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Shani Adia Evans Accepts Position with Rice University
Shani Adia Evans, who graduated from UPenn in 2016 (with a joint degree in sociology and education), has accepted a position at Rice University beginning the fall semester.Elena van Stee Receives Laura Bassi Scholarship
Elena van Stee has been awarded a Laura Bassi Scholarship for her master’s thesis project, titled “Family SafetPilar Gonalons-Pons published a new article "Exit, voice and loyalty in the family: findings from a basic income experiment" in Socio-Economic Review.
Pilar Gonalons-Pons published a new article "Exit, voice and loyalty in the family: findings from a basic income experiment" in Socio-Economic Review.Guobin Yang published a new article “Online Lockdown Diaries as Endurance Art” in AI & Society.
Guobin Yang published a new article “Online Lockdown Diaries as Endurance ArtDamon Centola Book Publication, January 2021
Damon Centola's new book, CHANGE: How to Make Big Things HappeTukufu Zuberi Capital Riot Podcast, January 2021
Rioters breached the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.Elena van Stee Receives Turner-Schulman Graduate Research Fellowship
Elena van Stee received a Turner-Schulman Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her master’s thesis titled “Family Safety Nets: Understanding Race, Class, and Intergenerational Support Through the Lens of the Covid-19 PanRoss Koppel Named Distinguished Fellow by American College of Informatics
Ross Koppel named among six Distinguished Fellows of the American CollDorothy Roberts was a panelist for a discussion on Penn SAS's In These Times on an episode entitled, Exacerbating the Health Care Divide.
Dorothy Roberts was a panelist for a discussion on Penn SAS's In These Times on an episode entitled, ExacerJessica McCrory Calarco Update
Jessica McCrory Calarco received her doctorate from our department in 2012 before joining the Department of Sociology at Indiana University where she is an Associate Professor.
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Gender Inequality at Work
This book addresses many of the dimensions of gender inequality at work, looking at a number of important topics including: pay equity; the impact of feminization on certain professions; and barrie
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.
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.
The Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
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 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.
