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Joyce Kim, PhD Student in Sociology & Higher Education, was awarded both the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students SSSP Educational Problems Division's 2024 Student Paper Award!
Joyce Kim, PhD Student in Sociology & Higher Education, was awarded both the Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students as well as the SSSP Educational Problems Division's 2024 Student Paper Award.Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was awarded the “Early Career Research Award” from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was awarded the “Early Career Research Award” from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research!Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was featured in a video interview with PhD Candidate Elena van Stee for Contexts Magazine
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was featured in a video interview with PhD CandidateJason Schnittker, Professor of Sociology, has received the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health from the American Sociological Association (ASA)
Jason Schnittker, Professor of Sociology, has received the Leonard I.Wendy Roth, Professor of Sociology, has published a new co-authored article titled, "Genetic Options and Constraints: A Randomized Controlled Trial on How Genetic Ancestry Tests Affect Ethnic and Racial Identities"
Wendy Roth, Professor of Sociology, has published a new co-authored article in The University of Chicago Press Journal titled,Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has published a new book titled, "Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality"
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of SociologOn Friday, February 23, the Sociology Department at the University of Pennsylvania held the 2nd Annual Lecture in Public Social Science celebrating Du Bois' research and impact from his important work in the Sociology field
On Friday, February 23, the Sociology Department at the University of Pennsylvania held the 2nd Annual Lecture in Public Social Science celebrating Du Bois' research and impact from his important work in the Sociology field that ground SElena van Stee, PhD Candidate in Sociology, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Dean's Scholar!
Elena van Stee, PhD Candidate in Sociology, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Dean's Scholar. This honor is presented annually to students who exhibit exceptionaEugenio PhD student in Sociology & Demography, and Irma Elo, Tamsen and Michael Brown Presidential Professor in Sociology and Andrew Stokes, Penn alum now Associate Professor of Global Health at Boston University, were highlighted in Penn Today
Eugenio Paglino, PhD student in Sociology & Demography, and
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.
Upcoming Events
*Special Colloquium* Heymann Lecture: Sarah Brayne, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Colloquium
"Institutional Legibility: Data-Intensive Surveillance, Individual Outcomes, and Group Disparities"
Standing Faculty Meeting
Other Events
Education and Inequality Workshop (Co-sponsored with CECI Project & GSE International Educational Development Project): Noam Angrist, Academic Director of What Works Hub for Global Education, University of Oxford
Workshop
"Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries"
Faculty Bookshelf
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
A twenty-first century introduction to sociological thinking on pop culture, the media, and society.
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
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.
Unequal Childhoods
Class, Race, and Family Life, With an Update a Decade Later
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children.
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.
Planning and Control of Land Development
By: Lance Freeman, With Daniel Mandelker, Carol Necole Brown, Stuart Meck, Dwight H. Merriam, Peter W. Salsich, Jr., and Edward J. Sullivan
University of North Carolina Press.
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
