Mustafa Yavas Awarded the 2022 Sussman Dissertation Prize
Mon, 06/13/2022
The 2022 Marvin B. Sussman Dissertation Prize was awarded to Mustafa Yavas, PhD, who is currently a a postdoctoral scholar at NYU Abu Dhabi. In a dissertation entitled “White-Collar Blues?: The Making of the Transnational Middle Class in Turkey,” Yavas asks: how do “good jobs” endow elite workersRead more...
Sociology Chair Phil Gorski and co-author Sam Perry were featured in an interview in New York Magazine on Christian Nationalism and American Democracy
Thu, 06/09/2022
Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, co-authors of the new book The Flag and the Cross, were featured in an interview in New York Magazine on the threat to democracy of White Christian Nationalism.
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Sociology Chair Philip Gorski, quoted in New Yorker article.
Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorsky, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology, was quoted in a New Yorker article concerning Pennsylvannia candidate for governor Doug Mastriano, a prominant leader in the “Stop the Steal” campaign, who also espouses religious right beliefs that God - and the Founders -Read more...
Sociology Chair Phil Gorski interviewed for Washington Post story on "great replacement" theory.
Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology, was interviewed for a May 16 column in the Washington Post on the mainstreaming of formerly fringe beliefs about a deliberate plot to replace native-born White Americans with Democratic-voting immigrants, a theory which appearsRead more...
Phil Gorski, was quoted in the Washington Post, on "Christian nationalism" in the Doug Mastriano campaign for governor of Pennsylvania.
Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociology was interviewed for a May 16 Washington Post religion article on Doug Mastriano, a retired Army colonel and Jan. 6 marcher, running for governor of Pennsylvania, who is part of a “Christian nationalist” movement, that argues thatRead more...
Sociology Chair Phil Gorski published an op-ed, along with Samuel Perry, coauthor of "The Flag and the Cross", on the expansion of White, Christian Nationalism
Wed, 05/25/2022
Phil Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor and Chair, Sociologyand Samuel L. Perry published an op-ed, “With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again” in the May 20th Washington Post on the toxic ideology, and spread of White Christian nationalism.
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Yale Alum Alison Gerber elected to the Swedish Young Academy
Tue, 05/24/2022
Alison Gerber, Assistant Professor in sociology at Lund University, was one of 6 new prominent researchers elected to the Young Academy of Sweden. The Young Academy of Sweden is an independent platform that gives younger researchers a strong voice in the policy debate and facilitates their effortsRead more...
Sociology Graduate Student Patrice Collins wins Graduate School Award
Wed, 04/20/2022
Sociology graduate student Patrice Collins has been chosen as the recipient of the 2022 Public Service Award of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for Disciplinary Outreach for her work supporting the needs of children with incarcerated parents or caregivers. The Graduate School DisciplinaryRead more...
Yagmur Karakaya appointed as new Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yale
Mon, 04/11/2022
The Department of Sociology is delighted to announce the appointment of Yagmur Karakaya as Assistant Professor of Sociology starting July 2022. Since receiving her PhD from the University of Minnesota in 2020, Karakaya has taught at Hamilton College. Working inside the “Strong Program” traditionRead more...
An Ethnographic Study of the New American Color Line and How Black People Navigate It, by Sterling Professor Elijah Anderson
Thu, 03/31/2022
Elijah Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies and winner of the 2021 Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the world’s most prestigious prize in the field of criminology, has authored a new ethnographic study of the American color line, which was previously noted by W.ERead more...
