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Nazar Khalid, PhD Candidate in Sociology and Demography contributes to RSF Journal
https://www.russellsage.org/news/rsf-journal-contributors-discuss-disparate-effect-disruptive-events-children?utm_source=Email_marketing&utm_campaign=Tuesday_November_19_2024_-_1&utm_content=rsf_bulletin&cmp=1&utm_medium=Ran Wang, Graduate Student, Annenberg and Sociology, published new paper in Qualitative Sociology
In a new paper published in the journal Qualitative Sociology, Ran Wang, a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for CoNissim Mizrachi, PhD will present his book Beyond Suspicion: The Moral Clash Between Rootedness and Progressive Liberalism on Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Nissim Mizrachi Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University and head of the Challenge of Living Together area at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute will present his book:Demie Kurz, PhD Research Affiliate in the Department of Sociology, published a new book.
Demie Kurz, “Letting Go: Parenting Teenagers and Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty” (Oxford University Press, 2024)Roberto Gonzales, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Education Quoted in Boston Globe
OPINION She had the right paperwork. A Mass. employer turned her away anyway.Benjamin Shestakofsky Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, co-authors new article
“Relationships that Matter: Four Perspectives on AI, Work, and Organizations,” published in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences.Dorothy Roberts, Penn Sociology Standing Faculty, Receives the MacArthur Genius Award!
Dorothy Roberts, is George A.Unequal Childhoods, by Annette Lareau, PhD has recently been translated and published into French
Unequal Childhoods, has recently been translated and published into French. There was a recent conference, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, which was held in Paris on October 17, 2024.
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The Power of the Internet in China
Citizen Activism Online
A pioneering and award-winning study of the innovative forms and multi-institutional dynamics of internet activism in China.
What would you do?
Juggling Bioethics and Ethnography
In hospital rooms across the country, doctors, nurses, patients, and their families grapple with questions of life and death.
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.
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.
On the Make
The Hustle of Urban Nightlife
David Grazian’s riveting tour of downtown Philadelphia and its newly bustling nightlife scene reveals the city as an urban playground where everyone dabbles in games of chance and perpetrates elaborate cons.
Blue Chicago
The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs
David Grazian takes us inside the world of contemporary urban blues clubs to uncover how such images are manufactured and sold to music fans and audiences.
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.
