Professor Ron Eyerman’s recent post on “Youths, Spittle, and Reflections on ‘Emotion in Motion’ ” can be found on Mobilizing Ideas, produced by the Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame. Read his essay here >>
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Jeffrey Guhin Dissertation Featured in GSAS News
Sat, 12/15/2012
Jeffrey Guhin’s dissertation research draws on both his intellectual interest in the sociology of religion and education and his own personal history. His thesis, “Moral Technology: Science, Religion, and Right Action in Evangelical and Sunni Schools,” is a comparative ethnography of fourRead more...
2012 Yale Journal of Sociology Now Available Online!
Tue, 11/20/2012
Edited by Professor Philip Smith, the 2012 Yale Journal of Sociology is now available on this website, Download the new journal, and past editions here >>sociology/yjs.html. The YJS publishes a range of topics and styles of work, in the form of undergraduate senior theses, articles by YaleRead more...
Peter Salovey to be Yale's Next President
Mon, 11/12/2012
The Sociology department congratulates Peter Salovey on his new appointment! See Yale news >>. Salovey, who is currently Yale’s Provost as well as the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology, is also due to begin a courtesy appointment in Sociology in 2013. In addition to his PsychologyRead more...
New York Times Letter by Professor Marcus Hunter
Tue, 10/16/2012
Professor Hunter responded to a New York Times column by Kevin Baker, “How the G.O.P. Became the Anti-Urban Party.” See his letter on Republican Attitudes Toward Urban America here: New York Times >>
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Public Lecture at Yale's Edward Zigler Center by Prof. Vida Maralani
Thu, 10/04/2012
On Friday October 5, at The Edward Zigler Center on Child Development and Social Policy, Professor Vida Maralani will give a lecture on “From GED to College: Age Trajectories of Non-traditional Educational Paths.” The lecture will be held in Room 116, William Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, 11:30a-Read more...
Jeff Alexander, the Performance of Politics, in Huffington Post
Thu, 10/04/2012
October 4, 2012 This piece of public sociology, written for a wider audience, grows directly out of Professor Jeffrey Alexander’s theoretical work on cultural sociology and the civil sphere. In developing the former, he has been focusing over the last decade on developing an understanding ofRead more...
Yale Symposium on Inequality Kicks off Departmental Year
Mon, 09/17/2012
On September 6-7, the interdisciplinary Yale Symposium on Inequality organized by Professor Elijah Anderson, kicked off the departmental year. Speakers examined forms of social inequality, especially class, race, and gender inequality in the contemporary U.S., and the event included “Reflections onRead more...
Esther Kim's Doctoral Research Featured in Major Media
Mon, 08/27/2012
Esther Kim’s 2012 Symbolic Interaction article, ‘Nonsocial Transient Behavior: Social Disengagement on the Greyhound Bus’, recently became a focus of intense media attention. See inter alia, NPR Radio Interview>>, The Atlantic>>. Upon completion of her Ph.D. in 2012, Esther willRead more...
Rene Almeling's Sex Cells Garners Diana Forsythe Prize and Best Book Award from ASA Section
Thu, 08/23/2012
Professor Rene Almeling’s book Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm (University of California Press), has been awarded both the Best Book Award from the ASA Section on Body and Embodiment and the 2012 Diana Forsythe Prize. The Forsythe prize, given annually to “the best book onRead more...
