Are you interested in joining the editorial team for the Culture Section newsletter?  We are looking for a new webmaster and social media coordinator.We will work together to highlight the work of section members, disseminate information about ongoing activities within the section, and foster discussion and intellectual exchange on topics of interest to our members.  Our section embraces interpersonal, methodological, and theoretical diversity, and we … Continue reading Call for Newsletter Webmaster!

About the Book: Natasha Warikoo (2022).Race at the Top: Asian Americans and Whites in Pursuit of the American Dream in Suburban Schools. May 2022, University of Chicago Press. This book addresses the impact of Asian American youth’s academic success on ethnic assimilation. The findings are based on research in a well-off suburban community with a large and growing Asian American population. In “Woodcrest” white and … Continue reading Book Review

Man Yao (The Ohio State University) interviews Karen A. Cerulo (Rutgers University) about her works on culture and cognition and the vision of a jargon-free sociology. How did you become interested in sociology and the study of culture? I started out working in the sociology of music. I have a music background and I wanted to try to combine two interests: music and sociology. My … Continue reading Four Questions for Karen A. Cerulo

State of the ‘22 ASA Culture Section Mentor Program Marshall A. Taylor (New Mexico State University) This is now the third year for the section’s mentoring program. The first two iterations of the program laid a foundation of excellence, and our goal this year was to continue that success (“if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”), while also looking for new ways to make the … Continue reading Mentorship Program Report