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Jeffrey Alexander on Hulu

April 25, 2023
Jeff Alexander, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology makes several appearances - as an “authority on celebrity icons” - in the new, two...

Concentration in Data and Society

April 18, 2023
Students in the Data and Society concentration gain a broad understanding of the methods used to analyze systematic features of social behavior and the wide range of possible...

New Faculty member Ángel Escamilla García garnered two awards from the Latin American Studies Association.

April 13, 2023
Ángel Escamilla García garnered two awards from the Latin American Studies Association. He received the best dissertation award for the Mexico Section for his dissertation, ...

Philip S. Gorski, the Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University in the news.

April 6, 2023
Philip S. Gorski, the Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University and co-author of the 2022 book “The Flag and the Cross: White...

Social media activity on hard-right platforms contributes to political unrest.

April 6, 2023
Tech Explorist cites a study led by Yale sociologist Daniel Karell, that increased social media activity on “hard-right” platforms, which purport to represent viewpoints not...

The Fault Lines of Race and Place: A Conversation with Elijah Anderson.

March 29, 2023
Dr. Elijah Anderson, Yale’s Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies and winner of the 2021 Stockholm Prize for Criminology, was recently interviewed...

Intensive Sociology Seniors Celebrate at the Yale masquerade ball.

March 17, 2023

Sociology Welcomes Ángel A. Escamilla García

March 1, 2023
Yale Sociology is pleased to welcome new hire Ángel Escamilla García.  Angel will be an Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2023.  His research broadly focuses on how...

Profesor Rene Almeling and Graduate Student Adora Svitak Publish Piece on Abortion Access in the San Francisco Chronicle

December 13, 2022
Read the full piece, titled “There’s still reason to be worried about a national abortion ban,” at this link, or email rene.alm...

Yale Sterling Professor Elijah Anderson to Keynote Paris Conference on “Rethinking Race,” featuring his recent book, Black in White Space

December 6, 2022
Yale Sterling Professor Elijah Anderson will be the keynote speaker at the at the University of Chicago Center in Paris, December 13, 2022 Rethinking Race, the Colonial and...