May 2022 News

Sociology Chair Philip Gorski, quoted in New Yorker article.

Phil Gorski
Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorsky, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology, was quoted in a New Yorker article concerning Pennsylvannia candidate for governor Doug Mastriano, a prominant leader in the “Stop the Steal” campaign, who also espouses religious right beliefs that God - and the Founders - Read more...

Sociology Chair Phil Gorski interviewed for Washington Post story on "great replacement" theory.

Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski,  Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology, was interviewed for a May 16 column in the Washington Post on the mainstreaming of formerly fringe beliefs about a deliberate plot to replace native-born White Americans with Democratic-voting immigrants, a theory which appears Read more...

Phil Gorski, was quoted in the Washington Post, on "Christian nationalism" in the Doug Mastriano campaign for governor of Pennsylvania.

Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski,  Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology was interviewed for a May 16 Washington Post religion article on Doug Mastriano, a retired Army colonel and Jan. 6 marcher, running for governor of Pennsylvania, who is part of a “Christian nationalist” movement, that argues that Read more...

Sociology Chair Phil Gorski published an op-ed, along with Samuel Perry, coauthor of "The Flag and the Cross", on the expansion of White, Christian Nationalism

Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski,  Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociologyand Samuel L. Perry published an op-ed, “With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again” in the May 20th Washington Post on the toxic ideology, and spread of White Christian nationalism.   Read more...

Yale Alum Alison Gerber elected to the Swedish Young Academy

Tue, 05/24/2022
Alison Gerber, Assistant Professor in sociology at Lund University, was one of 6 new prominent researchers elected to the Young Academy of Sweden. The Young Academy of Sweden is an independent platform that gives younger researchers a strong voice in the policy debate and facilitates their efforts Read more...