Associate Professor Mike Light’s study demonstrating the decline of racial inequality in federal drug-crime sentencing was recently published in “Social Forces” and is highlighted in Charles Lane’s editorial column in “The Washington Post.” Lane writes, …
Month: March 2021
Kelly Marie Ward Receives Award for Early Achievement in Social Science Research
The Carole Joffe and Stanley Henshaw Early Achievement in Social Science Research Award, given by the National Abortion Federation, honors an individual who has made exceptional contributions to generating abortion-related knowledge. Kelly researches how institutional …
Doug Maynard Awarded 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship
Professor Emeritus Doug Maynard is the recipient of the 2021 Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship in recognition of his distinguished lifetime career contributions to the fields of ethnomethodology and/or conversation analysis. The Ethnomethodology and Conversation …
An Op-Ed Piece in the “New York Times” by Sociology Alumni Gianpaolo Baiocchi (Ph.D. 2001) and H. Jacob Carlson (Ph.D. 2020)
In an op-ed article titled “A Fix for More Affordable Housing” in the March 4 edition of the “New York Times” Baiocchi and Carlson propose a plan to promote affordable housing during the difficult economic …