Faculty Awards And Recognition

November 3, 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...
July 30, 2018
The Sociology Department is pleased to announced that Nicholas A. Christakis was just named as Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. This is...
July 21, 2018
The Department of Sociology is proud to announce that Jeffrey C. Alexander is the 2018 Winner of the Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Theory from the International...
June 26, 2017
Professor Grace Kao has won the American Sociological Association’s Section on Asia and Asian America Contribution to the Field Award for 2017. Kao was unanimously...
April 18, 2017
Professor Nicholas Christakis has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Said Professor Christakis of the honor: “I am grateful to my colleagues for...
February 1, 2017
Yale Sociology Professor Elijah Anderson has won the Eastern Sociological Society’s Merit Award. The prestigious award for “distinguished scholars who have made...
November 29, 2016
Associate Professor Jonathan Wyrtzen has won the 2016 Social Science History Association President’s Book Award for his book,  Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and...
September 30, 2016
Professor Emily Erikson has received the Gaddis Smith International Book Prize from the Yale MacMillan Center. The prize honors the best first book from a member of the Yale...
August 27, 2016
Assistant Professor Justin Farrell has been honored with Outstanding Published Book Award from the ASA section for Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity for his book “The...
July 8, 2016
Associate Professor of Sociology (by courtesy) Marissa King has been awarded tenure at the Yale School of Management. Professor King is an affiliate of the Yale Institute of...