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Meet the Professor: Dr. Stephanie Wilson, Sociologist, Educator, and Co-founder of Applied Worldwide
Stephanie: Sociologist, Creator, Researcher 2. As a co-founder of Applied Worldwide, could you briefly explain the organization’s mission? Stephanie: Our mission is to build a bridge between the discipline of sociology and everyday life to improve the well-being of society. As a sociologist, I see endless ways that sociological knowledge could benefit society, but our…
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THE COMPARATIVE METHOD IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The purpose of comparative method in social anthropology is to study varieties of form of social life and to understand human social phenomena. Franz Boas delineated two methods in the study of anthropology. First, was to reconstruct the history which means to understand the past and reconstructing theories in present. Second, was comparison of social…
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Interview with Assistant Professor Katie Durante, University of Utah, Department of Sociology
1. If you had to describe yourself in three words, what would they be? Integrity, light-hearted, responsible 2. Can you discuss some of your key findings regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the criminal legal system and how it has evolved over the years? One of the areas of research I focus on is racial…
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Interview with Dr. Christina Jackson: Insights into Sociology, Activism, and the Journey Ahead
Short Bio: Dr. Christina Jackson, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stockton University, specializes in urban sociology, social welfare, and inequality from sociological and public health perspectives. Beyond academia, she’s an engaged scholar-activist, facilitating and consulting with community partners and creative groups on topics like anti-violence, gentrification, housing, food justice, and racial justice. She’s co-authored…
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How To Apply Sociology In Everyday Life: Explained Real Examples
Sociology is the study of society through many theoretical perspectives. The most important lesson of sociology is that society is not an external object to be studied. Instead, all of us are active members of society and constantly influence it. Thus, sociology can be applied in everyday life by all members of society. This article…
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Motivational Speech to Help Prevent Suicidal Thoughts
Now the most important question arises, What is the cause of suicidal thoughts? Is the problem being so big that it cannot be tackled up? Is the problem being so huge that ending one’s life is the only the solution? What’s worth noticing is that depression is a major step in an individual’s life that…
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How can we end the issue of suicide? Realistically
Suicide: The process of purposely ending one’s own life. Is suicide a normal human action? Is it normal for a human being to have a desire to leave the face of the Earth? The answer seems obvious, but clearly, it is not to the 1,000,000 people that commit suicide annually in the world. The main causes…
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Life- Let’s Ignite Fresh Energy
Life. How do you perceive it or understand it? What is this? I think its growth, i.e. expansion, and love? Therefore, all love is life, it is the only law of life. “There is, as it were, an infinite ocean behind, and you and I are so many waves, coming out of that infinite ocean;…
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Why Life is Beautiful
I was thinking of to write, an idea aroused within idea and it was a kind of intuition and revelation that,” To create is nothing rather than to experience”. So after convincing myself to be true to myself and world, and didn’t have to create fake, but to share and express. Slowly like taking shower…
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Life fails to be perfect but never fails to be beautiful
“ Life is beautiful and there’s so much to smile about”- MARLYN MUNROE Life is all about marvellous drift and downs. We all know that a human soul goes through many transformations before it can actually get a human body as by ‘Gift’- that’s why it is asked to treasure this body we have. According…
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Think Again, Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem
While there are a lot of rationales for a person committing suicide, it can be broadly classified into two categories. One of them would be the I-know-I’m-going-to-die-suicide. The other would be I-want-to-see-what-happens-when-I-hang-myself-from-the-ceiling-fan-suicide. In my opinion, the second one is probably more dreadful of the two as the person categorized as such may not have the…