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Nazar Khalid, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Demography contributes to RSF Journal
Ran Wang, Graduate Student, Annenberg and Sociology, published new paper in Qualitative Sociology
Nissim Mizrachi, PhD will present his book Beyond Suspicion: The Moral Clash Between Rootedness and Progressive Liberalism on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Demie Kurz, PhD Research Affiliate in the Department of Sociology, published a new book.
Roberto Gonzales, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Education Quoted in Boston Globe
Benjamin Shestakofsky Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, co-authors new article
Dorothy Roberts, Penn Sociology Standing Faculty, Receives the MacArthur Genius Award!
Unequal Childhoods, by Annette Lareau, PhD has recently been translated and published into French
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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.
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.
Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials
By: Lance Freeman, Daniel Mandelker, Carol Necole Brown, Stuart Meck, Dwight H. Merriam, Peter W. Salsich, Jr., and Edward J. Sullivan
University of North Carolina Press
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.
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.
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.