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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.
Faculty Bookshelf
Vatican II
A Sociological Analysis of Religious Change
On an otherwise ordinary Sunday morning in 1964, millions of Roman Catholics around the world experienced history.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
American Zoo
A Sociological Safari
David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders.