan, Associate Sociology Professor, said homeowners will often tolerate "egregious" rent hikes — 50-60% increases in some cases — because moving their homes to a more affordable park is not simple; it's a process that can cost between five and 15 thousand dollars, and then there is the added...