World-renowned stratification scholar Donald Treiman, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, UCLA Sociology, will join our department as a Visiting Professor for the Fall 2016 semester. Professor Treiman’s research covers an array of work on inequality, social mobility, and migration in aRead more...
Shirado Awarded Seed Grant for Research
Wed, 03/02/2016
Graduate student Hirokazu Shirado has been chosen as the National Institute for Social Science’s 2016 Seed Grant Recipient. The prestigious award is for his project “Helping Human Groups to Overcome Social Traps with Autonomous Agents.” He is working with Professor Nicholas A. Christakis inRead more...
Grieger Awarded $144,000 Grant for Inequality Research
Thu, 02/18/2016
Assistant Professor Lloyd Grieger has been awarded a grant worth $143,578 from the Russell Sage Foundation to support research into social inequality. His project, entitled “How Accessible is the Top? The Changing Rigidity of High Incomes and Earnings”, is a collaboration with Professor FabianRead more...
Plys Published in International Journal of Comparative Sociology
Thu, 02/18/2016
Graduate student Kristin Plys has a new publication in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology this month. Her article, ”Worker self-management in the Third World, 1952–1979,” examines major cases of self-management of firms during the post-war era and highlights the varied historicalRead more...
Almeling Writes in Boston Globe on CDC Alcohol Advisory
Wed, 02/17/2016
Along with Professor Sarah Richardson of Harvard University, Professor Rene Almeling recently published an OpEd in the Boston Globe criticizing the CDC for advising all young women to avoid alcohol. They write, “The CDC’s overly broad advisory damages its credibility as a source of clear, balancedRead more...
Benefits of Majoring in Sociology at Yale Explained in New Video
Wed, 01/27/2016
The reasons to select the Yale Sociology Major are highlighted in a new film. The ten-minute video, entitled Sociology at Yale: The Choice Explained, is featured on Yale’s official YouTube channel and can be found with any simple YouTube search. It includes interviews with current Majors whoRead more...
Wyrtzen Publishes Book, "Making Morocco"
Fri, 01/15/2016
Assistant Professor Jonathan Wyrtzen recently published his first book, entitled ’Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity’. Published by Cornell University Press, the book examines how European colonial intervention in Morocco (1912–1956) established a new type ofRead more...
Recent Graduate Guhin Joins UCLA Sociology
Tue, 01/05/2016
Recent PhD graduate Jeffrey Guhin ’13 is to join the UCLA Department of Sociology this fall as a tenure-track assistant professor. Jeff will be working alongside recent visitors to Yale including Rogers Brubaker, Ching Kwan Lee, and Abigail Saguy. Since leaving Yale, Guhin has been the Abd El-KaderRead more...
Hartley presents research on Iran to senior North American and European diplomats
Thu, 12/10/2015
The Cambridge Institute on Religion and International Studies selected John Hartley from among leading experts to address the topic “Religious Diplomacy with Iran after the Nuclear Deal.” Hartley presented at a gathering of senior Western diplomats organized in Brussels. His paper analyzes theRead more...
Papachristos Writes in New York Times on Crime and Data Analytics
Thu, 11/19/2015
Professor Andrew Papachristos argues in a New York Times op-ed that network science can be used by law enforcement agencies to predict outbreaks of gun violence. Comparing patterns of gun violence to infectious diseases such as cholera, in which victimization is concentrated within relatively smallRead more...
