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Deadric Williams (University of Tennessee-Knoxville) and Regina Baker's article "Family Structure, Risks, and Racial Stratification in Poverty" has been published in Social Problems.
Deadric Williams (University of Tennessee-Knoxville) and Regina Baker's article "Family Structure, RTyler Baldor accepts Postdoctoral Lectureship at Princeton University in the Princeton Writing Program.
Tyler Baldor accepts Postdoctoral Lectureship at Princeton University in the Princeton Writing Program.Alex Hoppe's article in Socio-Economic Review, "Coordinating Transnational Futurework in Fashion Design," received an Honorable Mention for the Best Graduate Student Paper Award from the Global and Transnational Sociology Section.
Alex Hoppe's article in Socio-Economic Review, "Coordinating Transnational Futurework in Fashion Design," received an Honorable Mention for the Best Graduate Student Paper Award from theAlex Hoppe's article in Socio-Economic Review, "Coordinating Transnational Futurework in Fashion Design," won the Student Paper Award from the Consumers and Consumption section of ASA.
Alex Hoppe's article in Socio-Economic Review, "Coordinating Transnational Futurework in Fashion Design," won the Student Paper Award from theJoan Ryan selected as the 2021-2022 Adam Smith Fellow in political economy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Joan Ryan has been selected as the 2021-2022 Adam Smith Fellow in political economy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.Doron Shiffer-Sebba has been announced as a recipient of the Robert D. Mare Graduate Student Paper Award from the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of ASA.
Doron Shiffer-Sebba has been announced as a recipient of the Robert D.Penn Today featured Pilar Gonalons-Pons's research about gender norms which shows that, in cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship.
Penn Today featured Pilar Gonalons-Pons's research about gender norms which shows that, inSteve Viscelli Weighs in On Truck Driver Shortage; May 2021
Steve Viscelli weighed in with NPR's Planet Money on the reality of the truck driver shortage.Pilar Gonalons-Pons has published Marriage and Masculinity: Male-Breadwinner Culture, Unemployment, and Separation Risk in 29 Countries with American Sociological Review and is now available through Online First.
Pilar Gonalons-Pons has published Marriage and Masculinity: Male-Breadwinner Culture, Unemployment, and Separation Risk in 29 CountriesBlair Sackett has been announced as a co-winner of ASA's Clifford Clogg Award for the best graduate student paper in the Methodology Section for her paper "Ghosted: Disappearance in Qualitative Research in the Digital Era."
Blair Sackett has been announced as a co-winner of ASA's Clifford Clogg Award for the best graduate student paper in the Methodology Section for her paper "Ghosted: Disappearance in Qualitative Research in the Digital Er
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The Hustle of Urban Nightlife
David Grazian’s riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons.
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
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.
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
The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China
Develops a performance theory of Red Guard factional violence and traces the ritual process of the transformation of a political generation over a period of forty years.
Fast Food, Fast Talk
Service Work and the Routinization of Everyday Life
Leidner's fascinating report from the frontlines of two major American corporations uncovers the methods and consequences of regulating workers' language, looks, attitudes, ideas, and demeanor.
