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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Korean Education in Changing Economic and Demographic Contexts
Hyunjoon Park and Kyung-keun Kim, Editors
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
