Public Ideas: Their Varieties and Careers
This project examines how social science ideas become public ideas, and in doing so it develops a sociology of public social science. The project asks, what are public ideas and how do they come to be?
The Sociological Research Practicum (SRP) was an annual data collection project from 1965 to 2024. Each year, a faculty member in the Department of Sociology was chosen as the Principal Investigator (PI) to design and manage the project. The topic and type of method varied each year, reflecting the interest of the PI. The SRP began in 1965 as the Indianapolis Area Project. Read more about the SRP's history, goals, and resources. In 2024, the SRP was re-envisioned to focus on graduate students' completion of the empirical paper.
This project examines how social science ideas become public ideas, and in doing so it develops a sociology of public social science. The project asks, what are public ideas and how do they come to be?
The aim of the Indian American Family Study (IAFS) is to investigate (Asian) Indian Americans’ views and experiences of family life with a focus on marriage, childbearing, and intergenerational relationships.Â
How Families Matter: Simply Complicated Intersections of Race, Gender, and Work
Pamela Braboy Jackson and Rashawn Ray
Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans' Definitions of Family
Brian Powell, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman
The health of college students on the autism spectrum as compared to their neurotypical peers (Autism)
Jane McLeod, Amelia Hawbaker, and Emily Meanwell