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Alex Hoppe published an article in Advances in Strategic Management on the economic and aesthetic challenges of cultural production in semi-peripheral cities.
Alex Hoppe published an article in Advances in Strategic Management on the economic and aestheticDaniel Aldana Cohen's recent paper in Environmental Politics was cited in an article in the Huffington Post on New York's climate politics
Daniel Aldana Cohen's recent paper in Environmental Politics was cited in an article in theDaniel Aldana Cohen was quoted in a WHYY story about the "Opportunity Zones" tax program in Philadelphia
Daniel Aldana Cohen was quoted in a WHYY story about the "Opportunity Zones" tDaniel Aldana Cohen was interviewed in Penn Today about an event on the Green New Deal idea in Latin America hosted by his Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative
Daniel Aldana Cohen was interviewed in Penn Today about an event on the Green New Deal idea in Latin America hostedBenjamin Shestakofsky has published an essay in Communication and the Public
Benjamin Shestakofsky has published an essay in Communication and the Public as part of a Special Forum onDorothy Roberts was featured on Bill Nye's Science Rules! podcast
Dorothy Roberts was interviewed by Bill Nye on his podcast Science Rules!Tukufu Zuberi Gives Keynote Address at UCPop's Race and Inequality: A Collaborative UCPop Event on October 9, 2020
Tukufu Zuberi gave the keynote address at UCPop's Race and Inequality: A Collaborative UCPop Event on October 9, 2020.Video - Daniel Aldana Cohen co-moderation; Green New Deal in Latin America
This event on Transforming Energy and Economic Systems in the Latin American Green New Deal is organized and moderated byC’22 Sociology major and peer tutor Rowana Miller recently wrote an article for Slate Magazine about the role of the Zoom chat in online learning
C’22 Sociology major and peer tutor Rowana Miller recently wrote an article for Slate Magazine about the roleShawn (Sangeun) Kim (C’21) received the Campaign for Community Award
Shawn (Sangeun) Kim (C’21) received the Campaign for Community Award to fund his senior thesis project which is looking at how race-related school programs impact the experience of minority students within m
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Penn Sociology Colloquium Series: Aliya Hamid Rao, Assistant Professor of Qualitative Research Methodology, London School of Economics
Colloquium
Book Launch: Crunch Time (University of California Press, 2020)
Culture, Ethnography, and Interaction: Melissa J. Wilde, Penn Sociology, and Meghan Garrity, Penn Political Science
Workshop
“‘Hitler did not achieve his power by a coup d'état’: Race, Risk and American Religious Groups’ Views of Hitler in 1935.”
Faculty Bookshelf
The Power of the Internet in China
Citizen Activism Online
A pioneering and award-winning study of the innovative forms and multi-institutional dynamics of internet activism in China.
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.
Gender Inequality at Work
This book addresses many of the dimensions of gender inequality at work, looking at a number of important topics including: pay equity; the impact of feminization on certain professions; and barrie
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.
Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea
Demystifying Stereotypes
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles
Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Ph.D.
Sociologist Camille Zubrinsky Charles explores how modern racial attitudes shape and are shaped by the places in which people live.
