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Sociology

Nurses load a dead body into a Red Cross wagon during 1918 Spanish flu outbreak

Q+A

How pandemics shape society

Published April 9, 2020

Sociologist and historian Alexandre White discusses how past pandemics, such as the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, have reverberated long after the disease stops spreading

A toddler looks off a balcony at an apartment complex

Mobility program

Smart moves

Published Winter 2019

Sociologist Stefanie DeLuca collaborates on a Seattle housing experiment that aims to lift children out of poverty / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Q+A

American policing in the Cold War era

Published Oct 16, 2019

In his new book, Stuart Schrader explores how U.S. foreign policy designed to contain communism abroad informed approaches to law enforcement at home

Mobility program

Smart moves

Published Oct 15, 2019

Sociologist Stefanie DeLuca collaborates on a Seattle housing experiment that aims to lift children out of poverty

VOICES

True crime on her mind

Published Fall 2019

Rachel Monroe's new book explores women's infatuation with murder stories through the lens of her own obsessions / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Photography

Photographing America's back row

Published Fall 2019

In his book 'Dignity,' photographer Chris Arnade reckons with the decades of racism and economic forces that shaped the U.S. and its communities / Johns Hopkins Magazine

'Gold standard' survey tracks decades of public opinion

Published April 10, 2019

Hopkins sociologist Stephen Morgan discusses the biennial General Social Survey, a key source of social science research since 1972

Sociology

Dangerous school commutes linked to absenteeism

Published Feb 13, 2019

Students whose routes to school pass through areas with high rates of violent crime are shown to have increased absenteeism and lower test scores, graduation rates