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Courtney 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 StrDoron Shiffer-Seba and Julia Behrman publish, "Gender and Wealth in Demographic Research: A Research Brief on a New Method and Application"
Doron Shiffer-Seba, Ph.D. Candidate of Sociology, and Julia Behrman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, publish their Research, "Gender and Wealth in Demographic Research: A Research Brief on a New Method and Application."Zoe Zhao gives virtual talk on Video Game Ban in China at Tuft's University and Interview for Protocol regarding Game Comparisons in China
Zoe Zhao, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, gives virtual talk on Video Game Ban in China for Tufts University which can be accessed here.Eva Maria Lewis Sociology Major and Free Root Operation (FRO) founder named a 2021 Reebok Human Rights Award winner
Eva Maria Lewis, a Sociology major and Founder of non-profit Free Roots Operation (FRO), was named a 2021 Reebok Human Rights Award winner.Courtney Boen and Atheendar Venkataramani receive $250,000 in Funding for Project: "Impact of State Incarceration Policies on Racial Health Equity"
Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Atheendar Venkataramani, Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, were awarded $250,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Policies for Action: Public PolicyIrma Elo and Samuel Preston's Research Featured in Medical News Today
Irma Elo, Professor and Chair of Sociology, and Samuel Preston, Professor of Sociology, co-authored research that was featured in Medical News Today.
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Faculty Bookshelf
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
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.
Blue Chicago
The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs
David Grazian takes us inside the world of contemporary urban blues clubs to uncover how such images are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences.
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.
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.
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society.
