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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!
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
Jason 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)
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"
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology, has published a new book titled, "Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality"
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
Elena van Stee, PhD Candidate in Sociology, has been selected as a 2023-2024 Dean's Scholar!
Eugenio 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
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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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
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"Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries"
Faculty Bookshelf
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
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
Behind the Startup
How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic dis
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.
In Defense of Disciplines
Interdisciplinarity and Specialization in the Research University
In Defense of Disciplines presents a fresh and daring analysis of the argument surrounding interdisciplinarity.
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.
Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea
Demystifying Stereotypes
International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world.
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.