Here you will find older ASA research products on a variety of topics. If you don’t find what you are looking for on this page, it may be on the ASA reports page or the Data Dashboard.
General Research on the Discipline
The Health of Sociology: Statistical Fact Sheets, 2007
Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Who Makes it to the Top of the Academic Ladder? Constraints and Enablers for Black and Hispanic PhDs (presentation) (2016)
- Stratification in Academic Career Trajectories for Minority PhD Recipients (presentation) (2016)
- Mothers in Pursuit of Ideal Academic Careers (2012)
- Research about Minorities in Sociology: Surveys, Datasets, and Measurement (presentation) (2012)
- The Future of Sociology: Minorities, Programs, and Jobs (presentation) (2012)
- The Impact of Cross-Race Mentoring for “Ideal” and “Alternative” PhD Careers in Sociology (2011)
- Homosociality or Crossing Race/Ethnicity/Gender Boundaries? Pipeline Interventions and the Production of Scholarly Careers (presentation) (2011)
- Race and Ethnicity in the Sociology Pipeline (2007)
- Race, Ethnicity, and the Health of Americans (2005)
- Race, Ethnicity, and the American Labor Market: What’s at Work? (2005)
- The Best Time to Have a Baby: Institutional Resources and Family Strategies among Early Career Sociologists (2004)
- The Pipeline for Faculty of Color in Sociology (2002)
- Minorities at Three Stages in the Sociology Pipeline (2001)
- Gender in the Early Stages of the Sociological Career (2000)
Research on Sociology Majors
- BA Career Preparation: Integration into the Curriculum (2018)
- Internship Offerings (2018)
- Internship Site Selection (2018)
- BA Career Outcomes Tracking (2018)
- Individual Salary is Not Enough: Measuring the Well-Being of Recent College Graduates in Sociology (2016)
- Jobs, Careers, and Sociological Skills: The Early Employment Experiences of 2012 Sociology Majors (2015)
- First-Generation Sociology Majors Overcome Deficits (2015)
- Recent Sociology Alumni: Would They Major Again? (2014)
- Sociology, Criminology Concentrations, and Criminal Justice: Differences in Reasons for Majoring, Skills, Activities, and Early Outcomes? (2014)
- Strong Ties, Weak Ties, or No Ties: What Helped Sociology Majors Find Career-Level Jobs? (2013)
- Social Capital for Sociology Majors: Applied Activities and Peer Networks (2013)
- Using the Bachelor’s and Beyond Project to Help Launch Students in Careers (presentation) (2013)
- Sociology Majors: Before Graduation in 2012 (2013)
- What Leads to Student Satisfaction with Sociology Programs? (2012)
- Recruiting Sociology Majors: What are the Effects of the Great Recession? Concepts, Change, and Careers (2012)
- ASA’s Bachelor’s and Beyond Survey: Findings and Their Implications for Students and Departments (2010)
- Mixed Success: Four Years of Experiences of 2005 Sociology Graduates (2010)
- Idealists vs. Careerists: Graduate School Choices of Sociology Majors (2009)
- Decreasing the Leak from the Sociology Pipeline: Social and Cultural Capital to Enhance the Post-Baccalaureate Sociology Career (2009)
- Pathways to Job Satisfaction: What Happened to the Class of 2005? (2008)
- What are They Doing with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology? Data Brief on Current Jobs (2008)
- A National Survey of Seniors Majoring in Sociology (2006)
- After the Fall: The Growth Rate of Sociology BAs Outstrips Other Disciplines Indicating an Improved Market for Sociologists (2000)
- After the Fall: Growth Trends Continue (2000)
- BA Growth Trend: Sociology Overtakes Economics (2000)
Research on/for Sociology Departments
- Profile of 2018 PhDs in Sociology (2019)
- Profile of 2017 PhDs in Sociology (2019)
- The Structure of Sociology Departments in 2016
- Academic Transformations: A Decade of Change in Department Structures and Teaching Loads/What’s Happening in Your Department? The AY 2011-2012 Department Survey (2013)
- The Victory of Assessment? What’s Happening in Your Department? The AY 2011-2012 Department Survey (2013)
- Changes in Technology, Courses, and Resources: What’s Happening in Your Department? The AY 2011-2012 Department Survey (2013)
- Program Assessment with Benchmarks: Using Data from the ASA (presentation) (2012)
- Are Master’s Programs Closing? What Makes for Success in Staying Open? (2011)
- Findings from ASA Surveys of Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD Recipients: Implications for Departments in a Jobless Recovery (presentation) (2011)
- From Programs to Careers: Continuing to Pay Attention to the Master’s Degree in Sociology (2010)
- What’s Happening in Your Department? Department Resources and the Demand Side of Hiring (2010)
- What’s Happening in Your Department with Assessment? (2009)
- What’s Happening in Your Department? Who’s Teaching and How Much? (2009)
- Paying Attention to the Master’s Degree in Sociology (2009)
- What Can I do with a Master’s in Sociology? The Department as Context (2009)
- What is Happening in Your Department? A Comparison of Findings from the 2001 and the 2007 Department Surveys (2008)
