The Sociologist
The Sociologist is the public magazine of the District of Columbia Sociological Society (DCSS). The Sociologist began as a newsletter for members of DCSS. Beginning in 2014, we transformed the newsletter into a periodic open-access magazine of public sociology for a general audience. Our aim is to continue to foster our project as a meeting place for all sociologists in the Washington, D.C. area. The Sociologist is issued periodically to coincide with our public events. Send us the sociology of your neighborhood, where you learn and work, or your playground.
The issues of The Sociologist from 2014 through 2024 were previously hosted on a separate website. As of January 2025, we are in the process of moving those files here. If you have questions about a specific issue or article during this transition, please use the DCSS contact e-mail address below.
The Sociologist Submission Guidelines
The Sociologist is an open-access publication supported by the District of Columbia Sociological Society (DCSS) that aims to offer a magazine of public sociology to a general audience. Contributors are encouraged to consider current events/issues/research in the Washington, D.C. area through a sociological lens and write for a wide readership.
Submissions should be:
related to sociology and the DC area;
punchy and jargon-free;
a maximum 4 pages single spaced (no minimum requirement);
formatted in ASA style; and
accompanied by at least 2 visuals with proper citations.
If you are interested in submitting to The Sociologist, please use the DCSS contact e-mail address below.