Grace Kao's Course on K-pop the Subject of the Korea Herald
Wed, 11/20/2024
“Why are Yale students taking K-pop classes?”
The Korea Herald presented an article investigating this question examining Sociology Professor Grace Kao’s course “Race and Place in British New Wave, K-Pop and Beyond”. According to Professor Kao the course explores how popular music movesRead more...
Prof. Ángel Escamilla García, an expert on Latin American Migration Offers his Thoughts on Trump's Immigration Plans
Professor Grace Kao interviewed on Australian radio.
Thu, 10/24/2024
Professor Grace Kao was featured in an 18-minute-long interview on ABC (Australia)’s afternoon radio program “The Drawing Room.” The segment is titled “From Stars and Stripes to K-Pop Heights.”
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/drawingroom/from-stars-and-stripes-to-k-pop-heights/104514036Read more...
Assistant Professor of Sociology Daniel Karell wins ASA Section Award
Wed, 08/14/2024
Yale Sociology Assistant Professor Daniel Karell won the American Sociological Association Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements’ Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award for the article Karell, D., Linke, A., Holland, E., & Hendrickson, E. (2023). “Born for aRead more...
'22 PhD graduate, Alex DiBranco Interviewed by ISPS about the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS)
Mon, 08/05/2024
In 2019, while a Yale Sociology Ph.D. candidate, Alex DiBranco (‘22) founded the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS), comprised of “a team of predominantly women scholars [who] believe that women must be respected leaders in responding to an ideology threatening our own lives.” As theRead more...
Ph.D. candidate Keitaro Okura won two awards from the American Sociological Association.
Wed, 07/03/2024
Keitaro Okura’s paper “Americans without Americanness: The U.S. National Hierarchy and Racialized Boundaries of Authentic Belonging” received an Honorable Mention for the Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar Award from the International Migration Section, and an Honorable MentionRead more...
Professor Alka Menon wins the 2024 ASA Sociology Body and Embodiment’s Book Award for “Refashioning Race”
Fri, 06/14/2024
Professor Alka Menon’s book, Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards, received the 2024 Book Award from the Section on the Sociology of the Body and Embodiment of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The section recognizes the best book that makes aRead more...
Ramina Sotoudeh featured in Meet the FAS faculty:
Thu, 05/30/2024
Assistant Professor Ramina Sotoudeh is featured in the current newsletter of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The series “Meet the FAS faculty” provides a way for the Yale community to discover the work and perspectives of recent faculty hires.
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Professor Alka Menon was a Finalist for 4S’s Ludwik Fleck Prize for her book "Refashioning Race"
Wed, 05/29/2024
Alka Menon was a Finalist for the 2024 Ludwik Fleck Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) for an outstanding book in the area of the science and technology studies. The Fleck Prize Committee had this to say about Menon’s book, Refashioning Race: How GlobalRead more...
