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July 14, 2014
Professor Rene Almeling was interviewed this month on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding online sperm donation sites. She talked about using such sites in lieu of...
July 8, 2014
Graduate student Joseph Klett has a new article out now from Sociological Theory. In his piece, titled “Sound on Sound: Situating Interaction in Sonic Object Settings”, Klett...
July 4, 2014
A new article by graduate student Alison Gerber on art, value, and the state is out now at Narratively. In it, Gerber follows an artist’s audit for insight into the...
June 27, 2014
PhD candidate Yingyao Wang’s article “The Rise of the ‘Shareholding State‘: Financialization of Economic Management” has won the EHESS France-Japan Foundation Best...
June 27, 2014
Professor Frederick Wherry has a new essay out now from the Mission Asset Fund, a nonprofit working for a fair financial system, on mobilizing caring relationships to promote...
June 12, 2014
George Camp, who received his PhD from the department in 1967 with a dissertation titled “Nothing to Lose: A Study of Bank Robbery in America” walked in this year’s...
June 12, 2014
At this year’s commencement ceremonies three new graduates received their PhDs. We are proud to congratulate Jeffrey Guhin, Natalie Nitsche, Stephanie Greenlea, and...
June 11, 2014
This weekend, Professor Rene Almeling will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for students majoring in “Human Biology and Society” at UCLA.  This is the first...
June 6, 2014
Professor Christopher Wildeman has a new study out in JAMA Pediatrics that has received a good deal of media attention this past week. In it, he and his coauthors argue that...
June 6, 2014
Professor Frederick Wherry has been elected Chair of the Consumers and Consumption Section of the ASA. The Section aims to promote research, dialog and teaching about the...