The Yale Journal of Sociology for 2013 has been released and is now available online from our homepage. As is customary it features items from authors at the two ends of academic hierarchy. Professor Charles Camic of Northwestern University provides our offering from a leading figure while 2013Read more...
Papachristos on Networks and Violence in the Washington Post
Wed, 12/04/2013
Professor Andrew Papachristos has published a new op-ed in the Washington Post drawing on his research with Professor Christopher Wildeman on social networks and gun violence. He argues that “by studying gun violence like we study disease, we, as a society, can improve our chances of discoveringRead more...
Rene Almeling's op-ed "The Unregulated Sperm Industry" published in Sunday's New York Times
Sat, 11/30/2013
Professor Rene Almeling wrote an op-ed that appeared in Sunday’s New York Times. In it, she argues that the changing technological and economic landscape of sperm donation has produced uncertainty about how many donors there are in the United States, how often they donate, and how many children areRead more...
New Work on Avant-Garde Theatre
Tue, 11/26/2013
A new article in Theory, Culture & Society by Professor Jeff Alexander is out now online ahead of print. In the article, Alexander considers avant-garde theatre as a challenge to theories of social performance, and suggests a new perspective on drama and society. Congratulations, Jeff!
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Race and Racism After Obama
Fri, 11/22/2013
“For some whites, saying ‘I voted for Obama’ is like a free pass to discriminate.” Grad student Angela Onwuachi-Willig published an op-ed in the New York Times this week on race and racism in the US after Obama and legal ramifications – congratulations, Angela!
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Hanging With the Wrong Crowd
Mon, 11/18/2013
A new study on social networks and gun violence by Professors Andrew Papachristos and Christopher Wildeman in the American Journal of Public Health has received great media coverage - check out stories about their findings at NPR and US News and World Report, and read the paper yourself at PubMed.Read more...
New Survey on Genetics and Genomics Policy
Sat, 11/09/2013
Professor Rene Almeling and her colleague Shana Gadarian from Syracuse University have just published the first results of their national survey on genetic testing in Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American College of Genetics and Genomics. The article, “Public Opinion on PolicyRead more...
Wyrtzen Elected to AIMS Board
Thu, 11/07/2013
Professor Jonathan Wyrtzen has been elected to the board of the American Institute for Maghrib Studies. Established in 1984, AIMS is a private, non-profit educational organization that works to facilitate research in North Africa and encourage the free exchange of information between American andRead more...
Wildeman Receives Criminology Award
Wed, 10/30/2013
Professor Chris Wildeman has been awarded the 2013 Distinguished New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Correction and Sentencing. The award is intended to recognize his “outstanding early career achievement” in his research on the consequences of mass imprisonmentRead more...
New op-ed by Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Mon, 10/28/2013
Graduate student Angela Onwuachi-Willig published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Fisher v. Texas, white privilege, and higher ed. Congratulations, Angela! Read it here.
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