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.