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This Week in Sociological Perspective, video
Economists talk money. Politicians talk government. On This Week in Sociological Perspective we talk money, politics, and everything else that makes the world go ‘round, offering insight on society, public affairs, and news of the week. Guest authors join your host, UC-Berkeley Professor Samuel Roundfield Lucas, to transcend the headlines through fascinating research in sociology.

Mar 31, 2022

This week we discuss new efforts to alter the natural world to serve human desires and interests. And, I recently spoke with Professor Denis Trapido of the University of Washington-Bothell about his recent paper titled “The Female Penalty for Novelty and the Offsetting Effect of Alternate Status Characteristics.” The paper is to be published in Social Forces, and is sole-authored.

Segment 1 -- Denis Trapido on “The Female Penalty for Novelty and the Offsetting Effect of Alternate Status Characteristics”

Segment 2 -- Another effort to alter the natural world to serve human desires and interests