The American Sociologist

期刊简介：The American Sociologist publishes papers, comments, and other writings on topics of professional and disciplinary concern to sociologists. The editors seem papers that examine the intellectual, practical, and ethical issues that affect the work, careers, and perspectives of sociologists. In addition, the editors especially encourage research and reporting on the ways in which sociological knowledge and skill relate to issues of broad public concern, past, present, and future. Topics might include: the uses of sociology in academic and nonacademic settings; the training, placement, and career paths of sociologist; structural and ideological dimensions that affect the development of new perspectives in the discipline; the ethics of research, teaching, and practice; the application of sociological knowledge and methods in practical problems, the historical and interdisciplinary roots of sociological knowledge; and the contribution of sociologists to professional and public issues.

【译文】《美国社会学家》发表关于社会学家专业和学科关注的主题的论文、评论和其他写作。编辑们审阅的论文探讨了影响社会学家工作、职业和观点的智力、实践和伦理问题。此外，编辑们特别鼓励研究和报道社会学知识和技能与广泛公众关注的问题的关系，包括过去、现在和未来。可能的主题包括：社会学在学术和非学术环境中的应用；社会学家的培训、安置和职业道路；影响学科新观点发展的结构和意识形态维度；研究、教学和实践的伦理；社会学知识和方法在解决实际问题中的应用，社会学知识的历和跨学科根源；以及社会学家对专业和公共问题的贡献。