- How Does Your Department Compare? A Peer Analysis from the AY 2000-2001 Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Sociology (2007)
- Resources or Rewards? The Distribution of Work-Family Policies (2006)
- Departures and Replacements: Are Sociology Departments Downsizing in a Period of State Budget Shortfalls? (2004)
- Academic Relations: The Use of Supplementary Faculty (2004)
- Graduate Department Vitality: Changes Continue in the Right Direction (2001)
- Use of Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty in Sociology (2000)
Research on Employment
Research on the ASA Job Bank
- Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank in 2018 (report) (2019)
- Tenure-Track Positions in the ASA Job Bank 2009-2018 (figure) (2019)
- Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank 2018 (figure) (2019)
- Area of Specialization for Academic Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank 2018 (figure) (2019)
- Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank in 2016-2017 (report) (2018)
- Positions Advertised in the ASA Job Bank in 2014 (2016)
- Faculty Position Opportunities in Sociology Appear to Hold Steady: Position Postings from the 2013 ASA Job Bank (2014)
- On the Road to Recovery: Findings from the ASA 2012-2013 Job Bank Survey (2013)
- On the Road to Recovery (presentation) (2013)
- On the Upswing: Findings from the ASA 2011-2012 Job Bank Survey (2012)
- Findings from the 2011-2012 Job Bank Survey (presentation) (2012)
- Moving Toward Recovery: Findings from the 2010 Job Bank Survey (2011)
- Still a Down Market: Findings from the 2009/2010 Job Bank Survey (2010)
- Down Market? Findings from the ASA 2008 Job Bank Survey (2009)
Research on Salaries in Sociology
- Faculty Salaries Keeping Up with Inflation (2017)
- Faculty Salaries Comparable to Other Social Sciences (2017)
- Starting Salaries Keep Pace with Other Social Sciences (2017)
- Faculty Salaries Virtually Equal at Public and Private Institutions (2017)
- Faculty Salaries in Sociology and Other Disciplines, 2016 Update
- The Need to Know: Faculty Salaries in Sociology and Other Disciplines (2015)
- Diverging Pathways: Disciplinary Differences in Full-Time Faculty Salaries (presentation) (2015)
- Sociology Faculty Salaries Appear to Be Better Off: 2013-2014 Faculty Salary Brief for Sociology and Other Social Science Disciplines (2014)
- Some Sociology Faculty Salaries Edge Up: 2012-2013 Faculty Salary Brief for Sociology and Other Social Science Disciplines (2013)
- Two Years of Lost Purchasing Power: 2011-2012 Faculty Salary Brief for Sociology and Other Social Science Disciplines (2012)
- Falling Behind: Sociology and Other Social Science Faculty Salaries, AY 2010-2011 (2011)
- The Gap In Faculty Pay Between Private and Public Institutions: Smaller in Sociology than in Other Social Sciences (2010)
- Sociology Faculty See Smaller Raises But Still Outpace Inflation in AY 2009-2010: Other Social Science Disciplines Not Able to Recoup Losses (2010)
- Sociology Faculty Salaries AY 2008-2009: Better than Other Social Sciences, but Not Above Inflation (2009)
- Sociology Faculty Salaries, AY 2007-2008: Still Not Above Inflation and Not Above the Other Social Sciences (2008)
- Sociology and Other Social Science Salary Increases: Past, Present, and Future (2007)
- Have Faculty Salaries Peaked? Sociology Wage Growth Flat in Constant Dollars (2004)
- Sociology Holds the Line as Faculty Salaries Feel the Pinch in the Economic Downturn (2003)
Other Research on Sociologists’ Employment
- Trends in Academic Hiring through 2015 (2016)
- The Sociology Pipeline for Today’s Graduate Students (presentation) (2013)
- Postdoctorates: Another Stage in the Sociology Pipeline? (2013)
- PhDs at Mid-Career: Satisfaction with Work and Family (2008)
- Too Many or Too Few PhDs? Employment Opportunities in Academic Sociology (2008)
- Beyond the Ivory Tower: Professionalism, Skills Match, and Job Satisfaction in Sociology (presentation) (2008)
- The Best Time to Have a Baby: Institutional Resources and Family Strategies among Early Career Sociologists (2004)
- New Doctorates in Sociology: Professions Inside and Outside the Academy (2000)
Research Related to ASA Members
- First-Generation College Status in the ASA Membership (2016)
- A Decade of Change: ASA Membership from 2000-2010 (2011)
- How Does Our Membership Grow? Indicators of Change by Gender, Race and Ethnicity, and Degree Type, 2001-2007 (2008)
- Profile of 2005 ASA Membership: Who Joined, Who Moved to the Top, Who is in What Sub-Field? (2006)
- Profile of 2001 ASA Membership (2002)
Research on Teaching
- The “Down-the-Hall” Phenomenon: Preparing the Next Generation of Faculty to Use Innovative Pedagogy (2012)
- What Do We Know About the Dissemination of Information on Pedagogy? 2008, 2010, and 2011 (2012)
- The Effects of New Technology on the Growth of a Teaching and Learning Network (presentation) (2011)
- Networks and the Diffusion of Cutting-Edge Teaching and Learning Knowledge in Sociology (2011)
- Teaching Alone? Sociology Faculty and the Availability of Social Networks (2010)
