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Elijah Anderson, Emeritus Professor of African American Studies and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, honored for pioneering work in ethnography
Elijah Anderson, Emeritus Professor of African American Studies and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded theRan Liu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, publishes, "Do Family Privileges Bring Gender Equality? Instrumentalism and (De)Stereotyping of STEM Career Aspiration Among Chinese Adolescents", in ScholarlyCommons’ Penn Education and Inequality Working Papers
Ran Liu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, published, "Do Family Privileges Bring Gender Equality?Alexander Adames, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Featured in Penn's OMNIA Magazine
Alexander Adames, Ph.D.Irma Elo presented, "Trends and Differentials in Midlife Mortality in the U.S.," at APHA's Annual Meeting
Irma Elo, Professor of Sociology, presented "Trends and Differentials in Midlife Mortality in the U.S.," part of a virtual session examining an alarming inCourtney Boen to be a Co-Investigator on a NIH Grant that has awarded the team $10 Million over 5 years to Address the Impact of Racial Disparities in Health
Courtney Boen, Professor of Sociology, will be a co-investigator on a Penn Medicine led research by Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.Wendy Roth's Interview on Genetic Ancestry Testing broadcasted on National Public Radio (NPR)
Wendy Roth's interview which discussed the potential role of genetic ancestry testing in the growth of the multiracial population in the 2020 census was broadcasted on National Public Radio (NPR).Annette Lareau's co-authored article, "Structural Constraints and the School Choice Strategies of Black American Middle-Class Parents,” has been published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education
Annette Lareau, Professor of Sociology, Elliot Weininger, Professor of Sociology, and Catharine Warner-Griffin's, Senior Research Scientist, article, “Structural Constraints and the School Choice Str
W.E.B. Du Bois, Erving Goffman, Dorothy Swaine Thomas, and E. Digby Baltzell all broke new sociological ground while working at the University of Pennsylvania. As one of the oldest departments of sociology in the country, Penn Sociology continues its tradition of excellence with twenty-plus award-winning, distinguished faculty recognized for their scholarly achievements and leadership in the field.
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Faculty Bookshelf
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.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
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.
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.
Putting Poor People to Work
How the Work-First Idea Eroded College Access for the Poor
by Kathleen M. Shaw, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, Jerry Jacobs
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.
What would you do?
Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
In hospital rooms across the country, doctors, nurses, patients, and their families grapple with questions of life and death.
