The Mildred Priest Frank Prize for this year went to Isabel Jijon. Her thesis, supervised by Professor Smith, was an interview study looking at the impact of soccer in a remote valley in Ecuador. Although poor and isolated this valley has produced a number of professional players who haveRead more...
Nate Glasser Awarded Hegel Prize
Wed, 05/18/2011
At a reception at the Peabody Museum yesterday, graduating Senior Nate Glasser collected the Yale Club of New Haven Richard Hegel Senior Essay Prize, for the best Senior Essay in Yale College dealing with New Haven. This prize honors Dick Hegel, who is a past president of the YCNH and a longtimeRead more...
Dorceta E. Taylor Wins the 2010 Allan Schnaiberg Award
Wed, 04/27/2011
Dorceta E. Taylor (Yale PhD ’91) is the winner of the 2010 Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association for her book “Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and SocialRead more...
Habitus Launches Inaugural Issue
Sun, 04/24/2011
The first edition of Habitus is now available online. The theme is The Forum. Edited by Majors Kathleen Powers, Carl Chen and Amy Tsang, Habitus features undergraduate work on sociological themes from around the university.
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“Strip Vision of the End,” performed by John Hall and Philip Schuyler
Thu, 04/21/2011
Sociology undergraduate major John R. Hall (Saybrook, ‘68) and African Studies major Philip D. Schuyler (Saybrook, ‘68) have posted on YouTube the much-awaited video of the performance drawn from their digital and textual collaborative composition, “Strip Vision of the End.” The performance tookRead more...
Bernice Pescosolido will receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal
Fri, 01/07/2011
Bernice Pescosolido (Yale PhD ‘82) will receive the highest award of the Yale Graduate School, the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, on October 4, 2011. The medal is given annually by the Graduate School Alumni Association to a small number of distinguished alumni. It recognizes outstanding achievement inRead more...
New Undergrad Publication Requests Submissions
Fri, 12/31/2010
HABITUS, a new publication of undergraduate work in the social sciences, with a central focus on sociology, is currently seeking academic papers, essays, pieces on social theory, film and book reviews as well as images for their inaugural issue. For more details, or to submit, please click here,Read more...
Blinding Insights Interviews with Jeff Swanson
Tue, 09/07/2010
Jeff Swanson (PhD, ‘85) is a Duke professor, blogger, and world-class insomniac who hosts a talk show on the web with several Real Americans who look amazingly like him. The show features trenchant social and political commentary from Jimmy Jay Viras, the nation’s most plainspoken countryRead more...
Senior Conference and Dinner Image Gallery Online
Tue, 05/18/2010
Visit the gallery by clicking this link.
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Cara McClellan and Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith Win 2010 Mildred Priest Frank Prize
Mon, 05/17/2010
Congratulations to Cara McClellan and Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith, this year’s winners of theMildred Priest Frank Prize. The Mildred Priest Frank Memorial Prize was established by Adam R. Rose, ’81, in honor of his maternal grandmother. It is awarded each year to the graduating senior whose workRead more...
