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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.
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
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.
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 Changing Face of Medicine
Women Doctors and the Evolution of Health Care in America
By Ann K. Boulis and Jerry A. Jacobs
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
The Wuhan Lockdown
Presenting the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people in their own voices, The Wuhan Lockdown is an unparalleled account of the first moments of the crisis that would define the age.
Korean Education in Changing Economic and Demographic Contexts
Hyunjoon Park and Kyung-keun Kim, Editors