Professor Rene Almeling was interviewed this month on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding online sperm donation sites. She talked about using such sites in lieu of traditional sperm banks, and discussed the risks: “Women using online forums are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases,Read more...
Klett in Sociological Theory
Tue, 07/08/2014
Graduate student Joseph Klett has a new article out now from Sociological Theory. In his piece, titled “Sound on Sound: Situating Interaction in Sonic Object Settings”, Klett introduces the analytical concept of ‘sonic object settings’ - material arrangements in which sonic qualities emerge forRead more...
Gerber on Art and Taxes
Fri, 07/04/2014
A new article by graduate student Alison Gerber on art, value, and the state is out now at Narratively. In it, Gerber follows an artist’s audit for insight into the complicated relationships between art, value, and work. Check it out here.
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Best Paper Award to Wang
Fri, 06/27/2014
PhD candidate Yingyao Wang’s article “The Rise of the ‘Shareholding State‘: Financialization of Economic Management” has won the EHESS France-Japan Foundation Best Paper Award, to be presented in July at the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Social Economics.Read more...
Wherry on Love and Money
Fri, 06/27/2014
Professor Frederick Wherry has a new essay out now from the Mission Asset Fund, a nonprofit working for a fair financial system, on mobilizing caring relationships to promote economic security. Check out more about his work on creditworthiness as “the sleeper social justice issue of our time” in aRead more...
Camp Marches in Commencement
Thu, 06/12/2014
George Camp, who received his PhD from the department in 1967 with a dissertation titled “Nothing to Lose: A Study of Bank Robbery in America” walked in this year’s Commencement ceremonies along with the department’s new graduates. Back then, he left campus before graduation to beginRead more...
Guhin, Nitsche, Greenlea, and Xu Awarded PhDs
Thu, 06/12/2014
At this year’s commencement ceremonies three new graduates received their PhDs. We are proud to congratulate Jeffrey Guhin, Natalie Nitsche, Stephanie Greenlea, and Xiaohong Xu, and we wish them all the luck in the future!
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Almeling to Deliver Commencement Address at UCLA
Wed, 06/11/2014
This weekend, Professor Rene Almeling will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for students majoring in “Human Biology and Society” at UCLA. This is the first full graduating class for the major, which was initiated in 2011 by the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics. The 60Read more...
Wildeman Study in the News
Fri, 06/06/2014
Professor Christopher Wildeman has a new study out in JAMA Pediatrics that has received a good deal of media attention this past week. In it, he and his coauthors argue that annual rates of confirmed child maltreatment understate the number of children maltreated during childhood - according toRead more...
Wherry to Chair Section
Fri, 06/06/2014
Professor Frederick Wherry has been elected Chair of the Consumers and Consumption Section of the ASA. The Section aims to promote research, dialog and teaching about the multi-faceted ways in which consumers, commodities, consumption and market logics have come to inform virtually all aspects ofRead more...
