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Morgan Peele, Jason Schnittker, Duy Do, and Xi Song earn IPUMS Research Awards
Sociology/Demography Ph.D Candidate Morgan Peele earned the IPUMS Health Surveys Student Research award for her paper, "Is Declining Mental Health in the U.S.Regina Baker and Postdoc-alum Janeria Easley awarded Russell Sage Foundation-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant
Janeria Easley (Emory University, former Penn Sociology/Population Studies Center post-doc) and Regina Baker (Penn Sociology) have been awarded aPilar Gonalons-Pons' co-authored paper on the impact of guaranteed income on crime and violence published in Social Problems
Pilar Gonalons-Pons' co-authored article (with David Calnitsky, University of Western Ontario), "The Impact of an Experimental Guaranteed Income on Crime and Violence," was recently published in Social Problems.Wendy Roth discusses the implications of genetic ancestry testing for measuring race in Science News
Wendy Roth’s research on racial mismatch and the implications of genetic ancestry testing for measuring race were discussed in Science News.Steve Viscelli discusses driverless truck testing and the potential job loss on 60 Minutes
Steve Viscelli was recently interviewed on 60 Minutes to discuss the testing of driverless trucks and how this could lead to the elimination of thousands of trucker jobs.Several articles co-authored by Demography and Sociology Ph.D Candidate Jordan Weiss published
Several articles co-authored by Demography/Sociology Ph.D Candidate Jordan Weiss were recently published:Courtney Boen Receives Funding Award from the Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America
Courtney Boen was recently awarded funding from the Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NLCHDD) for her pilot project, "The Roles of State and Local Immigration Policy in SHyunjoon Park's co-edited book Korean Families Yesterday and Today published
Hyunjoon Park's co-edited book (with Hyeyoung Woo), Korean Families Yesterday and Today was recently published by University of Michigan Press.Tukufu Zuberi discusses the Penn Museum African Galleries exhibit on NBC 10's Celebrating Black Excellence
Tukufu Zuberi was recently interviewed by NBC 10's Celebrating Black Excellence to discuss the African Galleries exhibit at the Penn Museum. Professor Zuberi is the lead curator of the exhibit.Ph.D. Candidate Sara Adeyinka-Skold featured on Voices of Africa (VOA) television show Our Voices
Ph.D. candidate Sara Adeyinka-Skold was feartured on the Voices of Africa (VOA) television show Our Voices to discuss the "evolving marriage patterns of women across the world."
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Faculty Bookshelf
The Power of the Internet in China
Citizen Activism Online
A pioneering and award-winning study of the innovative forms and multi-institutional dynamics of internet activism in China.
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.
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.
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
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.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
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.