Graduate student Hirokazu Shirado and Professor Nicholas Christakis recently published an article entitled “Locally noisy autonomous agents improve global human coordination in network experiments” in Nature. The study showed that introducing robotic software agents into human co-ordination gamesRead more...
Yale PhD Elizabeth Roberto recently won the Sussman Award for 2017 for her dissertation:
Sun, 05/21/2017
‘The Boundaries of Spatial Inequality: Three Essays on the Measurement and Analysis of Residential Segregation.’ The Sussman Award is given to the graduate student whose dissertation in the past two years is judged to be the most outstanding. Liz introduces a new index for measuring segregation andRead more...
Sociology Department Alumna Sorcha Brophy-Warren recently had her work featured in an NPR segment.
Wed, 04/19/2017
The segment discusses the return of Brio, a magazine marketed to Christian teenage girls, as an alternative to Seventeen or Teen Vogue. At the bottom of the article, Brophy-Warren opines on how Brio will slot itself into the media landscape of 2017 after its absence. Previously, she had presentedRead more...
Christakis elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Tue, 04/18/2017
Professor Nicholas Christakis has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Said Professor Christakis of the honor: “I am grateful to my colleagues for inviting me to join this august group. For me, one of the greatest joys in life is the thrill of scientific discovery. The AAASRead more...
Professor Philip Gorski was recently profiled on Charlie Rose
Fri, 04/14/2017
Professor Philip Gorski was recently profiled on Charlie Rose for his new book American Covenant. In the interview, Gorski describes the vital center of Civil Religion in American society as set against both Religious Nationalism and Radical Secularism. Gorski and Rose discuss a kind of positiveRead more...
Gorski Profiled in the Atlantic
Tue, 04/11/2017
Professor Philip Gorski was recently interviewed in The Atlantic about his new book, American Covenant. In the interview Gorski charts out the concept of civil religion in America. He sees it as something deeply embedded in the origins of the national narrative and as offering common ground outsideRead more...
Yale Sociology Scores Top Ranking from U.S. News and World Report
Tue, 03/28/2017
The Yale Department of Sociology was recently ranked number one for Historical Sociology (tied with Harvard) and number five for the Sociology of Culture, by U.S. News and World Report. Professor Julia Adams commented:
“I’m delighted that U.S. News reflects what we’re accomplishing inRead more...
Debs to be Executive Director of Yale Education Studies
Tue, 03/28/2017
Professor Grace Kao looks forward to welcoming Graduate Student Mira Debs to the new Education Studies Program. She said in an E-mail:
“I am delighted that Dr. Mira Debs will be joining the Education Studies Program as its Executive Director. Her extensive experience with the program as well as herRead more...
DiBranco Published in The Public Eye
Wed, 03/22/2017
On International Women’s Day, Political Research Associates published graduate student Alex DiBranco’s feature article, “Mobilizing Misogyny,” on the need to pay greater attention to misogynist ideologies and movements. This is especially important toward understanding phenomena of currentRead more...
Gorski Book Discussed in NY Times Op-Ed
Wed, 03/22/2017
New York Times columnist David Brooks recently discussed Professor Philip Gorski’s new book American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion From the Puritans to the Present, from Princeton University Press. Brooks claims that the fundamental crisis in American society right now is a “Telos Crisis, aRead more...
