May 2024 News

Patricia Craig Joins Yale as Dean of CIPE and Resident Fellow

Thu, 04/30/2015
Political sociologist Patricia Craig will join Yale-NUS College this summer as Dean of the Centre for International and Professional Experience (CIPE) and a Resident Fellow at Elm College. Dr Craig completed her PhD in Sociology at Yale and is a co-author of The Quality of Life in Rural Asia. Prior Read more...

Reynolds Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Wed, 04/29/2015
Graduate student Celene Reynolds has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for her work on how and why the implementation of Title IX has shifted from an emphasis on gender equity in athletics to sexual harassment on campus. Using a combination of historical, qualitative, Read more...

Adams and Charrad Publish "Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire"

Fri, 04/24/2015
Patrimonial Capitalism and Empire, edited by Mounira Charrad (University of Texas-Austin) and Julia Adams, has just been published in the Political Power and Social Theory book series. The volume explores the interconnected formations of patrimonial politics, empire and capitalism, and includes Read more...

Endelman Published in Theory and Society

Mon, 04/20/2015
Graduate Student Jonathan Endelman has a new article in this month’s edition of the journal Theory & Society. Using the state of Jordan as a case study, Endelman argues in his article “Displaying the State: Visual Signs and Colonial Construction in Jordan” that colonial authorities make Read more...

Yarbrough wins Sussman Award

Thu, 04/09/2015
This year’s Marvin B. Sussman Award winner is recent graduate Michael Yarbrough who received the award for his dissertation ‘I Now Declare You’: State Law and the Making of Marriage in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Michael will deliver the Sussman Lecture, based on his dissertation, on Wednesday, Read more...

Zachariah Awarded Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Thu, 03/26/2015
Yale sociology major Abdul-Razak M. Zachariah has been awarded the prestigious Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship to support his research and his commitment to an academic career in the field. Zachariah, a sophomore in Timothy Dwight College, will use the fellowship to research the influence of Read more...

Papachristos Appointed to State Commission on Youth and Urban Violence

Thu, 03/26/2015
Professor Andrew V. Papachristos has been appointed to a panel of experts set up by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy that aims to create policies to reduce crime in urban communities. The Governor’s Commission on Youth and Urban Violence, announced on March 25, will identify risk factors that Read more...

Dromi Awarded Fellowship for Faith and Giving Research

Sun, 03/22/2015
Graduate student Shai Dromi has been selected to receive the Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship to support his research and dissertation writing through 2015-16. The fellowship is presented annually to a doctoral candidate working in the field of faith and giving or religion and philanthropy. Read more...

Almeling Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Fri, 03/20/2015
Professor Rene Almeling has been awarded a two-year grant by the National Science Foundation for her research on medical knowledge-making about men’s reproduction. Using a combination of historical, qualitative, and quantitative methods, Almeling is examining scientific and medical research about Read more...

Alumnus Weisburd Honored With Israel Prize

Fri, 03/20/2015
Yale sociology alumnus Professor David Weisburd, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been awarded the Israel Prize in Social work and Criminological research. The Israel Prize is regarded as the state’s highest honor and is presented annually on Israel’s independence day in a Read more...