“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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Almeling and Hunter win Prestigious Yale College Prizes
Thu, 10/24/2013
Assistant Professors of Sociology Rene Almeling and Marcus Hunter have won prestigious Yale College prizes this year, in recognition of their achievements in research and teaching.
Rene received the 2013 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize in recognition of her work on the medical profession’sRead more...
Juan Linz, 1926-2013
Thu, 10/03/2013
It is with great sadness that we report Juan Linz’s passing. Juan was a towering figure in 20th-century social science, whose many contributions included the study of authoritarian regimes and of the processes of democratization. He was also an institution at Yale, where, most recently, heRead more...
Op-ed on Loneliness and Violence
Tue, 09/24/2013
The Washington Post published a new op-ed on isolation, mental illness, and homicide coauthored by Professor Nicholas Christakis. The article argues that we should work to prevent social isolation and, when it occurs, that society should intervene to repair social networks. Congratulations,Read more...
Becker wins NSF grant
Mon, 09/09/2013
Graduate student Elisabeth Becker has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. The grants, which are intended to support high quality doctoral dissertation research in sociology, will facilitate Elisabeth’s research on mosques and MuslimRead more...
