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Librarians’ Survey Addresses the ‘Virtual Reality’ of Conference-Going
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October 28, 2021

Librarians’ Survey Addresses the ‘Virtual Reality’ of Conference-Going

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Recalling the Founding of the ‘Journal of Black Studies’ a Half Century Ago
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September 27, 2021

Recalling the Founding of the ‘Journal of Black Studies’ a Half Century Ago

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Surely We Can Get Past This Toxic Boomer v. Millennial Mythologizing
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September 14, 2021

Surely We Can Get Past This Toxic Boomer v. Millennial Mythologizing

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Social and Behavioral Science Responds to 9/11: Some Readings
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September 9, 2021

Social and Behavioral Science Responds to 9/11: Some Readings

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Book Review: The Public and their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

Book Review: The Public and their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media

In The Public and their Platforms: Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media, Mark Carrigan and Lambros Fatsis explore the discipline of sociology at a time when public life is increasingly shaped by social media platforms.

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Communicate, Connect, Sell!

Communicate, Connect, Sell!

Professor Lisa Spiller noticed that sales management textbooks she looked at were missing topics like storytelling, neuro-linguistic programming, determining willingness-to-buy, servant leadership, and sales analytics. So she wrote a book that did.

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Tourism’s Crisis Management. Lessons for all Businesses and How Crisis Management Found Me

Tourism’s Crisis Management. Lessons for all Businesses and How Crisis Management Found Me

Whether a crisis impacts retailers, banks, manufacturers, miners, construction, traders or tourism, says David Beirman, the management of recovery operates under a surprisingly similar set of rules.

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‘Doing Business in Asia’: How to Thrive in an International Collaboration

‘Doing Business in Asia’: How to Thrive in an International Collaboration

Professor Terence Tsai outlines how he was recruited to work on the new book, Doing Business in Asia, and what factors led to the smooth completion of the collaborative writing involved.

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Lessons From This Year’s Student Academic Experience Survey

Lessons From This Year’s Student Academic Experience Survey

Despite the extraordinary circumstances of the last year, this year’s Student Academic Experience Survey, its results and recommendations are a great opportunity for higher education institutions to implement long-lasting change.

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UK Study of Diversity and Inclusion in Social Research Finds We Have ‘Far to Go’

UK Study of Diversity and Inclusion in Social Research Finds We Have ‘Far to Go’

A 2021 report sponsored by the SRA determined that diversity in the UK’s social research community is poor, but “it also shows that there is a strong appetite for change and that many organizations are starting to take steps in the right direction.”

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A Social Scientist Looks at the Irish Border and Its Future

A Social Scientist Looks at the Irish Border and Its Future

‘What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Irish Border?’ is a new book from Katy Hayward that applies social science to the existing issues and what they portend.

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Questioning the Narrative of the Majority-Minority Society

Questioning the Narrative of the Majority-Minority Society

“The argument of this book,” writes Richard Alba, “is not that whites will retain a numerical majority status, although I do not rule out such a possibility, but rather that mainstream expansion, which brings about a melding involving many whites, non-whites, and Hispanics, holds out the prospect of a new kind of societal majority.”

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