Alumnus Shai Dromi, won the Best Student Paper Award of the Global Transnational Section of the ASA for his paper “For good and country: nationalism and the diffusion of humanitarianism in the late nineteenth century”, which appeared in The Sociological Review. The paper provides crucial insightsRead more...
Outstanding Published Book Award to Justin Farrell
Sat, 08/27/2016
Assistant Professor Justin Farrell has been honored with Outstanding Published Book Award from the ASA section for Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity for his book “The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict.” The book roots vociferous debate about theRead more...
Becker Writes for Washington Post Acts of Faith Blog on Jewish-Muslim Unity in the Age of Trump
Wed, 08/24/2016
Graduate Student Elisabeth Becker Topkara recently published an Op-Ed in the Washington Post Acts of Faith Blog, expressing the hope and fear associated with bringing up a child in a world marked by religious conflict. She writes: “It does not matter whether we bow down or raise our hands in prayerRead more...
Breese Featured in Smithsonian Article
Wed, 08/24/2016
Alumna Elizabeth Breese was recently featured in a piece by the Smithsonian Magazine entitled “The Media Learned Nothing After Misreporting the Reagan Assassination Attempt.” Citing her work in the recently published The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered, the article attempts to explain how and whyRead more...
Bastomski Publishes on Incivility in Public Places
Mon, 08/08/2016
Graduate student Sara Bastomski recently published an article in the journal Sex Roles concerning women’s experiences of public places. The paper, entitled “Gender, Fear, and Public Places: How Negative Encounters with Strangers Harm Women,” explores gender differences in the experience ofRead more...
Department Powers Through Carbon Charge Project
Thu, 08/04/2016
One of our department’s primary office buildings was part of a Yale campus carbon pricing pilot during the 2015-16 academic year. The six-month experiment, run by the Yale Carbon Charge Project, aimed to test different models of carbon pricing while also reducing energy consumption andRead more...
King Tenured at School of Management
Fri, 07/08/2016
Associate Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) Marissa King has been awarded tenure at the Yale School of Management. Professor King is an affiliate of the Yale Institute of Network Science (YINS) and has advised undergraduate sociology majors on their senior theses. Her research examines network-Read more...
Dromi Wins ASA Best Paper Award
Fri, 07/08/2016
Recent PhD grad Shai Dromi has been honored with the Best Graduate Student Paper Award by the American Sociological Association’s Global and Transnational Sociology Section. Dromi, recently appointed as Lecturer on Sociology at Harvard University, won the award for his paper “For good andRead more...
Alumnus Sherman Knighted by King of Sweden
Mon, 06/27/2016
Congratulations to Yale Department of Sociology alumnus Lawrence W. Sherman, PhD ‘76, who has been knighted by King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden for his services to the country and its Ministry of Justice. Professor Sherman is Director of the Institute of Criminology of the University of Cambridge,Read more...
Turkmen-Dervisoglu Appointed as Post-Doc in Goettingen
Mon, 06/27/2016
Recent graduate Gulay Turkmen-Dervisoglu, PhD ’16, has been appointed as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Goettingen’s Forum for Interdisciplinary Religious Studies. During the two-year appointment, Turkmen-Dervisoglu will conduct research on ethnic and religious identity formationRead more...
