About the Journal
Social Thought and Research (STAR) is an annual peer-reviewed publication edited by graduate students of the sociology department at The University of Kansas and is one of the few student-run sociological journals in the United States. Since 1997, STAR has published papers in a variety of sociological areas, including critical theory, authoritarianism, social movements, culture, sexuality, gender, globalization, and feminist cross-cultural research.
Current Issue
Vol. 38 (2026): Re-imagining the American Dream
Social science researchers have directly challenged and problematized the ideology of the "American Dream” by critically analyzing and exposing the fallacies and consequences of neoliberalism, the instability of the nuclear American family structure, and the dire consequences of marginalization and colonization. Critical analysis only takes us so far; social scientists also have a role to play in developing solutions for imagined futures. In this volume of Social Thought and Research, graduate and early career scholars have analyzed the "American Dream's" ideological premise and conceptualized possibilities for imagined futures.
Published:
2026-07-27
Full Issue
Introduction to Volume
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