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IBM Professor and Chair Grace Kao interviewed on CT NPR & LA Times

April 1, 2021
IBM Professor and Chair Grace Kao was interviewed on CT NPR (WSHU) in a story titled, “Virus Of Hate: ‘We Are Not Your Fetish’ — Combating Anti-Asian Racism And Sexism.” on...

Sarah Brothers to join the faculty at Pennsylvania State University as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy.

April 1, 2021
PhD Candidate Sarah Brothers will be an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Pennsylvania State University beginning Fall 2021. She will also be affiliated...

Yale Sterling Professor Elijah Anderson Gave the Prestigious 2021 Sorokin Lecture at the 92nd Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association

March 25, 2021
Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies, Dr. Elijah Anderson, was the keynote speaker at the Sorokin Lecture for the 92nd meeting of the Pacific...

Grace Kao on CNN & KRON-4 (NBC Affiliate in San Francisco)

March 22, 2021
Chair and IBM Professor of Sociology Grace Kao was interviewed on CNN on March 20, 2021 about the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. She was also interviewed...

Grace Kao on CNN & KRON-4 (NBC Affiliate in San Francisco)

March 22, 2021
Chair and IBM Professor of Sociology Grace Kao was interviewed on CNN on March 20, 2021 about the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. She was also interviewed...

Grace Kao quoted in articles on Murders of Asian American Women in Atlanta

March 19, 2021
IBM Professor and Chair Grace Kao was recently quoted in three articles (USA Today, The Insider, and The Washington Post) discussing the historical and contemporary contexts...

Huseyin Rasit to join the faculty at Ritsumeikan University's College of Global Liberal Arts as Associate Professor of Sociology

March 18, 2021
PhD Candidate Huseyin Rasit will join the College of Global Liberal Arts at Ritsumeikan University as an Associate Professor of Sociology. GLA offers an interdisciplinary...

Emma Zang Interviewed on BBC World News

February 24, 2021
Emma Zang spoke with BBC World news about the recent case in China, in which a court granted a woman financial compensation for 5 years of housework after her divorce. ...

Philip V. McHarris awarded Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship

February 17, 2021
Philip V. McHarris has been awarded a 2021 Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows Program is meant to...

Sociology Graduate Student and President of the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Patrice Collins, is one of three Females to Lead the Governing Student Bodies since 2007

February 11, 2021
For the first time since 2007-08 the Yale College Council, the Graduate & Professional Student Senate and the Graduate Student School Assembly are all run by women....