Graduate student Philip McHarris, a second year student in Sociology and African American Studies was recently awarded a Ford Predoctoral Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Yale ISPS Policy Fellowship, and a University of Pennsylvania Social Science and Policy Forum PredisertationRead more...
Becker Awarded Academy Fellowship
Wed, 09/23/2015
Graduate student Elisabeth Becker has been awarded a fellowship from the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (CAAS) for the 2015-16 academic year. Becker, in her fourth year at Yale, studies Muslim communities in European capital cities. Her ethnographic research focuses on how mosqueRead more...
Elijah Anderson to Deliver Lecture at University of Chicago
Mon, 09/14/2015
Professor Elijah Anderson will address graduates of the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration at a reunion event next month. Anderson will deliver the 2015 Pastora San Juan Cafferty Lecture on Race and Ethnicity in American Life on October 20 at the Midwest schoolRead more...
Shirado Co-Authors Nature Paper
Mon, 09/14/2015
Research co-authored by graduate student Hirokazu Shirado was featured in Nature journal last week. The paper, entitled “Inequality and visibility of wealth in experimental social networks” reported on an experiment to identify how the visibility of inequality affects future outcomes. The YaleRead more...
Erikson Edits New Volume in Political Power and Social Theory
Mon, 08/17/2015
Following on from the success of her book ‘Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757,’ Professor Emily Erikson recently edited ‘Chartering Capitalism: Organizing Markets, States, and Publics,’ a new volume published in the Political Power and Social Theory bookRead more...
Smith Takes Over as Department Chair
Mon, 07/13/2015
Professor Philip Smith has taken over from Richard Breen as Chair of the Department of Sociology. His three-year term began on July 1. Richard has returned to Oxford University. Smith did his undergraduate work in Edinburgh and earned his PhD at UCLA. He then worked at the University of QueenslandRead more...
Emily Erikson Awarded Ralph Gomory Prize
Thu, 07/02/2015
Professor Emily Erikson has been awarded the 2015 Ralph Gomory Prize for her recent book ‘Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company’. The prize, given by the Business History Conference, recognizes historical work on the effects of business enterprises on the economicRead more...
Congratulations to Our PhD Students!
Tue, 06/02/2015
Congratulations to all PhD students in our department who graduated this year: Seongsoo Choi, Thomas Crosbie, Alison Gerber, Joseph Klett, Matt Lawrence, Carolyn Ly, Elizabeth Roberto, Yasushi Tanaka, and Sandy Zhao. You can find details of these recent graduates on our placements page.
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Lyttelton, McHarris, and Reynolds Receive ISPS Fellowships
Tue, 06/02/2015
Graduate students Thomas Lyttelton, Philip McHarris, and Celene Reynolds have been invited to join the Graduate Policy Fellows Program at Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Congratulations, Tom, Philip, and Celene!
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Vásquez-Noriega Awarded Prize for Best Senior Essay
Sat, 05/16/2015
Congratulations to sociology major Carla Vásquez-Noriega, who receives the 2015 Mildred Priest Frank Memorial Prize for best senior essay. Her project examined the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program created in 1974 to help low-income families afford clean, safe, and suitable housing.Read more...
