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Dylan Farrell-Bryan, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, and Ian Peacock, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at UCLA, published a data visualization in Socius titled, "Who Gets Deported? Immigrant Removal Rates by National Origin and Period, 1998 to 2021"
Dylan Farrell-Bryan (PhD Candidate in Sociology) and Ian Peacock (Sociology, UCLA) published a data visualization in SociusCourtney Boen, Professor of Demography and Sociology, publishes new paper in the Journal of Marriage and Family
Courtney Boen, Professor of Demography and Sociology, Hannah Olson, Ph.D.Regina Baker, Professor of Sociology, Publishes New Co-Authored Paper in the Journal of Marriage and Family
Regina Baker, Professor of Sociology, and Heather O'Connell, Professor of Sociology, publish new paper in the Journal of Marriage and Family, titled,Lin Ang, a First-Semester Senior studying Sociology with a concentration in Applied Research and Data Analysis, Presented Work on Interracial Relationships and Parent-child Bonds at PAA 2022
Lin Ang, a first-semester Senior studying Sociology with a concentration in Applied Research and Data Analysis, recently presented work on interracial relationships and parent-child bonds at PAA 2022 in a poster sessionJenna Pollack, C'22 in Sociology, had a paper accepted at the 40th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference
Jenna Pollack's, C'22 in Sociology, paper, ““There is no manual”: How adoptive parents’ relationships with their children’s birth parents illuminate the meaning of family” has been accepted for presentation at theRowanna Miller, C'22 in Sociology, and Manoj Simha, C'22 in Economics, have won the 2022 President's Engagement Prize for Cosmic Writers
Rowana Miller, C'22 in Sociology, and Manoj Simha, C'22 in Economics, for Cosmic Writers have won theAlexander Hoppe, Ph.D., has accepted a Postdoctoral Researcher Position at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
Alexander Hoppe, Ph.D. has accepted a position at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (
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Um planeta a conquistar
A urgência de um Green New Deal
Brazilian Portuguese translation of A Planet to Win, with a new Preface by Raquel Rolnik.
Unequal Childhoods
Class, Race, and Family Life, With an Update a Decade Later
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children.
A Planet to Win
Why We Need a Green New Deal
A Planet to Win explores the political potential and concrete first steps of a Green New Deal.
Planning and Control of Land Development
By: Lance Freeman, With Daniel Mandelker, Carol Necole Brown, Stuart Meck, Dwight H. Merriam, Peter W. Salsich, Jr., and Edward J. Sullivan
University of North Carolina Press.
Vatican II
A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change
On an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history.
Korean Education in Changing Economic and Demographic Contexts
Hyunjoon Park and Kyung-keun Kim, Editors
In Defense of Disciplines
Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University
In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity.
Birth Control Battles
How Race and Class Divided American Religion
Conservative and progressive religious groups fiercely disagree about issues of sex and gender. But how did we get here? Melissa J.