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Peter Harvey Announced as Co-Winner of ASA's Social Psychology Section's Graduate Student Paper Award
Peter Harvey has been announced as co-winner of ASA's Social Psychology Section's Graduate Student Paper Award for his paper entitled, “Make Sure You Look Someone in the EYE: Socialization and Classed ComportGuobin Yang Named a Fellow by the International Communication Association
Guobin Yang has been named a Fellow by the International Communication Association.2020-2021 The Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Summer Research Fellowship Recipients
Graduate students in the Sociology Department, including joint students, are eligible to apply for Pollak Summer Research Fellowships.Penn Sociology Congratulates David Grazian on his Promotion to Full Professor
David Grazian will be promoted to full professor effective July 1, 2020.Penn Sociology Congratulates Melissa J. Wilde on her Promotion to Full Professor
Melissa J. Wilde has been promoted to full professor effective July 1, 2020.João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues Featured on CNN Mundo (Brazil)
João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues was an invited guest on CNN Mundo (Brazil) to discuss police reform in the US.Peter Harvey Awarded National Academy of Education/ Spencer Dissertation Fellowship
Peter Harvey has been named a recipient of NAEd/ Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for his dissertation: Shaking Hands and Standing Still: LessoWendy Roth's Study Calls Attention to Risks Associated with DNA Tests and Preconceived Notions of Race
Wendy Roth's study which calls attention to risks associated withCourtney Boen Publishes Beyond Net Worth: Racial Differences in Wealth Portfolios and Black–White Health Inequality across the Life Course with Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Courtney Boen publishes Beyond Net Worth: Racial Differences in Wealth Portfolios and Black–White Health Inequality across the Life CourseDaniel Aldana Cohen Co-Edits Green New Deal-Themed NACLA Report on the Americas and was cited in Inaugural Print Issue of Bloomberg Green
Daniel Aldana Cohen co-edited the Green New Deal-themed summer issue of the NACLA Report on the Americas, an
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Faculty Bookshelf
On the Make
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.
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.
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.
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.
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.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society.
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.
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.