Welcome to Spotlight on Society, featuring social scientific reflections on ethics, society, culture, and labor.

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What will I find on Spotlight on Society?

More specifically, features here cover three main topics, with even more specifics underneath:

1. Ethics

   1. Ethical discourse in culture

   2. Ethical and moral formation among ex-religious populations

   3. Societal ethics and obligations

2. Power

   1. High-control and coercive control groups and behaviors

   2. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, or SOGICE

   3. Religion

3. Organizations

   1. Organizational misconduct

   2. Organizational transformation, improvement, and development

   3. Labor and worker’s rights

Who is behind Spotlight on Society?

Hi, I’m Willow Sipling, and these are my reflections and research.

I’m an organizational sociologist focusing my research and writing on organizational ethics, religious fundamentalism, and conversion therapy, and I’m a sociology PhD student at Western Michigan University. My time goes to working within the community, serving as a nonprofit leader at OutCenter Southwest Michigan, on a research project with the Kalamazoo Public Defender, as a Board Member with the City of Kalamazoo Civil Rights Commission, and as a General Civil Mediator with Citizens Mediation Service. I’m a lover of indoor climbing, dystopian and solarpunk literature, K-dramas, local cuisine, and spending time with friends.

My background includes work, research, and certifications in HR, organizational development, and communications. I do fractional/contract consulting on this topics; learn more at my website: willowsipling.com.