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The Sociological Quarterly

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The Sociological Quarterly is the official journal of the Midwest Sociological Society. Editor: Jonathan S. Coley. Publisher: Taylor & Francis.

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
TSQ's new special issue on student activism is now LIVE! 🥳 Guest edited by Jonathan Coley, Gabby Gomez, Jericho McElroy, and Jessica Schachle-Gordon and featuring articles by Kenneth Andrews, Sadie Dempsey, Kayla Preston, Donatella Della Porta, Daisy Reyes, and more! Read it at bit.ly/3TzgBiU
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FREE TO READ New in TSQ: Nanqian Chen and Wensong Shen show that while socioeconomically advantaged youth in China often perform better in school, they are more likely to experience psychological distress when they fall short. Read more at bit.ly/4yuARl5
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Braden Leap, Rachel Allison, and Margaret A. Hagerman draw on interviews and surveys to understand why young Americans commonly pursue relationships with those who share their politics. Read more at bit.ly/4xCynzU
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Lazarus Adua and Linda Lobao investigate how the involvement of local business entities in county governance is related to U.S. counties' adoption of various climate change policies. Read more at bit.ly/4ximgYA
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Harvey Krahn and colleagues examine how economic self-interest shapes attitudes about income redistribution across different stages of the life course. Read more at bit.ly/4xdi3WW
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Heeyoung Lee (@idlhy.bsky.social), Jungmin Shin, and Jonathan Dirlam examine the effect of structural sexism and the #MeToo movement on workplace sexual harassment charge rates. Read more at bit.ly/4wwOfEg
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
OPEN ACCESS New in TSQ: Patrick Schenk, Makiko Hashinaga, and Jörg Rössel examine how social class structures "buycotting"—the purchase of products with ethical qualities such as organic or fair trade—in Japan and Switzerland. Read more at bit.ly/4fAO7w8
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Be sure to sign up for this upcoming webinar on regional sociology communities, where you'll hear from representatives of several regional professional associations & their journals.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
OPEN ACCESS In this new TSQ article, Katie Mueller examines how college-aged feminists carefully consider their audiences and weigh potential consequences before deploying feminist identity. Read more at bit.ly/4x7Rd1Y
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Claire Duncan and colleagues develop the notion of “light money,” a type of money earned through what they call “light work.” Read more at bit.ly/4vuWrDG
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NEW IN TSQ Anneliese Schenk-Day and Jack Wippell show that the recent surge in anti-transgender legislation has been accompanied by a rise in moralized rhetoric--but bills with more moralized rhetoric are less likely to pass. Read more at bit.ly/4pdxUBJ
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Avery E. Warner examines the role of region and country of citizenship in criminal case processing in Texas. Read more at bit.ly/44oIHzl
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New study at @socquarterly.bsky.social. Using a question-wording experiment from @prri.org, we find when caring for the environment is framed in secular terms, CN minimizes its importance. But when it's framed in religious "steward" terms, CN it amplifies its importance. 1/2 doi.org/10.1080/0038...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Darci Schmidgall and colleagues' article "Deciding for Her: Religio-Political Conservatism, Christian Nationalism, and Public Opposition to Legal Abortion across circumstances" is now FREE TO READ through the end of July! Read it at bit.ly/4jarZKo
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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#AfternoonCites 55% of Americans hold “transformative deinstitutionalization” attitudes supporting both divorce and forgoing marriage, even when children are involved. Suggests continued decoupling of marriage & childrearing in the U.S. w/ @socquarterly.bsky.social & @gaylekaufman.bsky.social
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For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States
The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Kayla Allison, Caitlin Tidwell, Casey T. Harris, and Jeff Gruenewald examine the factors associated with print news media coverage of bias-motivated murders in the United States. Read more at bit.ly/4uaTB7f
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Maddie Kerr (@maddie-o-k.bsky.social) examines the discursive strategies that advocates of gender exploratory, change, and affirmative therapies use to legitimate their models. Read more at bit.ly/49gRIgu
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Xinyan Cao (@xcao.bsky.social) and Senhu Wang examine whether flexible working arrangements are associated with labor market exits and how those associations vary by gender and parenthood status. Read more at bit.ly/4cUEHud
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Maddie Kerr @maddie-o-k.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I’m excited to share my paper, “Evidence, Expertise, and Exploration: Politics of Knowledge in Gender Therapy,” published in The Sociological Quarterly! For those interested in constructions of expertise, boundary work, conversion therapy, trans studies, etc.: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Evidence, Expertise, and Exploration: Politics of Knowledge in Gender Therapy
Professional mental health organizations widely embrace gender-affirmative therapy as an approach to supporting transgender (trans) clients in their identities, shifting away from historically path...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Katherine S. Cho, Jiaming Zhou, and Gabriela Córdova examine students' perceptions of institutional responses to race-based campus activism. Read more at bit.ly/41Vh9QV
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Gabriela Gonzalez Vaillant examines how student movements balance considerations related to leverage, visibility, and repression when making decisions about strategies and tactics. Read more at bit.ly/4ezjKaA
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Rodolfo Disi Pavlic @rdisip.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
1/ New article out in @socquarterly.bsky.social: “What is Left After the Protest Wave? Tracing Generational Patterns of Political Engagement in the Wake of Chile’s Student Movement” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What is Left After the Protest Wave? Tracing Generational Patterns of Political Engagement in the Wake of Chile’s Student Movement
Drawing on Mannheim, we examine how the ebbs and flows of student mobilization have shaped distinct political generations in Chile. We identify four generations forged through key moments of studen...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Kayla Preston examines the process by which some young people become involved in right-wing organizations following their exposure to far-right YouTube content during adolescence. Read more at bit.ly/4mgk6oB
