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...
Onwuachi-Willig Receives Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award
Fri, 11/21/2014
Graduate Student Angela Onwuachi-Willig has been selected to receive the Association of American Law Schools Minority Groups Section’s highest honor for senior faculty, the Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award. Alongside her studies in our Ph.D. program, Angela is the Charles and Marion J. KierschtRead more...
Crosbie to UMD
Tue, 10/21/2014
Graduate student Thomas Crosbie has accepted a position as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Center for Research on Military Organization in the Sociology Department of the University of Maryland, College Park. He will be working on turning his dissertation (“Democratic Oversight and Military AutonomyRead more...
Roberto Awarded Complex Systems Fellowship
Sat, 10/18/2014
Graduate student Elizabeth Roberto has been awarded the 2014 James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in Studying Complex Systems for her research on the spatial dynamics of social inequality in U.S. Cities. The award is intended to support scholarship and research directedRead more...
Luker Awarded Wilbur Cross Medal
Mon, 10/13/2014
This Tuesday (October 14) we look forward to hosting distinguished scholar Kristin Luker, who will deliver a talk titled “Abortion, Contraception, and the Neoliberal Moment”. Luker (‘74 PhD) has been awarded the Wilbur Cross Medal, the highest honor the Yale Graduate School accords its alumni. JoinRead more...
