Online, there are scores of sites offering a seemingly endless supply of Ole and Lena jokes, some from early immigrant days and updated versions as well featuring Packers and Vikings and the ...

But sociology wasn’t always the brunt of jokes from other scientists. In fact, for a long time sociology was just another scientific discipline. Stephen Turner recently wondered just what happened?

“We were sociology majors, we were taking ethnic studies courses," Pérez said, "and here we were in an environment where people were free to make racist and offensive jokes." Convinced that ...

Kuipers, who also wrote the book "Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke," laughed with me at her cat's impertinent behavior, which in its own way speaks to the best part of the April ...

Kuipers's research, described in Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke (de Gruyter Mouton, 2006) has revealed that one's sense of humor is not only subjective, but can vary widely based ...

An adjunct sociology professor at three New Jersey colleges has apologized for sharing racially insensitive jokes on her Facebook page, the South Jersey Times reports. After an anonymous former ...