Department News

Chris Wildeman
October 30, 2013
Professor Chris Wildeman has been awarded the 2013 Distinguished New Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division on Correction and Sentencing. The award...
October 28, 2013
Graduate student Angela Onwuachi-Willig published an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Fisher v. Texas, white privilege, and higher ed. Congratulations, Angela...
October 24, 2013
  Assistant Professors of Sociology Rene Almeling and Marcus Hunter have won prestigious Yale College prizes this year, in recognition of their achievements in research and...
October 3, 2013
It is with great sadness that we report Juan Linz’s passing. Juan was a towering figure in 20th-century social science, whose many contributions included the study of...
September 24, 2013
The Washington Post published a new op-ed on isolation, mental illness, and homicide coauthored by Professor Nicholas Christakis. The article argues that we should work to...
September 9, 2013
A new article by graduate student Gülay Türkmen-Dervişoğlu on cultural trauma, Turkish national identity, and coming to terms with the past is now available online ahead of...
September 4, 2013
A new special issue of Nations and Nationalism on Cultural Sociology and Nationalism in their online first edition on their website. The volume features articles by Professor...
September 3, 2013
Professor Jeff Alexander will receive an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin this week. In honor of his award, a daylong workshop, “Is Civil Society the Good...
September 2, 2013
Professors Julia Adams and Hannah Brueckner (Associate Dean of Social Science, NYU-Abu Dhabi) have been awarded a two-year National Science Foundation grant for collaborative...
Professor Immanuel Wallerstein
August 30, 2013
The International Sociological Association has created a new quadrennial award for Excellence in Scholarship and Practice, and its first recipient is Professor Immanuel...