At this year’s commencement ceremonies three new graduates received their PhDs. We are proud to congratulate Jeffrey Guhin, Natalie Nitsche, Stephanie Greenlea, and Xiaohong Xu, and we wish them all the luck in the future!
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Almeling to Deliver Commencement Address at UCLA
Wed, 06/11/2014
This weekend, Professor Rene Almeling will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for students majoring in “Human Biology and Society” at UCLA. This is the first full graduating class for the major, which was initiated in 2011 by the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. The 60Read more...
Wildeman Study in the News
Fri, 06/06/2014
Professor Christopher Wildeman has a new study out in JAMA Pediatrics that has received a good deal of media attention this past week. In it, he and his coauthors argue that annual rates of confirmed child maltreatment understate the number of children maltreated during childhood - according toRead more...
Wherry to Chair Section
Fri, 06/06/2014
Professor Frederick Wherry has been elected Chair of the Consumers and Consumption Section of the ASA. The Section aims to promote research, dialog and teaching about the multi-faceted ways in which consumers, commodities, consumption and market logics have come to inform virtually all aspects ofRead more...
Alexander and Jaworsky on Obama
Tue, 05/27/2014
Professor Jeffrey Alexander and recent graduate Bernadette Jaworsky have a new book out now from Polity Press. In it, they argue that neither money nor demography can explain Obama’s power, and explain how using symbols effectively and telling good stories matters in politics. Learn moreRead more...
Wildeman at the Capitol
Tue, 05/27/2014
Tomorrow in DC, Professor Christopher Wildeman will speak as a panelist at a special event sponsored by The American Academy of Political and Social Science and the Scholars Strategy Network in cooperation with the Honorable Robert C. “Bobby” Scott and the Congressional Black Caucus on “TheRead more...
Maralani on Smoking
Tue, 05/27/2014
A new article just out in Social Science Research by Professor Vida Maralani shows how school policies, peers, and health expectations from teen years predict adult smoking. This morning, Vida was interviewed on WNPR about it - check out her take on the links between smoking and educationalRead more...
Honorary Degree to Anderson
Fri, 05/16/2014
Professor Elijah Anderson was awarded an honorary degree at The College of Wooster this week, where he also spoke at commencement about the changing nature of race and racism in America. Congratulations, Eli!
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Cheng Receives Award and Fellowship
Mon, 05/12/2014
Graduate student Tony Cheng has received the American Sociological Association’s Community Action Research Award for his work in Bridgeport, CT involving a street outreach worker program. The grant aims to encourage sociologists to undertake community action projects that bring social scienceRead more...
Crosbie in Media, War & Conflict
Mon, 05/12/2014
Graduate student Thomas Crosbie has published a new paper on scandals and mediatization in the military in the journal Media, War & Conflict. In it, he draws from empirical research into responses to prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib to develop concepts of feedback and feedforward in order toRead more...
