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Recent Sociology Department Graduate and current CCS Faculty Fellow Todd Madigan Shares Newest Publication

November 28, 2023
CCS Faculty Fellow Todd Madigan most recent publication, “Inverted Totems: On the Significance of “Woke” in the Culture Wars,” has recently been published in the journal ...

CCS Director Jeffrey Alexander, has been awarded the honorary academic degree of doctor honoris causa at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

November 27, 2023

Elijah Anderson published an essay on White backlash against Black success in the Atlantic.

November 9, 2023
Elijan Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale, and a recent Stockholm Prize Laureate, published an essay in the Atlantic magazine...

Philip Gorsky interviewed on the influence of Christian Nationalism on American politics by Meghna Chakrabarti on NPR’s “On Point.”

November 7, 2023
Philip Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Yale Sociology Department was interviewed about the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson,...

Philip Gorski Quoted in NYTimes on New House Speaker

November 2, 2023
Philip Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Yale Sociology Department was quoted in the New York Times in a guest essay on the new Speaker...

Professor Rene Almeling's research featured in Wall Street Journal

November 2, 2023
Professor Rene Almeling’s research on eggs and sperm is profiled in a recent Wall Street Journal article on in vitro gametogenesis. You can read the full story here: ...

Graduate Student Anne Taylor wins 2023 British Sociological Association's Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence

October 24, 2023
Anne Taylor is the winner of the 2023 British Sociological Association’s Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence for her paper, “Audience Agency in Social Performance...

Yale News Interviews Alka Menon on new book Refashioning Race

October 5, 2023
In an interview, Yale sociologist Alka Menon discusses her new book, which offers an international perspective on how plastic surgeons respond to — and influence — racialized...

Yale News reports on Rene Almeling's research on Metaphors for Human Fertilization

October 5, 2023
Metaphors for human fertilization are evolving, study shows

Yale's Rourke O'Brien won the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science's 2023 Stephanie Robert Mentoring Award

September 28, 2023
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