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Kayla Preston examines the process by which some young people become involved in right-wing organizations following their exposure to far-right YouTube content during adolescence. Read more at bit.ly/4mgk6oB
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Gazela Pudar Draško and colleagues examine a recent wave of student-led protests in Serbia and describe how direct democratic practices—participatory plenums—emerged as adaptive responses to political constraints in a hybrid regime. Read more at bit.ly/4dyDCKK
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Volume 67, issue 2, of TSQ is now LIVE, featuring articles by @cihantugal.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social, @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social, @katherinefurl.bsky.social, @haphazardsoc.bsky.social, @criminovelist.bsky.social, @chinyereagbai.bsky.social, and more! Read it at bit.ly/4m4hdXD
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Volume 67, issue 2, of TSQ is now LIVE, featuring articles by @cihantugal.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social, @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social, @katherinefurl.bsky.social, @haphazardsoc.bsky.social, @criminovelist.bsky.social, @chinyereagbai.bsky.social, and more! Read it at bit.ly/4m4hdXD
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Annika Wilcox and Neeraj Rajasekar examine tech employees' perceptions of organizational diversity initiatives. Read more at bit.ly/4s9LCW3
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST New in TSQ: Kevin Steinmetz and Edward Green examine how firms in the electric guitar industry have navigated intellectual property protections to manage their relationships with other firms in a market space. Read more at bit.ly/4s8R8s6
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST New in TSQ: Cristóbal Karle, Felipe Sánchez-Barría, and René Canales Sellés use the case of the 1980s Chilean University Student Movement to address questions about social movement institutionalization and organization building under authoritarian regimes. Read more at bit.ly/4bM2cVV
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Sadie Dempsey (sadiemdempsey.bsky.social) draws on four years of ethnographic fieldwork and 90 in-depth interviews to examine how civic associations facilitate political socialization. Read more at bit.ly/4dou2d6
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST Nabil Tueme examines the different types of stories that undocumented students and their citizen allies share in support of undocumented student rights. Read more at bit.ly/4cQgAP4
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Celine Liao examines how feminist student activists in China navigate illiberal political and academic opportunity structures. Read more at bit.ly/4bHqznJ
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Katy Habr examines how the proximity of traditional grocery stores in Southern California to platform firms is impacting job security and working conditions for employees. Read more at bit.ly/4ukDdBn
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Andy McCumber @ahmccumber.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New paper! I use text and image data from UNESCO’s official website to analyze global asymmetries in the ways animals contribute to the “universal value” of Natural Heritage Sites.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NEW IN TSQ In this TSQ article, Andrew McCumber (@ahmccumber.bsky.social) examines the role of nonhuman animals in the valuation of “natural” sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Read more at bit.ly/40Fgour
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Daisy Verduzco Reyes and Felicia Cruz-Fernandez examine how Latino millennial student activists navigated debates over the meaning and relevance of the “Chicano” label in the late 2000s. Read more at bit.ly/409VDqG
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Daisy Verduzco Reyes and Felicia Cruz-Fernandez examine how Latino millennial student activists navigated debates over the meaning and relevance of the “Chicano” label in the late 2000s. Read more at bit.ly/409VDqG
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NEW IN TSQ Ingrid Nelson, Jeremiah Brown, and Nicole Nigro employ racialized organization and inhabited institutionalism theories to explore how athletes and non-athletes experienced campus life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Free to read through the end of April at bit.ly/4aFLDeR
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
NEW IN TSQ Ingrid Nelson, Jeremiah Brown, and Nicole Nigro employ racialized organization and inhabited institutionalism theories to explore how athletes and non-athletes experienced campus life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Free to read through the end of April at bit.ly/4aFLDeR
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new open-access TSQ article, Mariana Amorim, Megan Doherty Bea, and Asude Aydagul offer a new perspective on why so many people use payday loan services. Read more at bit.ly/4r1tpJL
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Immunoprof (she/they) @immunoprof.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hmmmm this looks like a good one for next semester’s public health class.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Chinyere Agbai, Jennifer W. Bouek, and Thomas Marlow examine how a neighborhood’s poverty trajectory shape its likelihood of social service organization deprivation. Read more at bit.ly/4cbzgIM
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST New in TSQ: Isaiah Cohen and Mark Schafer show that different kinds of school-to-family communications prompt different forms of parental engagement in education. Read more at bit.ly/4cliI0Q
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Khoi Ngo @khoixngo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The first paper from a years-long collaboration with an incredible mentor & co-author, @ktandrews.bsky.social! In it, we descriptively detail recent (complex) developments in college activism in the U.S. from 2017 to 2014, noting several instances that defy media & political discourse.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this open-access TSQ article, Kenneth Andrews and Khoi Ngo examine the scope, issues, and disruptiveness of campus protest in the United States from 2017 through 2024. Read more at bit.ly/3O2spr7
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Cihan Tuğal (@cihantugal.bsky.social), Jonathan Smucker, and Kip Roberts examine how emotions shape boundary work among populists and anti-populists within the Republican and Democratic parties. Read more at bit.ly/4cg6ir2
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Nick, the Melanated Magician (they/them) @melanatedmagus.blacksky.app · 05/02/2026
This was a great presentation last year; highly encourage reading if you weren’t at MSS last year.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
ONLINE FIRST In her presidential address to the Midwest Sociological Society, Jennifer Pearson describes what sociologists can learn from scholarship on queer joy. Read more at bit.ly/4tke2OT
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