Sociology graduate student Jason Wong recently published two first-author articles. The first article entitled “Socially Withdrawn or Socially Engaged? The Impacts of Caring for Grandchildren on Social Participation among Older Adults in China” appears in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B onRead more...
Emma Zang's Research Highlighted in the New York Times
Tue, 05/06/2025
Assistant Professor Emma Zang’s research was highlighted in the New York Times. Emma’s research shows the significant impact of sibling relationships on academic achievement and life trajectories. The article can be found here.
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Rourke O'Brien Receives Yale GSAS Graduate Mentor Award
Tue, 05/06/2025
Associate Professor Rourke O’Brien was one of four Yale faculty to receive the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Graduate Mentor Award. Award recipients are nominated by graduate students and selected for “fostering the intellectual, professional, and personal development ofRead more...
August Rios Named 2025 Truman Scholar
Tue, 05/06/2025
Sociology major August Rios was named as one of the 2025 Truman Scholars. Scholarship recipients are selected for “outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or the nonprofit sector, and academic excellence.” Read more from YaleNews here.
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Isabela Alvarado Wins the 2025 Mildred Priest Frank Memorial Prize
Mon, 05/05/2025
Isabela Alvarado’s senior thesis “Careers in Translation: Occupational Downgrading and Identity Reconstruction Among Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States” was selected to receive the 2025 Mildred Priest Frank Memorial Prize. Isabela’s thesis explores how occupational downgradingRead more...
Professor Emerita Deborah Davis Published a New Book
Tue, 04/29/2025
Professor Emerita Deborah Davis published a new book. Chinese Encounters with America tells the stories of twelve women and men whose American experiences transformed their lives and influenced China’s trajectory, with a particular focus on the period after Beijing and Washington establishedRead more...
Carlo Sariego Published Two Articles in Journals: Signs and Feminist Theory!
Mon, 04/28/2025
Graduate student Carlo Sariego published two articles recently. The first article “Birth Rights and Wrongs: Reproductive Outsiders in Azar v. Garza and Madrigal v. Quilligan” was published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Volume 50, Number 2). It can be found here. The secondRead more...
PhD Students Jason Wong and Siyao Lu Published Article in The Gerontologist
Tue, 03/25/2025
Yale Sociology PhD Students Jason Wong and Siyao Lu published “A Novel Time Use Approach on Daily Active Engagement with Life: The Intersectionality of Race and Gender” in The Gerontologist, Volume 65, Issue 1, January 2025.
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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...
