A call for papers has been issued for “Revisiting Remaking Modernity: New Voices in Comparative-Historical Sociology,” to mark the decade since “the landmark volume” edited by Julia Adams, Elisabeth S. Clemens and Ann Shola Orloff. The August 21 mini-conference, sponsored by the ASA Section onRead more...
Christakis Appointed Silliman College Master
Fri, 02/27/2015
Congratulations to Nicholas A. Christakis, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social and Natural Science, on his appointment as the next master of Silliman College for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2015.
Yale President Peter Salovey made the announcement Thursday, saying: “Professor ChristakisRead more...
Alumnus Herzog on Revoking Citizenship
Sun, 02/01/2015
Yale sociology alumnus Ben Herzog has a new book, entitled ‘Revoking Citizenship: Expatriation in America from the Colonial Era to the War on Terror’ to be published next month by New York University Press. In the book, Dr Herzog examines America’s long history of making both naturalized immigrantsRead more...
Yale Jazz Ensemble - Annual Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert
Wed, 01/28/2015
Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM, Yale Law School (127 Wall St, New Haven)
“2015 Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert”
feat. the Yale Jazz Ensemble and the Reunion Jazz Ensemble
The two ensembles pay tribute to late Yale Law School Professor Stanton Wheeler, who was an early member of the jazzRead more...
Yale Sociologist in The Economist
Tue, 01/20/2015
The Economist has featured a story about Justin Farrell’s forthcoming book (to be published by Princeton University Press in June 2015). Assistant Professor Farrell is an economic sociologist in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His book The Battle for YellowstoneRead more...
Anderson in Inaugural Issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Tue, 01/13/2015
Professor Elijah Anderson has published “The White Space,” the lead article for the inaugural issue of the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, a new journal of the American Sociological Association. In this piece, he observes that, despite the Civil Rights Moment, and the major racial incorporationRead more...
Bell Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Thu, 01/08/2015
Wendell Bell, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, has received an Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Futures Research for his contribution to futures research. Five inaugural awards were given to honor great livingRead more...
Wherry Co-editor of New Series at Stanford
Mon, 12/15/2014
Professor Frederick Wherry is co-editor of a new book series with Jennifer Lena (Teachers College Columbia University) and Greta Hsu (University of California, Davis) at Stanford University Press. The series is titled “Culture and Economic Life,” and aims to enliven and advance current theoreticalRead more...
Wikipedia Project in the News
Thu, 12/04/2014
Research by Professors Julia Adams (Yale) and Hannah Brückner (NYU-Abu Dhabi) on science, gender, and Wikipedia was discussed at NBC News today. Professor Adams was quoted in the piece, which discusses the gender schism among wikipedians and the accuracy of information about scientific research onRead more...
Wherry Wins Russell Sage Support
Sun, 11/30/2014
The Behavioral Economics Program at the Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a research grant to Sociology Professors Frederick Wherry (Yale), Kristin Seefeldt (University of Michigan), and Anthony Alvarez (California State- Fullerton) to support their research on financial inclusion. According toRead more...
