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...
Grace Kao was the subject of an article titled: 专访｜高玉蘋谈韩流研究与教学：一名耶鲁社会学家的思考
Mon, 01/24/2022
(”Interview｜Grace Kao on Hallyu Research and Teaching: Reflections of a Yale Sociologist” in The Paper (Peng Pai), a Chinese news outlet based in Shanghai. https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_16318885
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Assistant Professor Emma Zang publishes Op-Ed in the Hill
Thu, 01/06/2022
Emma Zang published an Op-Ed in the Hill on Remote Work “Remote work is a saving grace — and can increase productivity.” Read the article here.
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Sterling Professor Elijah Anderson awarded the 2021 Stockholm Prize in Criminology.
Wed, 11/03/2021
The Stockholm Prize in Criminology is the world’s most prestigious award in the field of criminology. It is awarded to Elijah Anderson, Yale University, USA, for his ethnographic observations and analysis of mechanisms behind violence in socially, economically and ethnically segregated areas thatRead more...
Professor Rene Almeling publishes essay in the Washington Post
Wed, 11/03/2021
Rene Almeling published an opinion piece in the Washington Post outlining the main arguments from her recent book, GUYnecology: The Missing Science of Men’s Reproductive Health (University of California Press, 2020). You can read the essay here.
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Student Research Article
Thu, 10/28/2021
Yale Sociology Ph.D. student Jiwon Yun has a new article in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Entitled “Singing, moving and laughing together: engaging the senses for a cosmopolitan atmosphere” the research article demonstrates how cosmopolitanism can be constructed as an affectiveRead more...
New Op-Ed by Assistant Professor Emma Zang on Remote Work and Family Care for Immigrants
Fri, 10/22/2021
Sociology Assistant Professor Emma Zang has a new Op-Ed in the The Hill on how Remore Work might help solve family care crisis for immigrants.
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Visiting Lecturer Anjanette Chan Tack will be joining the Sociology Department for the Spring 2022 semester
Wed, 10/13/2021
On January 1, 2022, Anjanette Chan Tack will be joining the Sociology Department for the Spring 2022 semester as a Visiting Lecturer through Yale’s Presidential Visiting Fellowship Program.
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Faculty Award
Wed, 09/22/2021
Emma Zang has been awarded a 2 year NIH R21 award ($472,884) to apply her Bayesian trajectory models to study the linked health trajectories of persons with cognitive impairment and their caregivers.
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