Department News

March 3, 2014
Professor Immanuel Wallerstein’s series of lectures in Iran has been covered by the Washington Post, who describes his visit as a sign that Iranian authorities are...
March 1, 2014
Graduate student Jensen Sass, together with coauthor John Dryzek at the Australian National University, has a new article out in the journal Political Theory. In it, Sass and...
February 27, 2014
Professor Elijah Anderson will give a lecture as the keynote speaker of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society’s Speaker Symposia. His talk,...
February 26, 2014
A new issue of the American Journal of Cultural Sociology is out now! The journal, housed in our department, aims to provide a space where cultural sociologists can follow...
February 25, 2014
Graduate student Elisabeth Becker just published a new article on Albanian Kosovars in Little Italy in the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies. In it, she develops the concept...
February 24, 2014
Recent graduate Samuel Nelson and Professor Philip Gorski have a new article out in the journal International Sociology, titled “Conditions of religious belonging:...
January 21, 2014
Professor Marcus Anthony Hunter has published a new op-ed in the Washington Post. In it he reviews voting rights in the U.S. since 1965, considers the way forward, and argues...
January 12, 2014
Graduate student Candas Pinar has a new article out in the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. In it, she argues that unifying notions of Islam often undermine meaningful...
January 10, 2014
The Department is pleased to announce that Professor Paul DiMaggio will deliver this year’s Hollingshead Lecture, titled “Analyzing Environments of Representation: Using...
Jean-Baptiste Gallopin
December 27, 2013
Graduate Student Jean-Baptiste Gallopin recently appeared on France24 news as a political analyst and Sudanese specialist, speaking on the conflict in South Sudan. Watch his...