ArticlesNew Hampshire Family and Medical Leave Program Falls ShortDate1/13/2026Body Study shows the voluntary state program did little to overcome inequities in coverage.ImageThumbnail
QuotedQuoteI recommend a New Year’s resolution: Do the work to find new friendship markets in 2026, rather than waiting passively for new connections to find you.BylineJanice McCabe, associate professor of sociology | AttributionThe New York TimesDate1/5/2026
QuotedQuoteUnions as an institution, as an actor, sort of undermined their egalitarian emphasis and indirectly contributed to this acceptance of inequality through some of the practices when they were just trying to survive during the ’80s and ’90s.BylineMarc Dixon, professor of sociology | AttributionMaine PublicDate12/5/2025
In the NewsVermont State Employees React to Gov. Scott’s Return-To-Office Order9/16/2025Description Kristin Smith, a visiting associate professor of sociology, discusses potential ramifications and disparities from a requirement that Vermont state employees return to the office three days a week starting December 1.Vermont Public
ArticlesThe Patterns of Elites Who Conceal Their Assets OffshoreDate7/16/2025Body Study finds where an oligarch comes from correlates with how they achieve offshore secrecy.ImageThumbnail
In the NewsDartmouth Professor Describes Dynamics Involved in Israel-Iran War7/2/2025Description Professor of Sociology Emeritus Misagh Parsa discusses the political dynamics in Iran. “The vast majority of Iranians not only do not support the Islamic Republic, they don’t go to the mosque, they don’t pray,” Parsa says.Valley News
In the NewsIs America in a New Gilded Age?6/30/2025Description Professor of Sociology Brooke Harrington discusses “broligarchs” in a documentary about wealth and power in the United States.CBS News
QuotedQuoteWhen social norms solidify around the idea that something is wrong, all of a sudden all kinds of things become possible, including the things we were told could never, ever, ever happen.BylineBrooke Harrington, professor of sociology | AttributionThe New York TimesDate5/28/2025
ArticlesArts Integration Grants Enhance Faculty-Student ResearchDate3/13/2025Body Hopkins Center program spurs cross-campus collaborations grounded in the arts.ImageThumbnail
In the NewsTrump Is Like FDR—Only in Reverse2/25/2025Description Professor of Sociology Brooke Harrington writes an opinion piece asserting that cuts by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are threatening to “destroy what’s left of Americans’ faith in government.”The New York Times
