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Demie Kurz, PhD Research Affiliate in the Department of Sociology, published a new book.
Demie Kurz, “Letting Go: Parenting Teenagers and Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty” (Oxford University Press, 2024)Roberto Gonzales, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Education Quoted in Boston Globe
OPINION She had the right paperwork. A Mass. employer turned her away anyway.Benjamin Shestakofsky Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, co-authors new article
“Relationships that Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations,” published in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences.Dorothy Roberts, Penn Sociology Standing Faculty, Receives the MacArthur Genius Award!
Dorothy Roberts, is George A.Unequal Childhoods, by Annette Lareau, PhD has recently been translated and published into French
Unequal Childhoods, has recently been translated and published into French. There was a recent conference, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, which was held in Paris on October 17, 2024.Elena Van Stee, PhD Candidate published an article in Socius with Alanna Gillis (St. Lawrence University):
"The Pact: How a Seemingly Race-Neutral Behavioral Policy Reproduced Racial Inequality at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College"Joyce Kim, and I'm a PhD Candidate in Sociology and Higher Education publishes a new Article in "Social Problems"
"A Moral Dilemma of “Selling Out”: Race, Class, and Career Considerations among Elite College Students"Joyce Kim, PhD Candidate in Soc & Higher Education, has won the Graduate Student paper award from the Altruism, Morality, & Social Solidarity section of ASA
Joyce Kim, PhD Candidate in Soc & Higher Education, has won the Graduate Student pXiuqi Yang's, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Demography, paper, "Duration and Timing of Parental Out-migration and Early Childhood Development in China," has been awarded an honorable mention by the ASA Section on Asian and Asian America Graduate Student
Xiuqi Yang's, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Demography, paper, "Duration and Timing of Parental Out-migration and Early Childhood Development in Chin
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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
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
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.
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.
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society.
The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China
Develops a performance theory of Red Guard factional violence and traces the ritual process of the transformation of a political generation over a period of forty years.
