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Regina S. Baker, Assistant Professor of Sociology, is collaborating on a New National Science Foundation Funded Grant
Regina S. Baker, Assistant Professor of Sociology, collaborating with J. Tom Mueller (PI) and Matthew Brooks on NIMHD Grant Project titled, "The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on Mortality Disparities and Poverty”
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts profiled in New York Magazine
Olivia Haynie C'24 and Justin Seward C'25, majoring in Sociology at Penn, will be presenting their Undergraduate Research Mentor project at the CURF Fall Research Expo
Junhow Wei, a PhD graduate of Sociology, has recently become the Assistant Dean at Princeton University and published an article in the NACADA journal on stealth academic advising
Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding Joe Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Rebecca Schut, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Center for Health and the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago and Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, recently published a working series paper
Lance Freeman, Professor of City and Regional Planning, and Sociology, was recently published in the Lincoln Institute
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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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
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society.
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.
There Goes the Hood: Views of Gentrification from the Ground Up
By: Lance Freeman
Temple University Press
Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence
By: Randall Collins
This sequel to Randall Collins' world-influential micro-sociology of violence introduces the question of time-dynamics: what determines how long conflict lasts and how much damage it does.
Um planeta a conquistar
A urgência de um Green New Deal
Brazilian Portuguese translation of A Planet to Win, with a new Preface by Raquel Rolnik.
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.