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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
W.E.B. Du Bois, Erving Goffman, Dorothy Swaine Thomas, and E. Digby Baltzell all broke new sociological ground while working at the University of Pennsylvania. As one of the oldest departments of sociology in the country, Penn Sociology continues its tradition of excellence with twenty-plus award-winning, distinguished faculty recognized for their scholarly achievements and leadership in the field.
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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.
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
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.
There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up
By: Lance Freeman
Temple University Press
The Wuhan Lockdown
Presenting the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people in their own voices, The Wuhan Lockdown is an unparalleled account of the first moments of the crisis that would define the age.
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.