Philip V. McHarris Awarded 21st Century Dissertation Prize
Fri, 04/28/2023
It is our pleasure to announce that Philip V. McHarris has been awarded 21st Century Dissertation Prize.
Philip McHarris’ dissertation, High Rise: Poverty, Policing, and Crisis in American Public Housing, has been awarded the Yale Sociology department’s 21st Century Dissertation Prize. The awardRead more...
Hüseyin Raşit Wins 2023 Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize
Thu, 04/27/2023
Hüseyin Raşit’s Ph.D. thesis, Contending Futures in the 21st-Century Middle East: Ideology and the Emergent Political Formations of ISIS, Kurdistan-Iraq and Kurdistan-Syria, has been awarded the Sociology department’s 2023 Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize. The prize has been offered annuallyRead more...
Jeffrey Alexander on Hulu
Tue, 04/25/2023
Jeff Alexander, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology makes several appearances - as an “authority on celebrity icons” - in the new, two-part HULU documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. The film has been getting a lot of media attention since its debut inRead more...
Concentration in Data and Society
Tue, 04/18/2023
Students in the Data and Society concentration gain a broad understanding of the methods used to analyze systematic features of social behavior and the wide range of possible sources that can be used to research social patterns. This concentration focuses on methods of analysis, such as socialRead more...
New Faculty member Ángel Escamilla García garnered two awards from the Latin American Studies Association.
Thu, 04/13/2023
Ángel Escamilla García garnered two awards from the Latin American Studies Association. He received the best dissertation award for the Mexico Section for his dissertation, Knowledge, Place, and Experience in the Migrant Journey: How Central American Migrant Youth Negotiate Violence in Mexico. HeRead more...
Philip S. Gorski, the Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University in the news.
Thu, 04/06/2023
Philip S. Gorski, the Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University and co-author of the 2022 book “The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy, was quoted in The Washington Post on the possible harm of TrumpRead more...
Social media activity on hard-right platforms contributes to political unrest.
Thu, 04/06/2023
Tech Explorist cites a study led by Yale sociologist Daniel Karell, that increased social media activity on “hard-right” platforms, which purport to represent viewpoints not welcome on “mainstream” platforms, contributes to rightwing civil unrest in the United States.
A study connects hard-rightRead more...
The Fault Lines of Race and Place: A Conversation with Elijah Anderson.
Wed, 03/29/2023
Dr. Elijah Anderson, Yale’s Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies and winner of the 2021 Stockholm Prize for Criminology, was recently interviewed by Jelani Cobb, New Yorker writer, and dean of the Columbia Journalism School. The interview is entitled “The Fault Lines ofRead more...
Intensive Sociology Seniors Celebrate at the Yale masquerade ball.
Yale Sociology is pleased to welcome new hire Ángel Escamilla García. Angel will be an Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2023. His research broadly focuses on how vulnerable migrants like youth, indigenous people, and LGTBQ+ individuals experience and react to the violence they face duringRead more...
